I made my selection from the lonely hit parade
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In the town where time stood still
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I was feeling very little pain
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Until some joker played "Almost Persuaded"
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Now every girl I see
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Looks so much prettier to me
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My faithfulness has faded
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And their looks established daggers
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And the conversation heated
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Since the boys had all been late
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I found them walking round defeated
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In the town where time stood still
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Somebody in charge must have pretended
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The future's been suspended
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And I say I don't want trouble
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But I find myself back in it
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In the town where time stood still
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I am the man of the minute
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Teach me to say "I love you"
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I'll teach you to say "You will do"
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In the town where time stood still
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A way (?) that I can find a little girl
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To wind me up with all the usual spells
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There's nothing else to do but rearrange somebody's future
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And check your figures in the till
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The bar is full of girls just like the creature with the curse
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And the food is just like cabaret and vice versa
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In the town where time stood still
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Just as my heart (went down) sinking
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I found the town was shrinking
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And suddenly I saw her through the smoke and empty beers
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In the town where time stood still
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She might have well have waited years
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Now I suppose we did some things we used to do
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But no amount of darkness could ever turn her into you
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And so I woke up in the town where time stood still
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With a headache and a heartache
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And a handful of pills
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A welcome mat, a scandal rag and unpaid bills
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With her head inside her handbag
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The sign says "please wait to be seated"
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I only want a cup of coffee
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I know you can't have your cake and eat it
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In the town where time stood still
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Did you hear the news today?
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It's all bad; they'll be howling after sunset
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With a headache and a heartache
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And an hour or two to kill
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I only wish we were together...
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In the town where time stood still
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Town Where Time Stood Still
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Elvis Costello |