《The Puppet Has Cut His Strings (Bonus Track) [feat. The Roots]》歌词

歌曲： The Puppet Has Cut His Strings (Bonus Track) [feat. The Roots]

所属专辑：Wise Up Ghost (Deluxe) [feat. The Roots]

歌手： Elvis Costello&The Roots

时长： 04:56

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The Puppet Has Cut His Strings (Bonus Track) [feat. The Roots[00:00:00]

They pulled the stars down one by one[00:00:03]

Hauled up the moon to shine upon[00:00:09]

A velvet curtain rising[00:00:16]

Now her puppet has cut his strings[00:00:23]

The footlights glare[00:00:30]

The trumpets blare[00:00:31]

Why is your face drawn on so glum old chum[00:00:36]

Paintbrush dragging on a drum[00:00:43]

The rimshot on the punchline that you fumbled[00:00:51]

The crowd went home and left you[00:00:56]

For dead[00:01:03]

My old woodenhead[00:01:03]

Took the thimble and the thread[00:01:09]

Choked back tears like a cymbal[00:01:15]

The breath is slow and shallow too[00:01:23]

The sky is bright Venetian blue[00:01:29]

The cardboard sun is all ablaze[00:01:35]

The air is painted Clifford Brown[00:01:42]

Caressing "Yesterdays"[00:01:49]

The steady gaze of your glass eye[00:01:55]

Head in a basket smiling still[00:02:02]

Free of will free of wisdom[00:02:08]

Can't feel my fingers anymore[00:02:14]

Can't raise my hand and ask for more[00:02:21]

Dance my doll across the floor[00:02:29]

Or fire a flag from a pistol[00:02:34]

"Bang"[00:02:37]

They pulled the stars down one by one[00:02:41]

Hauled up the moon to wish upon[00:02:47]

The puppet finally cut his strings[00:02:53]

And free at last from earthly things[00:03:01]

He's dancing on the ceiling[00:03:07]

With a showgirl in a feather dress[00:03:13]

Time is meaningless[00:03:19]

We carried you on buckled limbs[00:03:26]

Through mournful airs and martyrs hymns[00:03:32]

Then one blue and one more yellow pill[00:03:38]

One keeps you quiet[00:03:44]

One keeps you still[00:03:46]

You sang "The Way You Looked Tonight"[00:03:51]

Your voice is ringing true and clear[00:03:56]

Then you wore them down like candlelight[00:04:03]

And in the darkness[00:04:06]

You'd best beware[00:04:13]

And in the darkness[00:04:16]

You'd best beware[00:04:18]

You'd best beware[00:04:21]

You'd best beware[00:04:22]

I used to love him[00:04:25]

When I used to care[00:04:28]

Canopy[00:04:33]

Satin trim[00:04:34]

Slowly closing[00:04:36]

The puppet has cut his strings[00:04:41]