All This Useless Beauty-Elvis Costello

[00:25.22](player saying) [01:05.23]Its at times such as this shed be tempted to spit [01:10.51]If she wasnt so ladylike [01:15.63]She imagines how she might have lived [01:19.80]back when legends and history collide [01:26.78]So she looks to her prince finding hes so charmingly [01:32.84]slumped at her side [01:37.98]Those days are recalled on the gallery wall [01:43.53]And shes waiting for passion or humour to strike [01:49.39] [02:03.64] [02:19.11]Good Friday arrived, the sky darkened on time [02:24.79]Til he almost began to negotiate [02:31.08]She held his head like a baby and said "Its okay if you cry" [02:42.11]Now he wants her to dress as if you couldnt guess [02:47.53]He desires to impress his associates [02:53.42]But hes part ugly beast and Hellenic deceased [02:59.35]So she finds that the mixture is hard to deny [03:04.88] [03:06.51](player saying) [03:07.27] [03:37.57]She wont practice the looks from the great tragic books [03:43.61]That were later disgraced to face celluloid [03:49.37]It wont even make sense but you can bet [03:55.21]If she isnt a sweetheart or plaything or pet [04:00.91]The film turns her into an unveiled threat [04:09.03] [04:10.30]Nonsense prevails, modesty fails [04:15.39]Grace and virtue turn into stupidity [04:21.58]While the calendar fades almost all barricades to a pale compromise [04:33.02]And our leaders have feasts on the backsides of beasts [04:38.09]They still think theyre the gods of antiquity [04:44.14]If something you missed didnt even exist [04:49.72]It was just an ideal -- is it such a surprise? [05:20.56][04:59.46][01:52.54]What shall we do, what shall we do with all this useless beauty? [05:31.87][05:10.83][02:00.62]All this useless beauty [05:40.62]THE END