Elvis Costello - Back On My Feet Lyrics
(mccartney/macmanus)How many days does the wet weather lack?I wanna go where the clouds when they roll backReveal a man in an old mackLiving on a park benchSitting on his ownCut to the rain as it rolls down the glassBut then she leaves through the lightning and thunderYou see a man going underThis is how it happensThis is what he saidI dont need loveTemptation is sweetGive me your handTill Im back on my feetYoure always telling meAbout my miseryIll see things youll never seeDont pity meFocus in on the breath of a manTakes a brown paper bag from his knapsackBetween his whispers and wisecracksHes looking for the wishingScreaming at the skyI dont need loveTemptation is sweetGive me your handTill Im back on my feetYoure always telling meAbout my miseryIll see things youll never seeDont pity meIll be fine again,Be all right without youIll stand up againKick off the puzzlement, tooCut back again to a girl walking byTo the beat of her old shoes and rolled socksClimb on an invisible soapboxLaughing at the trafficShouting at the wordI dont need loveTemptation is sweetGive me your handTill Im back on my feetYoure always telling meAbout my miseryIll see things youll never seeDont pity meIll be fine again,Be all right without youIll stand up againKick off the puzzlement, tooSeeing life through the eyes of a manAs he lives and he dies by a simple titanWell there you go, though you trying hard to knowWhen hes there on his legsSees the kinks where the people all goThings start to fade as he pulls down the shadeAnd the picture made is in glorious cinemascope