《Damnation’s Cellar》歌词

[00:00:00] Damnation's Cellar - Elvis Costello (埃尔维斯 科斯特洛)/Brodsky Quartet (柏洛斯基弦乐乐团)

[00:00:04] Did anybody notice over marmalade and eggs

[00:00:08] In between the princess legs

[00:00:12] What with wars and floods and beggars

[00:00:15] Not to mention stocks and shares

[00:00:18] If you have a moment to spare

[00:00:21] Can you write and reassure me that I have seen

[00:00:26] They're constructing a time machine

[00:00:31] There will be no need for the obituary pages

[00:00:34] We can have any hero from the bygone ages

[00:00:39] Til the truth emerges the argument rages

[00:00:43] The major and the minor

[00:00:46] Turn from tallow into tar

[00:00:51] Should we leave them in their place

[00:00:55] Down in damnation's cellar

[00:01:04] When any form of deity that you might enjoy

[00:01:08] Can be conjured with a test-tube and a flame

[00:01:11] If it's out there then science can explain it

[00:01:14] Or at least remove the blame

[00:01:16] And if there's is anyone

[00:01:17] You'd like to see again

[00:01:20] The speak up quickly

[00:01:22] Send us back Da Vinci

[00:01:23] Then we don't have to ponder

[00:01:26] The maddening smile of La Giaconda

[00:01:30] The critics say Nijinsky the dancer of course

[00:01:33] While the punters would probably prefer the horse

[00:01:37] You'll find it's quicker than history

[00:01:39] Cheaper than divorce

[00:01:42] The major and the minor

[00:01:45] Turn from tallow into tar

[00:01:50] Should we leave them in their place

[00:01:54] Down in damnation's cellar

[00:02:02] Bring back Liberace or Ollie and Stan

[00:02:06] Shakespeare will have to wait his turn

[00:02:10] Elvis Presley and Puccini shall return

[00:02:13] I suppose we live and learn

[00:02:15] Though it's hard to believe

[00:02:17] As we cheerfully burn

[00:02:19] It's curious

[00:02:20] Some will call for justice

[00:02:22] There are murders to solve

[00:02:24] What about Hitler

[00:02:26] Or at least lee Harvey Oswald

[00:02:28] Give us this day

[00:02:29] And everything we squander

[00:02:32] Anyone beautiful

[00:02:34] Somebody blonder

[00:02:36] They'll never please mankind

[00:02:38] So lie back and enjoy it

[00:02:40] Stop press they've just decided to destroy it

[00:02:44] The major and the minor

[00:02:47] Turn from tallow into tar

[00:02:52] Should we leave them in their place

[00:02:56] Down in damnation's cellar