Everyday I Write The Book

by Elvis Costello

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Don’t tell me you don’t know what love is 
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When you’re old e-nough to know bet-ter
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When you find strange hands in your sweat-er 
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When your dream boat turns out to be a foot note
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I’m a man with a mis-sion with two or three e-di-tions
 
(Chorus)
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And, I’m giv-ing you a long-ing look
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Ev-‘ry day, ev-ry day, ev-ry day, ev-ry day I write the book
   
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Chap-ter One, we did-n’t real-ly get a-long
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Chap-ter Two I think I fell in love with you
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You said you’d stand by me in the mid-dle of Chap-ter Three
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But, you were up to your old tricks in Chap-ters  
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Four, Five, and Six
  
Chorus
  
Don’t tell me you don’t know the dif-frence 
Be-tween a lov-er and a fight-er
With my pen and e-lec-tric type writ-er
In a per-fect world where ev-ry one is e-qual
I’d still own the film rights and be work-ing on the se-quel
  
Chorus
 
The way you walk and talk and try to kiss me  
And laugh in four or five par-a-graphs 
All your com-pli-ments and cut-ting remarks
Are cap-tur-ed here in my quo-ta-tion marks
 
Chorus – repeat to fade
 
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