Big Tears - Elvis Costello, The Attractions

Everyone is busy with the regular routine

The sniper just takes his aim

Everyone is window shopping, no one is amazed

Even if he hit you, youd still think its just a graze

You go to a movie, you go to a show

You think that youre living, you dont really know

Big tears mean nothing

You can count them as they fall

Big tears mean nothing

When youre lying in your coffin

Tell me whos been taken in Oh, you talk about the new boss automatic clause

But of course they make it all up for you

Always fascinated by the weird edge of town

Come home disappointed every time they put you down

Laughing with the old boys, saying that its all noise

I suppose big tears mean nothing

You can count them as they fall

Big tears mean nothing

When youre lying in your coffin

Tell me whos been taken in All the buttons of my overcoat

They have fallen off one by one

You wouldnt even like me if youd never had a drink

You wouldnt even like me if you never stopped to think

Standing in the shadow, turning wives to widows

Dont you know big tears mean nothing

You can count them as they fall

Big tears mean nothing

When youre lying in your coffin

Tell me whos been taken in Tell me, me or yous been taken in Tell me, tell me, tell me