The Birds Will Still Be Singing Lyrics - Elvis Costello

Summertime withers as the sun descends 

He wants to kiss you. Will you condescend? 

Before you wake and find a chill within your bones 

Under a fine canopy of lover's dust and humourous bones 

Banish all dismay 

Extinguish every sorrow 

Eternity stinks, my darling. That's no joke 

Don't waste your precious time pretending you're heartbroken 

There will be tears and candles, pretty words to say 

Spare me the lily-white lilly with the awful perfume of decay 

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Banish all dismay 

Extinguish every sorrow 

If I'm lost or I'm forgiven 

The birds will still be singing 

It's so hard to tear myself away 

Even when you know it's over 

It's too much to say 

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Banish all dismay 

Extinguish every sorrow 

If I'm lost or I'm forgiven 

The birds will still be singing