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There's A Story In Your Voice
Elvis Costello
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Once upon another time, if you had the need
I'd step right in the shoes that you've been walking
But someone put the hurt in you for everyone to see
And you only have to speak to tell your fortune
But there's a story in your voice, both by damage and by choice
It tells of promises and pleasure and a tale of blind hero
The uneasy time to come
And the long way 'round we go to get there
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There's a story in your walk, then you crumble just like chalk
I could say that I was sorry, but I wouldn't mean it much
There are pages I can't touch
And something that's been torn out of this chapter
Far away, not far enough, things I can still recall
How it felt when I read that last sentence
Now I go inside some rooms with "hidden" in them all
And hide myself from all of our repentance
There's a story in your eyes, cheap sunglasses, my disguise
But when the bedroom light reveals all that bravado and that fright
That you cover up in spite
Attempts to strip away this fabrication
There's a story in your voice, both by damage and by choice
It tells of promises and pleasure and a tale of blind hero
The uneasy time to come
And the long way 'round we go to get there
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