You Bowed Down
(Elvis Costello)
I suppose you're entitled to know
why I'm making contact
With acqaintances scattered all over the
land
I'd promise you now and again that I'd
honor
the contract
if it hadn't crumbled away in my hand
Well we broke that vow independently now
But I don't know why you absolutely
denyYou bowed down
You bowed down
When you first looked away I might
say
it was really a kindness
I must have hurt to see how dreams sour
Now they say that justice and love are
the
next things to blindness
Well you're getting plenty of both of
them now
And so you parade where appointments are
made
and never meant to be kept unless you
accept
You'll value the burnt amber of
falling leaves
and you'll long to delay
You feel their breath as they whisper
It won't hurt you now to betray
if you just bow down
And now every time that we meeet on
the edge of hysteria
you're helping them sell off some new
party line
I remember a time when you would have
seemed so superior
Now you say "will you please meet
this
good friend of mine"
So you're in demand as long as you kiss
their hand
But all the applause is for their name
not yours
Roger McGuinn "Back
From Rio"
Arista Records
1990
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