Sleep Of The Just Lyrics - Elvis Costello

The soldier asked my name, did I come here very often 

Well, I thought that he was asking me to dance 

In my holy coat and hat and him in his red bonnet 

We'd have made a lovely couple but we never had the chance 

Now you say that you've got to go, well, if you must, you must 

I suppose that you need the sleep of the just 

Well, it was a powerful day and there were black crows in the road 

And I kept my strong opinions to my chest 

I suppose, I should have told them that I was on fire for you 

When the bus burst into flames outside some place, 'The Poet's Rest' 

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Now you say that you've got to go, if you must, you must 

I suppose that you need the sleep of the just 

A girl woke up in a naked light and said, "Oh no, not again? 

He even looked like her brother in the army but she never mentions him 

He'll be tucked up in his bed tonight with his dirty-pictures girl 

Saying,? You're some mother's daughter, you know or is it immaterial girl? 

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Now she's pinned up upon the barracks wall in her home town 

All the soldiers taking turns with their attentions 

And as they speculate what she'd look like beneath that thin nightgown 

His family pride was rising up as he cast his eyes down 

And now you say that you've got to go, if you must, you must 

I suppose that you need the sleep of the just