Elvis Costello - Beyond Belief

Imperial Bedroom / 1994-08-30 1. ...And in Every Home 2. Almost Blue 3. Beyond Belief 4. Boy With a Problem 5. From Head To Toe 6. Human Hands 7. Imperial Bedroom 8. I Turn Around 9. Kid About it 10. Little Savage 11. Man Out of Time 12. Night Time 13. Pidgin English 14. Really Mystified 15. Seconds Of Pleasure 16. Shabby Doll 17. Tears Before Bedtime 18. The Long Honeymoon 19. The Loved Ones 20. The Stamping Ground 21. The World Of Broken Hearts 22. Town Cryer 23. You Little Fool

Beyond Belief

History repeats the old conceits
The glib replies the same defeats
Keep your finger on important issues
With crocodile tears and a pocketful of tissues

I'm just an oil slick
In a windup world with a nervous tick
In a very fashionable hovel
I hang around dying to be tortured
You'll never be alone in the bone orchard
This battle with the bottle is nothing so novel

So in this almost empty gin palace
Through a two-way looking glass
You see your Alice

You know she has no sense
For all your jealousy
In a sense she still smiles very sweetly

Charged with insults and flattery
Her body moves with malice
Do you have to be so cruel to be callous

And now you find you fit this identikit completely
You say you have no secrets
so leave discreetly

I might make it California's fault
Be locked in Geneva's deepest vault
Just like the canals of Mars and the great barrier reef
I come to you beyond belief

My hands were clammy and cunning
She's been suitably stunning
But I know there's not a hope in Hades
All the laddies cat call and wolf whistle
So-called gentlemen and ladies
Dog fight like rose and thistle

I've got a feeling
I'm going to get a lot of grief
Once this seemed so appealing
Now I am beyond belief