《Battered Old Bird》歌词

歌曲： Battered Old Bird

所属专辑：Blood And Chocolate

歌手： Elvis Costello & The Attr

时长： 05:50

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Battered Old Bird - Elvis Costello & The Attractions[00:00:00]

The landlady's husband came up to town today[00:00:04]

Since he left them both ten years ago[00:00:13]

To serve the ministry[00:00:16]

The dark down road of his approach[00:00:24]

In constant rain was drenched[00:00:27]

The tenant's boy said How do you do[00:00:31]

Then swore in French[00:00:34]

Did you teach this little child these curses on my soul[00:00:38]

You should both be shut down in the coal-hole[00:00:45]

That's the way to treat a child[00:00:51]

Who cries out in the night[00:00:54]

And a woman who teaches wrong from right[00:00:57]

He's a Battered Old Bird[00:01:02]

And he's living up there[00:01:06]

He's a Battered Old Bird[00:01:09]

And he's living up there[00:01:13]

There's a place where time stands still[00:01:16]

If you keep taking those little pink pills[00:01:19]

Hush your mouth you hypocrite[00:01:29]

His humour cut her deep[00:01:32]

The tight lipped leer of judgement[00:01:35]

That had seen her love desert her just like sleep[00:01:38]

Filthy words on children's lips are better[00:01:44]

My dear spouse[00:01:47]

Then if I were to speak my mind about this house[00:01:50]

He's a Battered Old Bird[00:01:57]

And he's living up there[00:02:00]

He's a Battered Old Bird[00:02:03]

And he's living up there[00:02:06]

There's a place where time stands still[00:02:10]

If you keep taking those little pink pills[00:02:13]

On the first floor there are two old maids[00:02:23]

Each one wishing that the other was afraid[00:02:26]

And next door to them is a man so mild[00:02:29]

Untill he chopped off the head of a visitor's child[00:02:32]

He danced upon the bonfire[00:02:36]

Swallowed sleeping pills like dreams[00:02:38]

With a bottle of sweet sherry that everything redeems[00:02:42]

He's a Battered Old Bird[00:02:49]

And he's living up there[00:02:52]

He's a Battered Old Bird[00:02:55]

And he's living up there[00:02:58]

There's a place where time stands still[00:03:02]

If you keep taking those little pink pills[00:03:05]

And on the second floor is the Macintosh Man[00:03:14]

He's in his overcoats more than out of them[00:03:18]

And the typewriter's rattling all through the night[00:03:21]

He's burgundy for breakfast tight[00:03:24]

He says[00:03:27]

One day I'll throw away all of my cares[00:03:28]

And it is always Christmas[00:03:34]

In a cupboard at the top of the stairs[00:03:36]

He's a Battered Old Bird[00:03:41]

And he's living up there[00:03:45]

He's a Battered Old Bird[00:03:48]

And he's living up there[00:03:51]

There's a place where time stands still[00:03:55]

If you keep taking those little pink pills[00:03:58]

Well here's a boy if ever there was[00:04:08]

Who's going to do big things[00:04:11]

That's what they all say and[00:04:14]

That's how the trouble begins[00:04:17]

I've seen them rise and fall[00:04:22]

Been through their big deals and smalls[00:04:24]

He'd better have a dream that goes beyond four walls[00:04:28]

You think he should be sent outside[00:04:36]

Playing with the traffic[00:04:39]

When pieces of him are already scattered in the attic[00:04:41]

When pieces of him are already scattered in the attic[00:04:47]

He's a Battered Old Bird[00:04:53]

And he's living up there[00:04:56]

He's a Battered Old Bird[00:05:00]

And he's living up there[00:05:03]

There's a place where time stands still[00:05:06]

If you keep taking those little pink pills[00:05:10]