They're Not Laughing at Me Now

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Elvis Costello

Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick MacManus, 25 August 1954) is an English singer-songwriter. He began his career as part of London's pub rock scene in the early 1970s and later became associated with the first wave of the British punk/New Wave movement of the mid-to-late 1970s. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader than that of most popular songs. His music has drawn on many diverse genres; one critic described him as a "pop encyclopaedia", able to "reinvent the past in his own image". more »

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Tell me, how does it feel in the hour of deception 
And the moment of pretend 
To be scorned 
By those rank and those unkind strangers 
You were fool enough to call your friends?

Will you say, as the curtain descends 
"They're not laughing at me now"

When the last of the garlands and laurel crowns
And fine bouquets have all been swept away 
You were lost in the smokescreens and cavalcades and accolades 
Instead of traitors paid 
Well, will you find the courage to say 
"They're not laughing at me now"

You could shake my hand 
If I could unform my fist
If I were a gentleman 
If I were a Christian 
But I wouldn't risk it, why would you?
You know my name now, it's "Mister" to you

Now we're back at the start 
No forgiveness in your heart 
You turn your coat and ask me to turn my cheek 
And it's all in a language 
That I can understand but never bring myself to speak
I live to tell you
If you dare 
It's a peal too appalling to bear
I, I, I wonder if you here or are you there 
They're not laughing at me now

They're not laughing at me now

They're not laughing at me now

They're not laughing at him now

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