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Brilliant Mistake
Elvis Costello, The Confederates
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He thought he was the king of America
When he bought Coca-Cola, it's like they're intertwined
I try hard not to become a sterile cook
I'm not sure if I'm laughing or crying
Wish that I could push a button
And talk in the past and not the present tense
And watch this hurting feeling
Disappear like it was common sense
It was a fine idea at the time
Now it's a brilliant mistake
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She said that she was working for the ABC News
It was as much of the alphabet as she knew how to use
Her perfume was unspeakable, it lingered in the air
Like her artificial laughter and her mementos of affairs
Oh, I said, "I see you know him
Isn't that very fortunate for you?"
She showed me his calling card
Can't remember more than there were more than one or two
He was a fine idea at the time
Now he's a brilliant mistake
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He thought he was the king of America
But it was just a boulevard of broken dreams
He tricked me doing mirrors and with chemicals
The words he loved in whispers in an actual loving screams
Wish that I could push a button
And talk in the past and not the present tense
And watch this hurting feeling
Disappear like it was common sense
It was a fine idea at the time
Now I'm a brilliant mistake
I was a fine idea at the time
Now I'm a brilliant mistake
A brilliant mistake
A brilliant mistake
Oh, a brilliant mistake
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