《This Sad Burlesque》歌词

歌曲： This Sad Burlesque

所属专辑：The Juliet Letters

歌手： Elvis Costello&Brodsky Qu

时长： 02:46

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This Sad Burlesque - Elvis Costello (埃尔维斯 科斯特洛)/Brodsky Quartet (柏洛斯基弦乐乐团)[00:00:00]

I write in hopes by the time you get this letter[00:00:00]

We may live to see a change for the better[00:00:06]

Or are we so devoted[00:00:11]

To these wretched selfish motives[00:00:17]

When the cold facts and figures all add up[00:00:23]

They cannot contradict this sad burlesque[00:00:26]

This sad burlesque[00:00:35]

With miserable failures making[00:00:41]

Entertainment of our fate[00:00:45]

Laughter cannot dignify of elevate[00:00:49]

This sad burlesque[00:00:54]

Now can they recall being young and idealistic[00:01:01]

Before wading knee-deep in hogwash and arithmetic[00:01:06]

The pitying smirk[00:01:12]

The argument then runs like clockwork[00:01:17]

Will run down[00:01:22]

Eventually and splutter to a stop[00:01:26]

P S Well by now you know the worst of it[00:01:37]

And we've heard all the alibis[00:01:42]

That they've rehearsed[00:01:47]

The smug predictions[00:01:48]

If it's not a contradiction[00:01:54]

Be have they faith human nature[00:01:59]

And have mercy on the creatures[00:02:02]

In this sad burlesque[00:02:05]

This sad burlesque[00:02:12]

With miserable failures making[00:02:19]

Entertainment of our fate[00:02:23]

Laughter cannot dignify of elevate[00:02:27]

This sad burlesque[00:02:33]