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The First to Leave

Elvis CostelloListen on Apple Music

歌词

I should open with a kiss for if you're reading this
You must have opened up your case
And found this letter where I placed it
In between the silk and lace
There were other clues like your walking shoes
But I still refused to believe
That you were meant to be the first to leave
Everybody here sends you their love
How could I forget you still walk above or below
Perhaps you'll never know this purgatory
We never could agree there's a thought, there's a pause
No time to repent, eternally yours in a permanent lent
But if I should give you up
If you're right and life just stops
And I never see your face again
Then from unearthly pleasures, proud and plain
I shall abstain
Till you realize, my loss is your surprise
Unless you know otherwise then don't grieve
You see I had to be the first to leave

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专辑信息

The Juliet Letters →
  1. Deliver Us
  2. For Other Eyes
  3. Swine
  4. Expert Rites
  5. Dead Letter
  6. I Almost Had a Weakness
  7. Why?
  8. Who Do You Think You Are?
  9. Taking My Life in Your Hands
  10. This Offer Is Unrepeatable
  11. Dear Sweet Filthy World
  12. The Letter Home
  13. Jacksons, Monk and Rowe
  14. This Sad Burlesque
  15. Romeo's Seance
  16. I Thought I'd Write to Juliet
  17. Last Post
  18. The First to Leave
  19. Damnation's Cellar
  20. The Birds Will Still Be Singing