...dust Lyrics - Cruel Smile - Elvis Costello

If only dust could talk 

What would we hear it say? 

Before it's brushed aside 

Just as it's swept away 

It's just the evidence 

It's of no consequence 

It's only flesh and bone 

Why don't we leave it alone? 

If only dust could gather into lines of chalk 

Around a silhouette detective fiction walks 

For it's the only witness that can testify 

Can I spit out the truth? 

Or would you rather just swallow a lie? 

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Why did they dam the land? 

How did they flood the plain? 

Did they erase the name? 

And wipe away the stain 

You kept your mouth well shut 

Appeared to turn your coat 

Now there's a name for you but it's stuck in my throat 

If dust could only mutter 

Or in laughter trill 

If it could warn and whisper from the windowsill 

But it's the only witness that can testify 

Can I split out the truth? 

Or would you rather just swallow a lie? 

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Here comes the juggernaut 

Here come The Poisoners 

They choke the life and land 

And rob the joy from us 

Why do they taste of sugar? 

Oh, when they're made of money 

Here come the Lamb of God 

And the butcher's boy, sonny 

If dust could only gather in the needle track 

Then it would skip a beat and it would jump right back 

If dust could only gather in a needle track 

Then it would skip a beat 

And all the sense I lack