Elvis Costello Country Darkness song lyrics

This tattered document, a mystery you can solve

Some burnt out filament flies buzzing around the bulb

Country darkness

He thought of traveling heard an approaching train

Drown out his desperate pulse, a song with no refrain

Country darkness

Oh, she daydreams of forbidden sins there must be something more

The prison she lives in the one with the open door

A veil is covering a glistening cruel blade

Suffer little children repent, unfaithful maid

Country darkness, country darkness, country darkness

Oh, she daydreams of forbidden sins there must be something more

The prison she lives in the one with the open door

A veil is covering a glistening cruel blade

Suffer little children repent, unfaithful maid

Country darkness, country darkness, country darkness, oh

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