Elvis Costello - Expert Rites

Juliet Letters / 1993-01-19 1. Damnation's Cellar 2. Dead Letter 3. Dear Sweet Filthy World 4. Deliver Us 5. Expert Rites 6. For Other Eyes 7. I Almost Had A Weakness 8. I Thought I'd Write to Juliet 9. Jacksons, Monk and Rowe 10. Last Post 11. Romeo's Seance 12. Swine 13. Taking My Life In Your Hands 14. The Birds Will Still Be Singing 15. The First to Leave 16. The Letter Home 17. This Offer Is Unrepeatable 18. This Sad Burlesque 19. Who Do You Think You Are? 20. Why?

Expert Rites

I marvel at the wonder of it in our souless age
Fast flow the tears upon the page
Don't be alarmed I am her friend
Will I be excused if I presume
It's more than disappointment that we share
You share the same sorry life, the families fight,
that unhappy blade you both invite
This romantic ideal has a lonely appeal
I once loved someone the way that you do
But I had to let her go
I live with my regret
Don't despair my would-be Juliet