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Artist/Band: Elvis Costello
Lyrics for Song: Shatterproof
Lyrics for Album: Punch the Clock [1983]



I see those newlyweds, their eyes wide and believing

They bill and coo at the mention of Chez Nous

Appearances can be deceiving

It's just a door and a window

Four walls and a roof

But a home of your own would be shatterproof

A door and a window

Four walls and a roof

But a home of your own would be shatterproof



We papered over all the cracks and painted a cat's lick and a promise

The landlord was a man of few words, and most of them were ominous



It's just a door and a window

Four walls and a roof

But a home of your own would be shatterproof

A door and a window

Four walls and a roof

But a home of your own would be shatterproof



It was nothing really to write home about

Then one day it all appears too much

Here comes my little hammer and its shatterproof touch



He said, "Be practical,

These are most unreasonable demands.

Forget about the broken spectacles and the damage to your hand."



It's just a door and a window

Four walls and a roof

And the doctors say I'm almost shatterproof


Album Lyrics: Punch the Clock [1983]


Elvis Costello
"Punch the Clock [1983]"


1. Town Where Time Stood Still
2. Shatterproof