Sparkling Day - Elvis Costello

Oh, it was such a sparkling day

That I should be singing its praises

Just to catch my senses as they slip away

But my sentences and phrases

Are about as worthless as wonder can be

And there are words that I could say

Perhaps I lack the sense of occasion

Seems that I’ve been looking down so long you see

That it seemed like up to me

I should be ashamed I’m sure you will agree

So don’t go calling out for Jude or Anthony

Maybe I was lost

I’m a hopeless case

So that every night I listen carefully

But there is no message from me

No message from me

Sparkling day

Things I never said

Some things you never heard

Sparkling day

Now I wait in vain to see

That there was no message from me

When love is constant and content

You always fear some lingering temptation

Silhouettes escaping underneath locked doors

I’m astonished and amazed

Perhaps my message was erased