"Painted From Memory" lyrics - ELVIS COSTELLO & BURT BACHARACH

Such a picture of loveliness
Didn't you notice the resemblance?
Doesn't it look like she could speak?
Those eyes I tried to capture
They are lost to me now forever
They smile for someone else

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Funny, how looks can be deceiving
But she's not easily painted from memory

You'd think that I would know by now
Those eyes I tried to capture
They are lost to me now forever
They smile for someone else

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And so this had to be painted from memory

She is gone, and I must accept it
She is lost to me now
But I can't look away just yet though
She smiles for someone else

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(And so this had to be painted from memory)
Funny, now I can see how looks can be deceiving

[Chorus:]
(And so this had to be painted from memory)
Funny, now I can see how looks can be deceiving

[Chorus:]
(And so this had to be painted from memory)
(Funny, how looks can be deceiving)