"Shabby Doll" lyrics
Elvis Costello and The Attractions Lyrics
"Shabby Doll"
Giving you more of what for
Always worked for me before
Now I'm a shabby doll
What's going on
Behind the green elevator door
With just a shabby doll?
There's a hit man facing
A compromising situation
With just a shabby doll
And a very neat line
In character assassination
She's just a shabby doll
She's just a shabby doll
She's putting him off and putting you on
She's just a shabby doll
She's just a shabby doll
You're swearing upon you know in your heart
She's gone you know in your heart
She's just a shabby doll
There's a girl in this dress
There's always a girl in distress
She's just a shabby doll
She's so sure she's self-possessed
But then again she's half undressed
She's just a shabby doll
The boy that I used to be
Showed no sign of sympathy
For just a shabby doll
I have betrayed you and me
And paid for my own bribery
With just a shabby doll
She's just a shabby doll
She's putting him off and putting you on
She's just a shabby doll
She's just a shabby doll
You're swearing upon you know in your heart
She's gone you know in your heart
She's just a shabby doll
He's the tired toy that everyone's enjoyed
He wants to be a fancy man
But he's nothing but a Nancy Boy
He's all pride and no joy
And being what you might call a whore
Always worked for me before
Now I'm a shabby doll
Untie the gag, the cat's out of the bag
But won't show his claws
He's just a shabby doll
She said, "You must be joking
Some things are left unspoken
You're just a shabby doll"
He's lying limp and soaking
He was openly broken
By just a shabby doll
She's just a shabby doll
She's putting him off and putting you on
She's just a shabby doll
She's just a shabby doll
You're swearing upon you know in your heart
She's gone you know in your heart
She's just a shabby doll
She's just a shabby doll
She's just a shabby doll
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- Elvis Costello Lyrics
album:
"Imperial Bedroom" (1982)
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