《Battered Old Bird》歌词

[00:00:00] Battered Old Bird - Elvis Costello & The Attractions

[00:00:04] The landlady's husband came up to town today

[00:00:13] Since he left them both ten years ago

[00:00:16] To serve the ministry

[00:00:24] The dark down road of his approach

[00:00:27] In constant rain was drenched

[00:00:31] The tenant's boy said How do you do

[00:00:34] Then swore in French

[00:00:38] Did you teach this little child these curses on my soul

[00:00:45] You should both be shut down in the coal-hole

[00:00:51] That's the way to treat a child

[00:00:54] Who cries out in the night

[00:00:57] And a woman who teaches wrong from right

[00:01:02] He's a Battered Old Bird

[00:01:06] And he's living up there

[00:01:09] He's a Battered Old Bird

[00:01:13] And he's living up there

[00:01:16] There's a place where time stands still

[00:01:19] If you keep taking those little pink pills

[00:01:29] Hush your mouth you hypocrite

[00:01:32] His humour cut her deep

[00:01:35] The tight lipped leer of judgement

[00:01:38] That had seen her love desert her just like sleep

[00:01:44] Filthy words on children's lips are better

[00:01:47] My dear spouse

[00:01:50] Then if I were to speak my mind about this house

[00:01:57] He's a Battered Old Bird

[00:02:00] And he's living up there

[00:02:03] He's a Battered Old Bird

[00:02:06] And he's living up there

[00:02:10] There's a place where time stands still

[00:02:13] If you keep taking those little pink pills

[00:02:23] On the first floor there are two old maids

[00:02:26] Each one wishing that the other was afraid

[00:02:29] And next door to them is a man so mild

[00:02:32] Untill he chopped off the head of a visitor's child

[00:02:36] He danced upon the bonfire

[00:02:38] Swallowed sleeping pills like dreams

[00:02:42] With a bottle of sweet sherry that everything redeems

[00:02:49] He's a Battered Old Bird

[00:02:52] And he's living up there

[00:02:55] He's a Battered Old Bird

[00:02:58] And he's living up there

[00:03:02] There's a place where time stands still

[00:03:05] If you keep taking those little pink pills

[00:03:14] And on the second floor is the Macintosh Man

[00:03:18] He's in his overcoats more than out of them

[00:03:21] And the typewriter's rattling all through the night

[00:03:24] He's burgundy for breakfast tight

[00:03:27] He says

[00:03:28] One day I'll throw away all of my cares

[00:03:34] And it is always Christmas

[00:03:36] In a cupboard at the top of the stairs

[00:03:41] He's a Battered Old Bird

[00:03:45] And he's living up there

[00:03:48] He's a Battered Old Bird

[00:03:51] And he's living up there

[00:03:55] There's a place where time stands still

[00:03:58] If you keep taking those little pink pills

[00:04:08] Well here's a boy if ever there was

[00:04:11] Who's going to do big things

[00:04:14] That's what they all say and

[00:04:17] That's how the trouble begins

[00:04:22] I've seen them rise and fall

[00:04:24] Been through their big deals and smalls

[00:04:28] He'd better have a dream that goes beyond four walls

[00:04:36] You think he should be sent outside

[00:04:39] Playing with the traffic

[00:04:41] When pieces of him are already scattered in the attic

[00:04:47] When pieces of him are already scattered in the attic

[00:04:53] He's a Battered Old Bird

[00:04:56] And he's living up there

[00:05:00] He's a Battered Old Bird

[00:05:03] And he's living up there

[00:05:06] There's a place where time stands still

[00:05:10] If you keep taking those little pink pills