elvis costello
town cryer
I'm the town crier And everybody knows I'm a little down With a lifetime to go Maybe you don't believe my heart is in the right place Why don't you take a good look at my face Other boys use the splendour of their trembling lip They're so teddy bear tender and tragically hip I'm never going to cry again I'm going to be as strong as them They say they'd die for love And then they live it out They'll give you something to cry about And suddenly you really fall to pieces I'm the town crier And everybody knows I'm a little down With a lifetime to go Maybe you don't believe my heart is in the right place Why don't you take a good look at my face Other boys use the splendour of their trembling lip They're so teddy bear tender and tragically hip Love and unhappiness go arm in arm Long suffering friends of your fatal charm Isn't it a pity that you're going to get hurt Just a little boy lost in a big man's shirt .