Elvis Costello

Mr.Feathers

Elvis Costello


They looked 
At her this way 
Every since 
She was a girl 
Mr. Feathers 
Mr. Feathers 
The echo 
In every smile 
That would curl 
Into a leer 
Oh, my dear 
(Oh, my dear) 
Mr. Feathers is near 
(Oh, my dear) 
The counter is foreign
Something is spoiling 
It's really appalling 
You pleased 
And you promised 
You never saw it through 
Nobody knows 
Tthe damage that we do 
Do you carry it with you? 

She passed him out 
In the street 
He suddenly seems so frail 
As her fast heart beat 
She should kick him anyway 
Sharpen her nails 
For eyes that stray 
Where hands 
Should never stray 

She thought 
She was wanted 
Ever since 
She was a girl 
Mr. Feathers 
Mr. Feathers 
The kindness 
In every smile 
That would curl 
Into a sneer
Oh, my dear 
Mr. Feathers is near 
Her lover is calling 
Something is spoiling 
It's really appalling 
You pleased 
And you promised 
You never saw it through 
Nobody knows 
The damage that we do 
The damage that we do