I’m Ahead If I Can Quit While I’m Behind - Elvis Costello

There are scars that never ever show themselves You get when you're left alone too long in hell They tried to keep in the secrets that you wouldn't tell But they just stripped you for parts you had to sell Well, if I'm there to catch you when you fall You'll have a friend down in hell after all And if you're there to catch me when I fall Then maybe hell ain't so bad after all I didn't want to believe how much you needed help And I just left you to be all by yourself And now I wish I had seen that you weren't doing well But I just came back to see how hard you fell Well, if I'm there to catch you when you fall You'll have a friend down in hell after all And if you're there to catch me when I fall Then maybe hell ain't so bad after all Build me up or tear me down, I will never make a sound Build me up or tear me down Run a dagger through my chest, I believe it's for the best Build me up or tear me down There are scars that never ever show themselves You get when you're left alone too long in hell They tried to keep in the secrets that you wouldn't tell But they just stripped you for parts you had to sell And if you're there to catch me when I fall Then maybe hell ain't so bad after all Build me up or tear me down, I will never make a sound Build me up or tear me down Run a dagger through my chest, I believe it's for the best Build me up or tear me down Well, if I'm there to catch you when you fall You'll have a friend down in hell after all And if you're there to catch me when I fall Then maybe hell ain't so bad after all Ain't so bad after all Ain't so bad after all Ain't so bad after all Ain't so bad after all

Thank you for the days Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me I'm thinking of the days I won't forget a single day believe me I bless the light I bless the light that shines on you believe me And though you're gone You're with me every single day believe me Days I remember all my life Days where you can't see wrong from right You took my life And then I knew that very soon you'd leave me But it's alright Now I'm not frightened of this world believe me I wish today could be tomorrow The night is dark, it just brings sorrow, let it wait Thank you for the days Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me I'm thinking of the days I won't forget a single day believe me I bless the light I bless the light that shines on you believe me And though you're gone You're with me every single day believe me Days I remember all my life Days where you can't see wrong from right You took my life And then I knew that very soon you'd leave me But it's alright Now I'm not frightened of this world believe me, days Thank you for the days Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me I'm thinking of the days I won't forget a single day believe me I bless the light I bless the light that shines on you believe me And though you're gone You're with me every single day believe me, days

With a handful of backhanders and a bevy of beauty You're going off limits, going off duty Going off the rails, going off with booty They tell tales of fiction found on all the criminal types Lead to a higher ranking man or a face with thin red stripes The boys next door The mums and dads New weds and nearly deads Have you ever been had in Clubland? There's a piece in someone's pocket to do the dirty work You've come to shoot the pony, they've come to do the jerk They leave him half way to paradise They leave you half way to bliss The ladies' invitation never seemed like this The boys next door The mums and dads New weds and nearly deads Have you ever been had in Clubland? The long arm of the law Slides up the outskirts of town Meanwhile in Clubland They are ready to pull them down Hey The right to work is traded in For the right to refuse admission Don't pass out now, there's no refund (When) Did you find out what you were missing? The crowd is taking forty winks minus ten percent You barely get required sleep to go lingering with contemptment Thursday to Saturday, money's gone already Some things come in common these days Your hands and work aren't steady The boys next door The mums and dads New weds and nearly deads Have you ever been had in Clubland?