The Long Division

Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello

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Elvis Costello

Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick MacManus, 25 August 1954) is an English singer-songwriter. He began his career as part of London's pub rock scene in the early 1970s and later became associated with the first wave of the British punk/New Wave movement of the mid-to-late 1970s. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader than that of most popular songs. His music has drawn on many diverse genres; one critic described him as a "pop encyclopaedia", able to "reinvent the past in his own image". more »


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1998
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Did somebody try to catch your eye 
And almost change your sad expression? 
Did somebody`s hand linger too long? 
Must I now make my confession? 
But you`ll never know 
What suspicion is 
Until you lie awake 

And every night you ask yourself 
"What am I to do?" 
Can it be so hard to calculate? 
When three goes into two 
There`s nothing left over 

How`s it gonna feel? This time it`s real 
It`s not a temporary fracture 
This is what you get, the stage is set 
For you and your attempted rapture 

Is he gonna smile 
That indulgent smile 
When you come running home? 

And every night you ask yourself, 
"What am I to do?" 
Can it be so hard to calculate? 
When three goes into two 
There`s nothing left over 

What am I gonna say? You turn away 
And you leave me here despairing 
What am I going to do? I look at you 
You seem to be so long past caring 

Did somebody say, 
"Can we still be friends?" 
Only to find out now that it`s a joke 

So ask yourself, 
"What am I to do?" 
Can it be so hard to calculate? 
When three goes into two 
There`s nothing left over 

Did somebody say, 
"Can we still be friends?" 
Did somebody say, 
"Can we still be friends?" 

Did somebody say, 
"Can we still be friends?" 
Did somebody say, 
"Can we still be friends?" 

Did somebody say, 
"Can we still be friends?" 
Did somebody say, 
"Can we still be friends?"

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Written by: BURT BACHARACH, ELVIS COSTELLO

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