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Lyrics for This Is Hell by Elvis Costello:
| | | Artist: | Elvis Costello |
| | Album: | Brutal Youth | | Track: | This Is Hell | | | | Date Added: | 18/10/2007 | | Views: | 71 | | | | Lyrics: | Chorus:
This is hell, this is hell
I am sorry to tell you
It never gets better or
worse
But you'll get used to it after a spell
For heaven is hell in reverse
The
bruiser spun a hula-hoop
While all the barmen preen and pout
The neon 'i' in nightclub
flickers on and off
And finally blew out
The irritating jingle
Of the belly-dancing
phoney Turkish girls
The eerie glare of ultra-violet
Perfect dental
work
-chorus-
The failed Don Juan in the big bow-tie
Is very sorry that
he spoke
For he's mislaid his punchline
More than half-way through a very tasteless
joke
The fraulein caught him peeking down her gown
He's yelling in her ear
And all at
once the music stopped
As he was intimately bellowing "My
dear"
-chorus-
The shirt you wore with courage
And violent nylon
suit
Reappear upon your back
And undermine the polished line you try to shoot
It's
not the torment of the flames
That finally sees your flesh corrupted
It's the small
humiliations that your memory piles up
This is hell, this is hell, this is
hell.
My favourite things are playing
Again and again
But it's by Julie
Andrews
And not by John Coltrane
Endless balmy breezes in perfect sunsets
framed
Vintage wine for breakfast
And naked starlets floating in champagne
All the
passions of your youth
Are tranquilized and tamed
You may think it looks
familiar
Though you may know it by another name
-chorus-
This is hell,
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