Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song All This Useless Beauty , by - Elvis Costello. Release date: 10.06.2012
Song language: English
All This Useless Beauty |
| It’s at times such as this she’d be tempted to spit |
| If she wasn’t so ladylike |
| She imagines how she might have lived |
| back when legends and history collide |
| So she looks to her prince finding since he’s so charmingly |
| slumped at her side |
| Those days are recalled on the gallery wall |
| And she’s waiting for passion or humour to strike |
| What shall we do, what shall we do with all this useless beauty? |
| All this useless beauty |
| Good Friday arrived, the sky darkened on time |
| 'Til he almost began to negotiate |
| She held his head like a baby and said «It's okay if you cry.» |
| Now he wants her to dress as if you couldn’t guess |
| He desires to impress his associates |
| But he’s part ugly beast and Hellenic deceased |
| So she finds that the mixture is hard to deny |
| What shall we do, what shall we do with all this useless beauty? |
| All this useless beauty |
| She won’t practice the looks from the great tragic books |
| That were later disgraced to face celluloid |
| It won’t even make sense but you can bet |
| If she isn’t a sweetheart or plaything or pet |
| The film turns her into an unveiled threat |
| Nonsense prevails, modesty fails |
| Grace and virtue turn into stupidity |
| While the calendar fades almost all barricades to a pale compromise |
| And our leaders have feasts on the backsides of beasts |
| They still think they’re the gods of antiquity |
| If something you missed didn’t even exist |
| It was just an ideal -- is it such a surprise? |
| What shall we do, what shall we do with all this useless beauty? |
| All this useless beauty |
| What shall we do, what shall we do with all this useless beauty? |
| All this useless beauty |