The Name Of This Thing Is Not Love Lyrics - Delivery Man - Elvis Costello

There's a part of this feeling that I just cannot kill 

But the name of this thing is not love 

And I can't take a potion, and I won't take a pill 

So it tortures me still, but the name of this thing is not love 

You start entertaining such a terrible thought 

Life is so very short 

And the name of this thing is not love 

There's a bruise on her arm, and some blood on the floor 

But the name of this thing is not love 

And they're taunting some girl 

That they claim to adore, she can't take anymore 

But the name of this thing is not love 

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Who in the world do you think that you are? 

That you pushed me this far 

But the name of this thing is not love 

The name of this thing is not love, the name of this thing is not love 

He thinks of her still, you'd never guess 

He's trying hard to forget her 

The occasional moments that he'll always bless 

Watching her dress, for worse or for better 

He watched her pick over her broken playthings 

What played on his mind is not love 

The cast aside tokens and discarded rings 

Over one of his flings, but the name of this thing is not love 

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Then he threw something down in the wild rushing river 

And will never recover, but the name of this thing is not love 

Then you start out pretending you're so very tough 

Life is not short enough, but the name of this thing is not love 

The name of this thing is not love 

The name of this thing is not love 

The name of this thing is