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Artist: Elvis Costello
Canonical path: /elvis-costello/town-crier
Related lyric paths: 6
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Town Crier
Read Town Crier lyrics by Elvis Costello on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Town Crier
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I'm the town crier
And everybody knows
I'm a little down
With a lifetime to go
Maybe you don't believe my heart is in the right place
Why don't you take a good look at my face
Other boys use the splendour of their trembling lip
They're so teddy bear tender and tragically hip
I'm never going to cry again
I'm going to be as strong as them
They say they'd die for love
And then they live it out
They'll give you something to cry about
And suddenly you really fall to pieces
I'm the town crier
And everybody knows
I'm a little down
With a lifetime to go
Maybe you don't believe my heart is in the right place
Why don't you take a good look at my face
Other boys use the splendour of their trembling lip
They're so teddy bear tender and tragically hip
Love and unhappiness go arm in arm
Long suffering friends of your fatal charm
Isn't it a pity that you're going to get hurt
Just a little boy lost in a big man's shirt
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Elvis Costello performs "Town Crier", and this lyric page sits inside the Elvis Costello catalog on LyroVerse.
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