《National Ransom》歌词

歌曲： National Ransom

所属专辑：National Ransom

歌手： Elvis Costello

时长： 04:04

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National Ransom - Elvis Costello[00:00:00]

Written by：Elvis Costello[00:00:00]

Runnin' pell mell and harum scarum[00:00:13]

Runnin' as hot as[00:00:19]

They do or dare[00:00:20]

Stick out your tongue and[00:00:24]

Drink down all the venom[00:00:26]

Off cut throat cuthbert[00:00:30]

And Millicent St. Cyr[00:00:32]

From the real old Macau[00:00:36]

To the new False Americas[00:00:39]

In the liberated territories[00:00:42]

Unusual suspects shake down[00:00:45]

Shake down shake down[00:00:48]

Various dubious characters[00:00:51]

Mother's in the kitchen[00:00:59]

Pickin' bones for breakfast[00:01:00]

Boilin' them down by[00:01:05]

The bushel and the score[00:01:06]

Pull out your thumb and[00:01:11]

Count what's left on your fist[00:01:12]

There's a wolf at the window[00:01:17]

With a ravenin' maw[00:01:18]

Did you find how to lie[00:01:23]

Did you find out how to cheat[00:01:26]

The elite bleat their obsolete[00:01:29]

So are your prospects[00:01:32]

Exact perfect object[00:01:34]

Now if you'd only genuflect[00:01:37]

They're runnin' wild just like some[00:01:40]

Childish tantrum[00:01:45]

Meanwhile we're workin' every day[00:01:48]

Payin' off the National Ransom[00:01:51]

Woe betide all this hocus pocus[00:02:05]

They're runnin' us ragged[00:02:11]

At their first attempt[00:02:13]

Around the time the killin'[00:02:17]

Stopped on Wall St.[00:02:19]

You couldn't hold me baby[00:02:23]

With anythin' but contempt[00:02:24]

Letters peal slowly from our speech[00:02:29]

The claxton attempts to preach[00:02:32]

Stretchin' out for stars[00:02:35]

Still out of reach[00:02:37]

Drownin' flailin' outside[00:02:38]

Someone's wailin'[00:02:42]

They're runnin' wild just like some[00:02:45]

Childish tantrum[00:02:49]

Meanwhile we're workin' every day[00:02:52]

Payin' off the National Ransom[00:02:56]

They're runnin' wild just like some[00:03:03]

Childish tantrum[00:03:07]

Meanwhile we're workin' every day[00:03:10]

Payin' off the National Ransom[00:03:14]