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Dear Sweet Filthy World

This version of Dear Sweet Filthy World was released by Elvis Costello in 1993.

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Dear sweet filthy world, my wife or whoever reads this
I think that I’ve lived too long
With all of my promise unfulfilled
But there is a veil drawn over all of that
I know you’ll probably say, “Spare us the melodrama”
“I don’t know how he chose the pills or the stupid revolver”
I’m out of luck
I’m not that strong
My hands, your neck
I might have wrung

Don’t try to find me
I’m not worth anything anymore
I am not leaving you with all of your problems
The biggest one is me

Life is dark
Cold as the sea
Embrace me in my anguish
Put seaweed in my hair and vow that you won’t cry because
I’ve gone
I can’t go on, I can’t go on, I can’t go on
I must close now

Elvis Costello has released many songs over the years besides Dear Sweet Filthy World. Elvis Costello released songs from 1977 to 2004 spanning across albums like My Aim Is True, This Year's Model, Armed Forces, Get Happy!!, Trust, Almost Blue, Imperial Bedroom, Punch The Clock, Goodbye Cruel World, Blood And Chocolate, King Of America, Spike, Mighty Like A Rose, The Juliet Letters, Brutal Youth, Kojak Variety, Deep Dead Blue, All This Useless Beauty, Painted From Memory, For The Stars, When I Was Cruel, North, and The Delivery Man. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Elvis Costello.

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