《This Is Hell》歌词

[00:00:00] This Is Hell - Elvis Costello (埃尔维斯 科斯特洛)

[00:00:03] This is hell this is hell

[00:00:06] I am sorry to tell you

[00:00:11] It never gets better or worse

[00:00:18] But you get used to it after a spell

[00:00:24] For heaven is hell in reverse

[00:00:31] The bruiser spun a hula hoop

[00:00:34] As all the barmen preen and pout

[00:00:37] The neon I of nightclub flickers on and off

[00:00:42] And finally blew out

[00:00:45] The irritating jingle

[00:00:47] Of the belly dancing phoney Turkish girls

[00:00:52] The eerie glare of ultra violet

[00:00:55] Perfect dental work

[00:00:59] This is hell this is hell

[00:01:01] I am sorry to tell you

[00:01:04] It never gets better or worse

[00:01:10] But you get used to it after a spell

[00:01:17] For heaven is hell in reverse

[00:01:24] The failed don Juan in the big bow tie

[00:01:27] Is very sorry that he spoke

[00:01:31] For he's mislaid his punchline

[00:01:33] More than halfway through a very tasteless joke

[00:01:38] The Fraulein caught him peeking down her gown

[00:01:42] He's yelling in her ear

[00:01:45] And all at once the music stopped

[00:01:48] As he was intimately bellowing my dear

[00:01:54] This is hell this is hell

[00:01:57] I am sorry to tell you

[00:02:01] It never gets better or worse

[00:02:08] But you get used to it after a spell

[00:02:14] For heaven is hell in reverse

[00:02:21] The shirt you wore with courage

[00:02:24] And the violent nylon suit

[00:02:28] Reappear upon your back

[00:02:31] And undermine the polished line you try to shoot

[00:02:36] It's not the torment of the flames

[00:02:39] That finally see your flesh corrupted

[00:02:42] It's the small humiliations that your memory piles up

[00:02:49] This is hell this is hell this is hell

[00:03:02] My favourite things are playing

[00:03:05] Again and again

[00:03:09] But it's by Julie Andrews

[00:03:12] And not by John Coltrane

[00:03:16] Endless balmy breezes and perfect sunsets framed

[00:03:23] Vintage wine for breakfast

[00:03:26] And naked starlets floating in champagne

[00:03:31] All the passions of your youth

[00:03:35] Are tranquillised and tamed

[00:03:38] You may think it looks familiar

[00:03:42] Though you may know it by another name

[00:03:47] This is hell this is hell

[00:03:50] I am sorry to tell you

[00:03:53] It never gets better or worse

[00:04:01] But you get used to it after a spell

[00:04:07] For heaven is hell in reverse

[00:04:11] This is hell this is hell