Turpentine Lyrics

I can't tell if this is real or if I am sleeping
I'll embroider the truth
And that's so I shall reap
I took things that didn't belong to me
I didn't mean to do you wrong[Chorus]
Looking back on all that stolen time
Back when I was drinking turpentine
Don't blame me
I only took you in
It takes time to do the poisoning
So let's close the door on this and lock itAnd that's all it will ever be
Just an accident of chemistry
You did everything to me but stopped short of murder
Couldn't move me much closer to keeping my wordWhile the crowds threw stones at the hangman
The sky fell down
The bells rang[Chorus]And that's all that it will ever be
Just an accident of chemistry
Airless shaft of an underground railway

Effete assassin with a hawk in a sack
The earth will offer us in when our hearts fail
As it swallowed the river running under the track
Under the track yeahI can't tell if I'm dreaming or if I'll awaken
With a song in my heart that is longing to break
Let it out and let it fly high
Up where the spires scrape the sky[Chorus]And that's all that it will ever be
Just an accident of history
YeahAirless shaft of an underground railway
Cute assassin with a hawk in a sack
The earth will offer us in when our hearts fail
Swallowed the river running under the track
That's right
Songwriters
COSTELLO, ELVISPublished by
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