"Back On My Feet" by Elvis Costello

How many days will the wet weather last? 
I want to know will the clouds 
When they roll back 
Reveal a man in an old mac 
Living on a park bench 
Sitting on his own' 

Cut to the rain as it runs down the glass 
Eventually through the lightning and thunder 
We see a man going under 
This is how it happens 
This is what he said 

He said, "I don't need love 
Though temptation is sweet 
Give me your hand 
'Til I'm back on me feet 
You're always telling me about my misery 
I've seen things you'll never see 
Don't pity me." 

Focus in on the breath of a man 
Who takes a brown paper bag 
From his knapsack 
Between his whispers and wise cracks 
He's looking for permission 
Screaming at the sky, 

"I don't need love 
though temptation is sweet 
Give me your hand 
'Til I'm back on me feet 
You're always telling me about my misery 
I've seen things you'll never see 
Don't pity me. 

I'll be right again 
Be upright without you 
I'll stand up again 
Kick up a fuss again too." 

Cut back again to a girl walking by 
Until the feet that are all shoes and no socks 
Climb an invisible soap box 
Laughing at the traffic 
Shouting at the world: 

"I don't need love 
though temptation is sweet 
Give me your hand 
'Til I'm back on my feet 
You're always telling me about my misery 
I've seen things you'll never see 
Don't pity me. 

I'll stand up again 
Kick up a fuss again too 
I'll be right again 
Be upright without you." 

We see a life through the eyes of a man 
As he live and he dies 
By a simple tattoo 

"I'll be back again 
When I land on my feet 
I'll stand up again 
Kick up a fuss again, wouldn't you?"

Well there you go, though we tried hard to know him 
It's there on his face 
He's a case where there's clearly no hope 

"Give me your hand again 
'Til I land again"

His face starts to fade 
As we pull down the shade 
And the picture we made 
Is in glorious cinemascope 

"I'll be back..."