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Elvis Costello
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National Ransom
作詞:Elvis Costello
Runnin' pell-mell and harum-scarum Runnin' as hot as they do or dare Stick out your tongue and drink down all the venom Off Cut-Throat Cuthbert and Millicent St.Cy
From the real old Macau To the new False Americas In the liberated territories Unusual suspects shake down Shake down, shake down Various dubious characters
Mother's in the kitchen pickin' bones for breakfast Boilin' them down by the bushel and the score Pull out your thumb and count what's left on your fist There's a wolf at the window with a ravenin' maw
Did you find how to lie? Did you find out how to cheat? The elite bleat, they're obsolete So are your prospects Exact, perfect object? Now if you'd only genuflect
They're runnin' wild just like some 更多更詳盡歌詞 在 ※ Mojim.com 魔鏡歌詞網 Childish tantrum Meanwhile we're workin' every day Payin' off the National Ransom
Woe betide all this hocus-pocus They're runnin' us ragged at their first attempt Around the time the killin' stopped on Wall St. You couldn't hold me, baby, with anythin' but contempt
Letters peal slowly from our speech The Claxton attempts to preach Stretchin' out for stars still out of reach Drownin', flailin', outside Someone's wailin'
They're runnin' wild just like some Childish tantrum Meanwhile we're workin' every day Payin' off the National Ransom
They're runnin' wild just like some Childish tantrum Meanwhile we're workin' every day Payin' off the National Ransom
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