Elvis Costello
God Give Me Strength
[Verse 1]
Now I have nothing so God give me strength
'Cause I'm weak in his wake
But if I'm strong I might still break
And I don't have anything to share
That I won't throw away into the air

[Chorus]
That song is sung out
This bell is rung out
He was the light that I'd bless
He took my last chance at happiness
So God give me strength
God give me strength

[Verse 2]
I can't hold on to him, God give me strength
When the phone doesn't ring
And I'm lost in imagining
Everything that kind of love is worth
As I tumble back down to the earth

[Chorus]
That song is sung out
This bell is rung out
He was the light that I'd bless
He took my last chance at happiness
So God give me strength
[Bridge]
God, if he'd grant me his indulgence and decline
I might as well wipe him from my memory
Fracture the spell as he becomes my enemy
Maybe I was washed out like a lip-print on a shirt
See, I'm only human, I want him to hurt
I want him, I want him to hurt

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
Since I lost the power to pretend
That there could ever be a happy ending

[Chorus]
That song is sung out
This bell is rung out
He was the light that I'd bless
He took my last chance at happiness
So God give me strength
God give me strength

[Outro]
Oh, God give me strength
God give me strength
Give me strength
I need strength
Give me strength
Oh oh, wipe him from my memories
Give me strength
I need strength
God give me strength