Mr. Elton Reveals the Portrait - Isobel Waller-Bridge

You wait by the window Morning's breath on the sill Idle hands given another try So you wait and you savour the moment Outside the canvas turned white Ruby eyes in the fog Rain washing clean all the sins A liquid gown that covers all Your loathe turns endless Opened mirage soothes your sense Locked on the pinnacle The best secret within Like a derelict child Heart burning for a stranger Ascending to the meek Flock round the liars in awe Caked in the soil beneath Fear me when we meet Turn away in admiration My firm grip round the nucleus of joy Enough of this You will leave me now You will see it now Perish at my hands Close to you Tangled up in hair Fresh stigma looks Shall I take you with me And it is cold Ruby eyes in the fog It is me And you are just like them all Stained by the names of fathers I'm greeting my downward fall Leaving the throes to others

You were wearing white under a sunset Jokingly smoked a candy cigarette You smiled at me when you rolled your eyes Something bout' you has me mesmerised Kissed your freckles in the summer We got in trouble, but it was fun We'd oversleep every Saturday You always seem to get your way She's got long hair, nice hips in a sundress Kissed me on the cheek with her Coca-Cola chapstick Her skin's sun-kissed, God blessed the girl That was really good She's sweeter than the honey in her tea More peaceful than the branch of an olive tree She loves to lounge in her underwear She somehow makes friends everywhere She's the only woman in my dreams She's the start of all my memories She's the perfect portrait of young love And I'm just her lucky tag along She's got long hair, nice hips in a sundress Kissed me on the cheek with her Coca-Cola chapstick Her skin's sun-kissed, God blessed the girl And it may sound strange But she makes Every ounce of pain feel like it wasn't in vain One thing's for sure, God blessed the girl She's got long hair, nice hips in a sundress Kissed me on the cheek with her Coca-Cola chapstick Her skin's sun-kissed, God blessed the girl

Can't drink, can't drug, can't drown 'em away Can't sleep, can't think, can't find an escape From these dark, dark thoughts in my mind Can't drink, can't drug, can't drown 'em away Can't sleep, can't think, can't find an escape From these dark, dark thoughts in my mind There's a heavy on this mind There's a weight behind these eyes What if I, what if I can't stop the rising tide? Above the undertow, do you see me down below? A sinking stone, wondering how much deeper I can go Can't drink, can't drug, can't drown 'em away Can't sleep, can't think, can't find an escape From these dark, dark thoughts in my mind, oh Oh my head, my head, my head is a prison No one ever visits It's just you and me 'til the end, the end Waiting out my sentence If I find an exit, will you still follow me? A hundred stories high What would it be like to be free from this parasite inside of me? And at my funeral, would anybody show? No pall to bear, just a coffin sitting all alone Can't drink, can't drug, can't drown 'em away Can't sleep, can't think, can't find an escape From these dark, dark thoughts in my mind, oh My head, my head, my head is a prison No one ever visits It's just you and me 'til the end, the end Waiting out my sentence If I find an exit, will you still follow me? To kill what I create To keep the wolves at bay You know I've tried a million times but they still find a way to cage me Can't drink, can't drug, can't drown 'em away Can't sleep, can't think, can't find an escape From these dark, dark thoughts These dark, dark thoughts Oh my head, my head, my head is a prison No one ever visits It's just you and me 'til the end ('til the end), the end Waiting out my sentence If I find an exit, will you still follow me?

No one to talk with, all by myself No one to walk with, but I'm happy on the shelf Ain't misbehavin' Savin' my love for you For you, for you, for you I know for certain the one I love I'm through with flirtin', it's you that I'm thinkin' of Ain't misbehavin' Savin' my love for you Like Jack Horner in the corner Don't go nowhere, what do I care? Your kisses are worth waitin' for Believe me I don't stay out late, no place to go I'm home about eight, just me and my radio Ain't misbehavin' Savin' all my love for you I don't stay out late, got no place to go I'm home about eight, just me and my radio Ain't misbehavin' Savin' my love for you

They have a new expression along old Harlem way That tells you when a party is ten times more than gay To say that things are jumpin' leaves not a single doubt That everthing is in full swing when you hear someone shout Here 'tis The joint is jumpin' It's really jumpin' Come in, cats, and check your hats I mean this joint is jumpin' The piano's thumpin', The dancers are bumpin', This here spot is more than hot In fact, the joint is jumpin' Check your weapons at the door Be sure to pay your quarter Burn your leather on the floor Grab anybody's daughter The roof is rockin' The neighbors knockin' We're all bums when the wagon comes I mean, this joint is jumpin' Let it be! Yas! Burn this joint, boy, yas! Oh, my, yas! Don't you hit that chick, that's my broad Where'd you get that stuff at? Why, I'll knock you to your knees, what? Put this cat out of here, what? Get rid of that pistol, get rid of that pistol Yeah, get rid of it, yas, yeah That's what I'm talkin' about, ha, ha Now it's really ready No, baby, not now, I can't come over there right now Yeah, let's do it! The joint is jumpin' It's really jumpin' Every Mose is on his toes I mean this joint is jumpin' Uh, oh, no time for talkin' This place is walkin', yes Get your jug and cut the rug I think the joint is jumpin' Listen Get your pig feet, bread and gin There's plenty in the kitchen Who is that that just came in? Just look at the way he's switchin' Aw, mercy, don't mind the hour I'm in power, I've got bail if we go to jail I mean this joint is jumpin' Don't give your right name, no, no, no, no