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Elvis Costello ~ Pay It Back


Stop thief! You're gonna come to grief If you don't take a little more care You're gonna get more than the family plan From this one shoestring affair I may be crazy buy I can't contemplate Being trapped between the doctor and the magistrate (CHORUS) Once of these days I'm gonna pay it back Pay it back one of these days Once of these days I'm gonna pay it back Pay it back one of these days And then they told me I could be somebody If I didn't let too much get in my way And I tried so hard just to be myself But I keep on fading away And then the lights went out, I didn't know what to do If I could fool myself, then maybe I'd fool you (REPEAT CHORUS) I wouldn't say that I was raised on romance Let's not get stuck in the past I love you more than everything in the world I don't expect that will last They told me everything was guaranteed Somebody somewhere must've lied to me (REPEAT CHORUS AND FADE) more free lyrics

Stop thief! You're gonna come to grief

If you don't take a little more care

You're gonna get more than the family plan

From this one shoestring affair

I may be crazy buy I can't contemplate

Being trapped between the doctor and the magistrate

(CHORUS) Once of these days I'm gonna pay it back

Pay it back one of these days

Once of these days I'm gonna pay it back

Pay it back one of these days

And then they told me I could be somebody

If I didn't let too much get in my way

And I tried so hard just to be myself

But I keep on fading away

And then the lights went out, I didn't know what to do

If I could fool myself, then maybe I'd fool you

(REPEAT CHORUS)

I wouldn't say that I was raised on romance

Let's not get stuck in the past

I love you more than everything in the world

I don't expect that will last

They told me everything was guaranteed

Somebody somewhere must've lied to me

(REPEAT CHORUS AND FADE)

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