Shabby Doll - Elvis Costello, The Attractions

Giving you more of what for

Always worked for me before

Now I’m a shabby doll

What’s going on behind the green elevator door

With just a shabby doll

There’s a hit man facing

A compromising situation

With just a shabby doll

And a very neat line

In character assassination

She’s just a shabby doll

She’s just a shabby doll

She’s putting him off and putting you on

She’s just a shabby doll

She’s just the shabby doll

You’re swearing upon you know in your heart

She’s gone you know in your heart

She’s just a shabby doll

There’s a girl in this dress

There’s always a girl in distress

She’s just a shabby doll

She’s so sure she’s self-possessed

Then again she’s half undressed

She’s just a shabby doll

The boy that I used to be

Showed no sign of sympathy

For just a shabby doll

I have betrayed you and me

And paid for my own bribery

With just a shabby doll

She’s just a shabby doll

She’s putting him off and putting you on

She’s just a shabby doll

She’s just the shabby doll

You’re swearing upon you know in your heart

She’s gone you know in your heart

She’s just a shabby doll

He’s the tired toy that everyone’s enjoyed

He wants to be a fancy man

But he’s nothing but a nancy boy

He’s all pride and no joy

And being what you might call a whore

Always worked for me before

Now I’m a shabby doll

Untie the gag the cat’s out of the bag

But won’t show his claws

He’s just a shabby doll

She said you must be joking

Some things are left unspoken

You’re just a shabby doll

He’s lying limp and soaking

He was openly broken

By just a shabby doll

She’s just a shabby doll

She’s putting him off and putting you on

She’s just a shabby doll

She’s just the shabby doll

You’re swearing upon you know in your heart

She’s gone you know in your heart

She’s just a shabby doll

She’s just a shabby doll

She’s just a shabby doll