Indoor Fireworks Lyrics - King Of America - Elvis Costello

We play these parlor games 

We play at make believe 

When we get to the part 

Where I say that I'm going to leave 

Everybody loves a happy ending 

But we don't even try 

We go straight past pretending 

To the part where everybody loves to cry 

Indoor fireworks 

Can still burn your fingers 

Indoor fireworks 

We swore we were safe as houses 

They're not so spectacular 

They don't burn up in the sky 

But they can dazzle or delight 

Or bring a tear when the smoke gets in your eyes 

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You were the spice of life 

The gin in my vermouth 

And though the sparks would fly 

I thought our love was fireproof 

Sometimes we'd fight in public, darling 

With very little cause 

But different kinds of sparks would fly 

When we got on our own behind closed doors 

It's time to tell the truth 

These things have to be faced 

My fuse is burning out 

And all that powder's gone to waste 

Don't think for a moment, dear 

That we'll ever be through 

I'll build a bonfire of my dreams 

And burn a broken effigy of me and you 

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Indoor fireworks 

Can still burn your fingers 

Indoor fireworks 

We swore we were safe as houses 

They're not so spectacular 

They don't burn up in the sky 

But they can dazzle or delight 

Or bring a tear when the smoke gets in your eyes