Costello Elvis Brutal Youth 20% Amnesia [This is about Mr. Gorbachev's visit to Britain asking for money. EC saw John Major & Gorbachev at the opera (Cinderella) in London one night. -NME Feb-94] "What is your destiny?" the policewoman said The word that she wanted was 'destination' I'm afraid This is your future, but this is your fate Yeah, you're obsolete and they can't afford to educate you In his bedtime -???- jersey ??? Bringing up some fantasy talk Give me strength or give me mercy Life intimidates art Chorus: Give me strength or give me mercy Don't let me lose heart >From [breach/rich/rage?] to anesthesia ??? 20% amnesia Well you pass out on the sofa Just as you're spotted by a drunken oaf This is all your glorious country thinks of your life Strip Jack naked with a Stanley knife So the -???- went home again ??? 'Cause she couldn't find forgiveness They made a fist of the hand of friendship That is only business -chorus- The wine you drank has never seen a grape And now your sci-fi suit has lost its shape But its a dangerous game that comedy plays Sometimes it tells you the truth, sometimes it delays it Think back, think back, if you still can When the trompet sounded and the world began Somebody said we must have won So they started burying the bogie man Mr. Gorbachev came cap in hand >From a bankrupt land to a bankrupt land Mr. Gorbachev and some other fellers Were taken to a show called Cinderella It wasn't an accident, it wasn't a mystery It was calculated and the rest is history You don't have to listen to me That's the triumph of free will There are promises to break And dreams to kill -chorus- |
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