I've been contemplating suicide   But it really doesn't suit my style   So I think I'll just act bored instead   And contain the blood I would've shed      She makes me feel so ill at ease   My heart is really on its knees   But I keep the poker face so well   That even mother couldn't tell      But my baby's so vain, she is almost a mirror   And the sound of her name sends a, a nervous shiver   Down my spine..   Down my spine..      I keep her photograph against my heart   For, in my life, she plays the starring part   A love could hold off cigarettes   There is no room for cheap regrets      She makes me feel so ill at ease   My heart is really on its knees   But I keep the poker face so well   That even mother couldn't tell      But my baby's so vain, she is almost a mirror   And the sound of her name sends a, a nervous shiver   Down my spine..   (A nervous shiver)   Down my spine..   Down my spine..   Down my spine..      Down my spine