Miracle man

Elvis Costello

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You never asked me what I wanted. You only asked me why.
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I never thought that so much trouble was a restin' on my reply,
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I could say it was the nights when I was lonely 
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And you were the only one who'd come.
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I could tell you that I like your sensitivity,
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When you know it's the way that you walk.

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Why do you have to say that there's always someone 
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Who can do it better than I can?
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But don't you think that I know that walking on the water
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Won't make me a miracle man?

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Baby's gotta have the things she wants.
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You know she's gotta have the things she loves.
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She's got a ten-inch bamboo cigarette holder 
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and her black patent leather gloves.
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And I'm doing everything just tryin' to please her,
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Even crawling around on all fours.
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Oh, I thought by now that it was gonna be easy,
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But she still seems to want for more.

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Why do you have to say that there's always someone 
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Who can do it better than I can?
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But don't you think that I know that walking on the water
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Won't make me a miracle man?   Oh yeah

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Yeah they're givin' you a bad reputation just because you've never been denied.     
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You try to say you've done it all before. Baby, you know that you 
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just get tired. Yet everybody loves you so much, girl.
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I just don't know how you stand the strain. Oh, but I'm the one who's here
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tonight, and I don't wanna do it all in vain.

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Why do you have to say that there's always someone 
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Who can do it better than I can?
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But don't you think that I know that walking on the water
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Won't make me a miracle man?   Oh yeah
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A miracle man?   Oh yeah
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A miracle man?   Oh yeah
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A miracle man?   Oh yeah