《Bedlam》歌词

歌曲： Bedlam

所属专辑：Itunes Originals - Elvis Costello

歌手： Elvis Costello

时长： 04:49

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Bedlam (混乱) - Elvis Costello (埃尔维斯 科斯特洛)[00:00:00]

I've got this phosphorescent portrait[00:00:11]

Of gentle Jesus meek and mild[00:00:13]

I've got this harlot that[00:00:15]

I'm stuck with carrying[00:00:17]

Another man's child[00:00:18]

The solitary star announcing[00:00:20]

Vacancy burnt out as we arrived[00:00:22]

They'd throw us back[00:00:25]

Across the border[00:00:26]

If they knew that we survived[00:00:28]

And they were surprised to see us[00:00:30]

So they greeted us with palms[00:00:32]

They asked for ammunition[00:00:35]

Acts of contrition and small alms[00:00:37]

And I might recite a small prayer[00:00:40]

If I ever said them[00:00:43]

I lay down on an iron frame[00:00:45]

Found myself in bedlam[00:00:48]

I wish that I could take something[00:00:50]

For drowning out the noise[00:00:52]

Wailing echoes down the corridors[00:00:55]

I've got this imaginary radio[00:01:07]

And I'm punching up the dial[00:01:09]

I've got the AC trained on the TV[00:01:12]

So it won't blow up in my eye[00:01:14]

Every thing that[00:01:17]

I thought fanciful and[00:01:18]

Mocked as too extreme[00:01:20]

Must be family entertainment here[00:01:22]

In the strange land of my dreams[00:01:25]

Now I'm practicing my[00:01:27]

Likeness of St Francis of Assisi[00:01:28]

If I hold my hand outstretched[00:01:32]

A little bird comes to me[00:01:34]

I might recite a small prayer[00:01:37]

If I ever said them[00:01:39]

I lay down on an iron frame[00:01:42]

Found myself in bedlam[00:01:44]

Escaping from the fingers[00:01:47]

That were stretching[00:01:49]

Through the bars[00:01:50]

Wailing echoes[00:01:52]

Down the corridors[00:01:53]

The player piano[00:02:04]

Picks out Life Goes On[00:02:05]

The ring tone rang out Jerusalem[00:02:09]

In this pit of sadness[00:02:14]

Where the wretched plunge[00:02:16]

We've buried all the innocents[00:02:19]

Must bury revenge[00:02:21]

They've got this scared and[00:02:34]

Decorated girl strapped[00:02:35]

To the steel trunk of a mustang[00:02:36]

They drove[00:02:38]

Her down a cypress grove[00:02:39]

Where traitors hang[00:02:41]

And stars still spangle[00:02:41]

They dangled flags and[00:02:43]

Other rags along a coloured[00:02:45]

Thread of twine[00:02:47]

They dragged[00:02:48]

That bruised and purple heart[00:02:48]

Along the road to Palestine[00:02:51]

Someone went off muttering[00:02:53]

He mentioned thirty pieces[00:02:56]

Easter saw a slaughtering[00:02:58]

Each wrapped in bloodstained fleeces[00:03:00]

My thoughts returned[00:03:03]

To vengeance[00:03:04]

But I put up no resistance[00:03:05]

Though I seemed[00:03:08]

A long way from my home[00:03:08]

It really was no distance[00:03:10]

And I might recite a small prayer[00:03:13]

If I ever said them[00:03:15]

I lay down on an iron frame[00:03:18]

Found myself in bedlam[00:03:20]

Bowing like an actor[00:03:23]

Acknowledging applause[00:03:25]

Playing the Crusader[00:03:28]

Who was conquering the Moors[00:03:30]

And he knew the consequences[00:03:33]

But he won't accept the cause[00:03:34]

Wailing echoes down the corridors[00:03:38]

Bedlam Bedlam[00:03:45]