Elvis Costello — New Lace Sleeves alternate version

Bad lovers face to face in the morning With shy apologies and polite regrets Slow dances that left no one enough Outraged glances and indiscreet yawning Good manners and bad breath will get you nowhere Even presidents have newspaper lovers Ministers go crawling under covers No more heroes No more saints They're all covered up with whitewash and grease paint You say the teacher never told you anything but white lies But you never see the lies that you believe Oh, you know you have been captured You feel so civilized And you look so pretty in your new lace sleeves The salty lips of the socialite sisters With their continental fingers That have never seen working blisters Oh, I know they've got their problems How I wish I was one of them They say Daddy's coming home soon With his sergeant stripes and his Empire mug and spoon No more fast buck When they gonna learn their lesson? When they gonna stop all of these victory processions? You say the teacher never told you anything but white lies But you never see the lies that you believe Oh, you know you have been captured You feel so civilized And you look so pretty in your new lace sleeves And you look so pretty in your new lace sleeves And you look so pretty in your new lace sleeves And you look so pretty in your new lace sleeves