From a Whisper to a Scream [first alternate version] Elvis Costello

Oh, it's not easy to resist temptation

Walking around, looking like a figment of somebody else's imagination

Taking every word she says just like an open invitation

But the power of persuasion is no match for anticipation

Like a finger running down a seam

From a whisper to a scream

From a whisper to a scream

Couldn't be so wrong

Please, please don't leave me waiting so long

Waiting so long

Waiting so long

If the customers like it, then they'll keep on paying

If they keep on drinking, then they'll end up staying

I heard someonе say, "Where have wе met before?"

But the one over the eight seems less like one and more like four

Like a finger running down a seam

From a whisper to a scream

From a whisper to a scream

Couldn't be so wrong

Please, please don't leave me waiting too long

Waiting too long

Waiting too long