Elvis Costello : The First To Leave

Lyrics for the Elvis Costello song "The First To Leave" from their "Juliet Letters" album. Feel free to browse the rest of our Elvis Costello lyrics here, or download the rest of our Juliet Letters lyrics.

Band: Elvis Costello
Album: Juliet Letters
Song: The First To Leave

I should open with a kiss
For if you're reading this
You must have opened up your case
And found this letter where i placed it
In between the silk and lace
There were other clues, like your walking shoes
But i still refused to believe
That you were meant to be the first to leave

Everybody here sends you their love
How can i forget you still walk above
Or
Below
Perhaps you'll never know this purgatory
We never could agree
There's a thought, there's a pause
No time to repent
Eternally yours
In a permanent lent

But if i should give you up
If you're right and life just stops
And i never see your face again
Then from unearthly pleasures, proud and plain
I shall abstain

Until you realise, my loss is your surprise
Unless you know otherwise
Then don't grieve
You see i had to be the first to leave