The First To Leave Lyrics - Elvis Costello

I should open with a kiss 

For if you're reading this 

You must have opened up your case 

And found this letter where I placed it 

In between the silk and lace 

There were other clues, like your walking shoes 

But I still refused to believe 

That you were meant to be the first to leave 

Everybody here sends you their love 

How could I forget you still walk above 

Or below 

Perhaps you'll never know this Purgatory 

We never could agree 

There's a thought, there's a pause 

No time to repent 

Eternally yours in a permanent Lent 

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But if I should give you up 

If you're right and life just stops 

And I never see your face again 

Then from unearthly pleasures, proud and plain 

I shall abstain 

'Til you realise, my loss is your surprise 

Unless you know otherwise, then don't grieve 

You see I had to be the first to leave 

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