Elvis Costello & The Imposters - The Difference lyrics

I pulled a petal from the flower to tell just where my fortune fell About a boy beyond my caution before I lay beneath his spell And he said, "Do you know, do you know, do you by chance know wrong from right? "Do you know, do you know, do you know what turns pleasure to plight? If you trust me, I know it may seem strange I'll show you the way down into the underworld" I did just what he asked me to Lifted my skirt to show him my shoe Upon a reel of the finest fiddlehead Light as the dance around Milady's bed The steps came faster at his insistence Till he showed me all about the difference "It's not about the things I promised, it's not about the vow we broke If I am faithless or dishonest it's just the gaze that you provoke" And he said, "Do you know, do you know, do you by chance know wrong from right? Do you know, do you know, do you know what turns pleasure to plight? If you kiss me, at first it may seem strange I'll show you the way into another world" My father shamed me just like you Buried my name in a glass or two Till he came to me in his darkest house He mistook me, took me for his spouse And my cries for a woman in the distance So I took this knife to show him the difference Till he came to me in his darkest house He mistook me, took me for his spouse And my cries for the woman in the distance So I used this knife to show him the difference