Lyrics Elvis Costello

Elvis Costello

Human Touch

I know I've just gotta get out of this place

I can't stand any more of that mechanical grace

Though you say it's only industrial squeeze

It looks like luxury and feels like a disease

Oh give it to me, give it to me

I don't want to know much about much

Give it to me, give it to me

I need, I need, I need the human touch

Left with just a house to hold

Drinking your way to drydock

It's easy to break up a model citizen

Living in the state of shock

I just can't believe I am responsible for this

What the makeup hides can't be hidden with a kiss

When I'm talking in tongues I go where you lead

I don't make you plead, oh I need you

How I'd like to fix her in a picture of rage

How I'd like to catch her when she's acting her age

But when she's laying stretched out on the floor

It's no mystery to me anymore

Oh give it to me, give it to me

I don't want to know much about much

Give it to me, give it to me

I need, I need, I need the human touch