Elvis Costello - Human Touch

Get Happy!! / 1980-03-01 1. 5ive Gears In Reverse 2. Beaten To The Punch 3. Black And White World 4. B Movie 5. Clowntime Is Over 6. Clowntime Is Over No. 2 7. Dr. Luther's Assistant 8. Getting Mighty Crowded 9. Ghost Train 10. Girls Talk 11. High Fidelity 12. Hoover Factory 13. Human Touch 14. I Can't Stand Up For 15. I Stand Accused 16. Just A Memory 17. King Horse 18. Love For Tender 19. Men Called Uncle 20. Motel Matches 21. New Amsterdam 22. Opportunity 23. Possession 24. Riot Act 25. Secondary Modern 26. So Young 27. Temptation 28. The Imposter

Human Touch

I know I've just gotta get out of this place
I can't stand any more of that mechanical grace
Though you say it's only industrial squeeze
It looks like luxury and feels like a disease

Oh give it to me, give it to me
I don't want to know much about much
Give it to me, give it to me
I need, I need, I need the human touch

Left with just a house to hold
Drinking your way to drydock
It's easy to break up a model citizen
Living in the state of shock

I just can't believe I am responsible for this
What the makeup hides can't be hidden with a kiss

When I'm talking in tongues I go where you lead
I don't make you plead, oh I need you
How I'd like to fix her in a picture of rage
How I'd like to catch her when she's acting her age
But when she's laying stretched out on the floor
It's no mystery to me anymore

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