The Final Mrs Curtain

Elvis Costello

He was a plain piece of paper, an ordinary smith

The kind that you never trifle with

Drawn in wide-eyeliner, a solitary lass

Her beauty veiled by tortoiseshell and tinted glass

She was a husband collector of impeccable taste

She said, "My hands are tied but my glass is chaste"

He said, "If I were him, I'd fill that to the brim, so tell me more,

'Cause that's the kind of talk that I adore"

To lay with you

To lie with you

To live with you

Maybe die with you

As first love fades

Then two, then three

I'm certain to see

The Final Mrs. Curtain

There's not enough paper, there's not enough ink

There's not enough hours in the day, or poisons to drink

But there are too many teardrops that are still left to cry

And different kinds of kisses to help them dry

To lay with you

To lie with you

To live with you

Maybe die with you

As first love fades

Then two, then three

I'm certain to see

The Final Mrs. Curtain

To lay with you

To lie with you

To live with you

Maybe die with you

I'm the one who'll hold you

Till we're through

The Final Mrs. Curtain

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