After The Fall Lyrics - Elvis Costello

In an anonymous rendezvous 

Where the forbidden lovers repair 

They're burning down another damn candle 

They're melting the tables and chairs 

Beneath them applause from the balcony 

whenever they accomplished making love 

Other times they thought they heard laughter 

Coming from the balcony above 

CHORUS 

She lies to his right and she carelessly recites 

All of her brand new appetites 

She seems brittle and small, it don't sound like her at all 

Since she came back to him after the fall 

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She said "You never visit the countryside" 

"So I've made you a country to order" 

She put up a little tent in the bedroom 

Crickets played on a tape-recorder 

The ceiling was festooned with phosphorous stars 

She noticed his skin turning cold 

Burning all his clothes on the bonfire 

"Relax" she whispered and tightened the blindfold 

CHORUS 

You've changed but not for the better babe 

I'd tell you why but what's the use 

'Cos it's the same kind of pity 

A drunkard gives as his excuse 

You were sharp and ideal as a bobby pin 

Now your eyes are deserted and quiet 

We both look like those poor shattered mannequins 

Thrown through the window in the riot 

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She lies in his arms and without any qualms 

Revels in shallow delights 

She seems brittle and small, it don't sound like her at all 

Since she came back to him after the fall