Elvis Costello - Worthless Thing Lyrics
How many times can you jump out of the cupboard
Before someone gets suspicious or someone gets discovered
You can live forever in a split second of fame
Come on down the price is right what's your name
While a crocodile makes good shoes and a dog may change his coat
[Chorus:]
Oh I wish you could see
Quite how much you could mean to me
You worthless thing
If you were ten feet taller and almost handsome
I might pay this king's ransom
You worthless thing
They commit blue murder along Union Avenue
Nightclubs full of grave robbers from Memphis, Tennessee
And Las Vegas body snatchers
And he's carrying a warning can't you see how his eyes glint
Keep your bloody hands off my life your affectionate fingerprint
[Chorus]
All the cars and pills and girls who tore his shirt to tatters
Do you know how tall he was 'cos that is all that really matters?
Do you know his mother's last name do you think that he's divine?
You've seen the film you've read the book
you're drinking vintage Elvis Presley wine
Bored out of your tiny mind while life is twice as large
They'll cut her down to size on television
She's available and beautiful, but with more time to devote
They're going to take this cable now and stick it down your throat
So this is an obituary which should be right and fitting
For every clockwork cat and conceivable kitten
[Chorus]
Other Lyrics by Artist
- Elvis Costello - 45
- Elvis Costello - You Turned To Me
- Elvis Costello - Fallen
- Elvis Costello - When It Sings
- Elvis Costello - Still
- Elvis Costello - Let Me Tell You About Her
- Elvis Costello - Can You Be True?
- Elvis Costello - When Green Eyes Turn Blue
- Elvis Costello - I'm In The Mood Again
- Elvis Costello - Impatience
- Elvis Costello - Too Blue
- Elvis Costello - North
- Elvis Costello - Button My Lip
- Elvis Costello - Country Darkness
- Elvis Costello - There's A Story In Your Voice
- Elvis Costello - Either Side Of The Same Town
- Elvis Costello - When Did I Stop Dreaming?
- Elvis Costello - Someone Took The Words Away
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- Darkthrone - Blacksmith Of The North (Keep That Ancient Fire)
- Darkthrone - Norway In September
- Darkthrone - Grizzly Trade
- Darkthrone - Hanging Out In Haiger
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