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 splendor 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 splendor 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