King Horse Lyrics - Get Happy!! - Elvis Costello

Cheap cut satin and bad perfume 

Showtime is almost here 

Tears stop by your strength 

Caught you laughing up your sleeve 

Sniggering in your beer 

Seen the bottom of a lot of glasses 

But he's never seen love so near 

He'd seen love get so expensive 

But he'd never seen love so dear 

Now I know that you're all king horse 

Between tenderness and brute force 

Now I know that you're all king horse 

Between tenderness and brute force 

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She can turn a pot of sixpence 

In the mouth and trouser set 

Hit the till, ring the bill, never spill a sip 

And still she knows the kind of tip 

She is going to get 

A lot of loose exchanges 

Precious little respect 

But if someone else is weakened 

That's the best that you can expect 

Now I know that you're all king horse 

Between tenderness and brute force 

Now I know that you're all king horse 

Between tenderness and brute force 

So fine knit a fabric 

So fine a fabrication 

From comic books to tragic 

To the art of conversation 

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Meanwhile back in some secluded spot 

He says, "Will you please" and she says, "Stop" 

If I ever lose this good thing that I got 

I never want to hear the song you dedicated tonight 

You see I knew that song so long before we met 

That it means much more than it might 

Now I know that you're all king horse 

Between tenderness and brute force 

Now I know that you're all king horse 

Between tenderness and brute force 

Now I know that you're all king horse 

Between tenderness and brute force 

Now I know that you're all king horse 

Between tenderness and brute force