Elvis Costello – Byline (Guitar)

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I read by line by line by line

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Some words of yours, some words of mine

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Some sentiments are best forgot

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Some letters read then folded shut

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The profile on the postage stamp

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I traced it by my reading lamp

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Remembered when I'd sit and wait

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Then marked our parting from that date

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I read by line by line by line

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That old sarcastic Valentine

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That you denied you'd sent to me

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Then took it back

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It's a thought that we shared, a careless phrase

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A curse or a joke, some words of praise

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But I didn't write

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Did you wonder why?

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It was the easiest way to say "Goodbye"

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You'll see my photo beside the article

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"That's just some guy I used to know

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I was never his

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He was always mine

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But I wrote him off by line by line"

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By line by line by line by line by line by line

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By line by line