Did you talk your way out of this?
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Did someone flip your switch?
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Now there is only right or wrong
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Can you tell which is which?
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But it was so much easier
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When I was cruel
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Why did you leave your happy home?
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Why did you travel far abroad?
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So you could sleep with strangers
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You must have heard just how absurd
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The words poured out of you, you fraud
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I guess you don't know what pain is
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So don't pretend you're innocent
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Do I look like your fool?
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I guess you have forgotten
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When I was cruel
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Oh, when I was cruel, and I could make you so unhappy
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Lonely cowards followed me like ghouls
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And you liked me too
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When I was cruel
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Oh you know you did
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But if you should feel anything
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A signal from within
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Go back in your laboratory
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And try to dial it in
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And if you should feel anything
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A signal from without
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Abandon your dreams of vengeance
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So don't protest your innocence
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The truth is hard to judge
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Perhaps you have forgetten when
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I held a grudge
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Oh, when I was cruel, and I would make you very sorry
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Lonely cowards followed me like ghouls
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And you liked me too
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When I was cruel
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Oh you know you did
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When I was Cruel#1
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Elvis Costello |