The Whirlwind - Elvis Costello

I came out to this town

To seek a new career

Or just another kind of whirlwind

Than one that brought me here

I stare up through the ceiling

Past the plaster and the paint

Considering the stars that shine

And flare and fall before they’re spent

How could you know?

My common senses had deserted me

On certain nights

When other gentlemen have courted me

But in the light of morning

They would turn to see me go

I’ve had my moments

But all too few

You think you know me

Maybe you do

But in the light of morning

You will turn to see me go

Nothing’s lost and no one’s won

It’s over now and now it’s done

I may be lying

This may be true

You think you know me

Maybe you do, maybe you do

Maybe you do