When I was Cruel

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2005-02-07 – Elvis Costello When I was Cruel

[album: When I was Cruel song: “When I was Cruel”]

He says “I know you.
You gave me this tattoo back in eighty-two.
You were a smart child then, with a record to plug,
And I was a shaven-headed seaside thug.
Things haven’t really changed as such,
One of us is still getting paid too much.”