To make a calculator
Addin' up the figures, they'll find
That love's a dumbwaiter
Waitin' for the dream to fade
Right into you hit parade
Maybe I've made that long black list
But I was born when we first kissed
Chorus:
Not another overnight story
No overnight success
We've hung around too long for glory
Is it too late for happiness?
Yesterday is over now
And we've come too far to bow
Here comes swifty, they're off
To chase another headline
But all the news gets soft
Before it makes the deadline
The morning paper hits my door
But I don't read it any more
Yes I know what went on last night
You made your coffin before daylight
Chorus
They're adding inches at our expense
To the measure of their capital worth
The next big thing is gonna dance and sing
Us all off of the face of this earth
They call it big time love
But I'm not nervous
'cause all your turtledoves
Are out of service
And all those arc lights comb the sky
For any little birds that fly
You're all still jerks, and we're still here
Fast asleep at the big premiere
Chorus
They took enough of my mind To make a calculator Addin' up the figures, they'll find That love's a dumbwaiter Waitin' for the dream to fade Right into you hit parade Maybe I've made that long black list But I was born when we first kissed Chorus: Not another overnight story No overnight success We've hung around too long for glory Is it too late for happiness? Yesterday is over now And we've come too far to bow Here comes swifty, they're off To chase another headline But all the news gets soft Before it makes the deadline The morning paper hits my door But I don't read it any more Yes I know what went on last night You made your coffin before daylight Chorus They're adding inches at our expense To the measure of their capital worth The next big thing is gonna dance and sing Us all off of the face of this earth They call it big time love But I'm not nervous 'cause all your turtledoves Are out of service And all those arc lights comb the sky For any little birds that fly You're all still jerks, and we're still here Fast asleep at the big premiere Chorus Explain Request ×
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