《The River In Reverse》歌词

歌曲： The River In Reverse

所属专辑：The River In Reverse

歌手： Elvis Costello

时长： 04:32

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The River In Reverse - Elvis Costello[00:00:01]

How long does a promise last [00:00:24]

How long can a lie be told [00:00:27]

What would I take in exchange for my soul [00:00:31]

Would I notice when it was sold [00:00:35]

Wake me up wake me up[00:00:38]

Wake me up with a slap or a kiss[00:00:42]

There must be something better than this[00:00:46]

'Cos I don't see how it can get much worse[00:00:50]

What do we have to do to send the river in reverse [00:00:54]

Every man a crawling king snake[00:01:06]

Every girl a half a heartbreak[00:01:10]

Every woman sold into shame[00:01:14]

To any son without a name[00:01:18]

Are your arms too weak to lift [00:01:21]

Another shovel on the graveyard shift[00:01:25]

Here comes the flood if you catch my drift[00:01:29]

Where the things that they promised are not a gift[00:01:32]

If man falls through the mirror of a lake[00:01:37]

They fish him out quick and they call him a fake[00:01:40]

Give him all the temptations he can take[00:01:44]

Tie him up high till his bones break[00:01:48]

Wake me up wake me up[00:01:52]

Wake me up with a slap or a kiss[00:01:56]

There must be something better than this[00:02:00]

'Cos I don't see how it can get much worse[00:02:04]

What do we have to do to send the river in reverse[00:02:08]

I thought I heard somebody laugh[00:02:21]

Look out your window[00:02:25]

They're chasing shadows in the dark[00:02:28]

They're counting widows[00:02:32]

I felt a sliver of glass[00:02:36]

Saw a cross in splinters[00:02:40]

I felt the truce of spring[00:02:44]

Dig me out of the trench of winter[00:02:48]

So count your blessings when they ask permission[00:02:51]

To govern with money and superstition[00:02:55]

They tell you it's all for your own protection[00:02:58]

Till you fear your own reflection[00:03:02]

But the times are passing from illumination[00:03:06]

Like bodies falling from a constellation[00:03:09]

An uncivil war divides the nation[00:03:13]

So erase the tape on that final ape running down creation[00:03:18]

Running down creation[00:03:30]

Wake me up wake me up[00:03:33]

Wake me up with a slap or a kiss[00:03:37]

There must be something better than this[00:03:41]

Wake me up wake me up with a slap or a kiss[00:03:48]

There must be something better than this[00:03:56]