The Bridge I Burned Lyrics

I'm walking down Times Square
In the Electric Daylight
The sailors on shore leave stand out
In their perfect white

I'm up here with my spying gla*s
At the window of the world
For better or for worse
It's a perverse universe, my love

Now I know, I should have never walked
Over the bridge I burned
Now I know, somehow I don't feel so alone

You mutter underneath your breath
It echoes round the world
Everybody comes from nowhere
There is hope, it loops up in the air

Now I know, I should have never walked
Over the bridge I burned
Now I know, somehow I don't feel so alone

You said, I used to be handsome
If you screwed up your eyes
Professors and vampires
Drank up all the tears I cried

Now there's a bird at my window
He feeds upon the pain
And sometimes he sings to me
A mocking bird in the twilight of infamy

Now I know, I should have never walked
Over the bridge I burned
Now I know, somehow I don't feel so alone

Now I know, I should have never walked
Over the bridge I burned
Now I know, they've burned one sinner
And the others are set to follow

Now I know, now I know, now I know

Elvis Costello - All This Useless Beauty (With Bonus Disc)

Aug 2001

1. The Other End Of The Telescope
2. Little Atoms
3. All This Useless Beauty
4. Complicated Shadows
5. Why Can't A Man Stand Alone?
6. Distorted Angel
7. Shallow Grave
8. Poor Fractured Atlas
9. Starting To Come To Me
10. You Bowed Down
11. It's Time
12. Almost Ideal Eyes
13. My Dark Life (with Brian Eno)
14. What Do I Do Now?
15. The Bridge I Burned
16. Mistress And Maid (demo)
17. World's Greatest Optimist (demo)
18. The Only Flame In Town (demo)
19. The Comedians (demo)
20. The Days Take Care Of Everything (demo)
21. Hidden Shame (demo)