Couldn`t Call It Unexpected No.4 — текст песни (Elvis Costello)

I saw a girl who`d found her consolation
She said "One day my Prince of Peace will come"
Above her head a portrait of her father
The wilted favour that he gave her still fastened to the frame
"They`ve got his bones and everything he owns
I`ve got his name"

Well you can laugh at this sentimental story
But in time you`ll have to make amends
The sudden chill where lovers doubt their immortality
As the clouds cover the sky the evening ends
Describing a picture of eyes finally closing
As you sometimes glimpse terrible faces in the fire
We`ll I`m the lucky goon
Who composed this tune
from birds arranged on the high wire

Who on earth is tapping at the window?
Does that face still linger at the pane?
I saw you shiver though the room was like a furnace
A shadow of regret across a young mother`s face
So toll the bell or rock the cradle
Please don`t let me fear anything I cannot explain
I can`t believe, I`ll never believe in anything again