Costello, Elvis - ... This Town ... Lyrics






That Charlie Sedarka was a-playing the piano
like he was pawing a dirty book
He bit a hole in his big bottom lip and gave his
very best little boy look
It was a song with a topical verse which I'm
afraid he then proceeded to sing
Something about the moody doomed love of
the Fish-Finger King

[Chorus:]
You're nobody in this town
You're nobody in this crowd
You're nobody till everybody in this town
thinks you're poison,
Got your number knows it must be avoided
You're nobody till everybody in this town
thinks you're a bastard

Mr. Getgood moved up to Self-Made Man Row
Although he swears that he's the salt of the earth
He's so proud of the "kick-me-hard" sign that
they hung on his back at birth
He said "I appreciate beauty, if I have one, then
it's my fault"
"Beauty is on my pillow, beauty is there in
my vault"

[Chorus]

The girl with the eternity rock went down on
her bookie to buy some stock
Now all her signs in the shopping arcades say
"The corporation thief is The New Jesse James"
Her clothes and her attention were scant, her
eyes were everywhere,
Her eyes were like abstinthe [sic]
The little green figures that dance on his screen
say everything you want to hear and nothing
they mean
They made love while she was changing her dress
She wiped him off she wiped him out and then
she made him confess
A little amused by the belief in her power
You must remember this it was the fetish of
the hour

[Chorus]





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  1. U.... M....

    Harry Enfield from Kevin & Perry Go Large HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

  2. C.... A....

    Got your number which is "thusly" appointed. Great line NOO??×

    C.... A....

    No, I think it's "got your number, knows it must be avoided"

  3. C.... A....

    This has to be about fucking Trump. LOL

  4. C.... A....

    I know Watergate" was real serious, but they impeached Nixon over this shit. Yeah, I am from NYC. "Cmon NOOOOWW!! Trump should be impeached, imprisoned in a mental hospital or _____!!!

    C.... A....

    Caroline Alfi And who would you have preferred instead, Ms. Alfi? The Epitome of Evil herself, Satanic and murderous Hillary Rodham Clinton? You and the rest of the lost, deluded left-wing miscreants would have the country under a martial law, fema camp Hell in no time, wouldn't you, you pack of CLUELESS BITCHES...

  5. C.... A....

    WTF!!!??? Costello was way ahead of his time. This was when Trump had that fuckin show. Take a good look at the "giant skyscraper. It says "CHUMP" How many VOTED FOR THIS ASSHOLE??!!!

  6. D.... L....

    So. Much. Cocaine,

  7. L.... H....

    its the legendary Mac McDonald aka Captain Hollister

  8. e.... ....

    I have it on very good authority that to drumpf-art, every time this song is played it's equivalent to sticking a pin in a voodoo doll!

  9. S.... L....

    Chump, Trump tower. Elvis Costello was making fun of Donald Trump before it was cool.

    S.... L....

    I don't know that it was ever not cool, but it has gotten even cooler

    S.... L....

    I love to hate Trump haters...and I'm good at it.

  10. B.... S....

    who is the beautiful brunette?

  11. R.... ....

    Is that Beau Bridges?

    R.... ....

    RandyPantheGoatBoy Playing Trump? No. It looks like Mac McDonald to me.

  12. i.... ....

    "The only show that allows you to sell your soul to the devil. The prizes are: a giant skyscraper with your name emblazoned on it anywhere in the free world."

    Hahaha! Donald Trump must have gotten that deal.

    i.... ....

    Going on the idea that Big E and the producers were aware of him at the time the video was made.

    i.... ....

    Obama wasn't finished baking yet...

  13. b.... ....

    Video OKAY but the Chorus is just amazing thx4ULing This song has been in my head for 3 months! and by finally naming it, I claim this memory. Hooky as hell see Belinda Carlisle :P

    b.... ....

    Do Not denigrate Elvis by making THAT comparison. Urrrgh.

  14. E.... P....

    Finally this video has returnened it was deleted from you tube a long time

    E.... P....

    I'm big on Elvis and yet this is the first time I've ever seen this video. An awful lot was going on in '89.

  15. W.... T....

    Nice song... Paul McCartney on bass and Roger McGuinn of the Byrds plays 12 string guitar.

    W.... T....

    Wow... no wonder I enjoyed the bass lines so much