《My Dark Life》歌词

[00:00:00] My Dark Life - Elvis Costello Steve Nieve

[00:00:25] She says nobody wants to believe

[00:00:33] You're the same as everyone

[00:00:38] What makes me unique

[00:00:45] My dark life

[00:00:53] There was a kink in the world

[00:00:57] Sent that statue tumbling

[00:01:02] An invitation east

[00:01:09] So we can watch it all crumbling

[00:01:13] She came off like light and so softly she spoke

[00:01:24] You don't know

[00:01:26] No you don't know about my dark life

[00:01:33] And you think you're a guest

[00:01:37] You're a tourist at best

[00:01:43] Peering into the corners of your dark life

[00:01:52] Now that you tear your dreams

[00:01:57] From consumptive ballerinas

[00:02:02] She'd stand on tiptoes for you

[00:02:06] In a grey and tattered tutu

[00:02:11] She stays where she is because of voyeurs like these

[00:02:21] With an accusative look that says

[00:02:27] My dark life

[00:02:33] Robber men await you then in each beguiling alley

[00:02:45] To shake you and to pierce you and remind you of

[00:02:55] My dark life

[00:03:07] Enter the pious elite

[00:03:12] In their preening finery

[00:03:16] And bang the tambourine

[00:03:23] They're dining on rice paper scenery

[00:03:28] See how the villain attracts envious glances from everyone

[00:03:38] She's waitressing by day

[00:03:45] It doesn't bring in much money now

[00:03:49] And his strong concealed arms set off bells and alarms

[00:03:59] In the strangest locations of

[00:04:05] My dark life

[00:04:09] But the fantasy slipped as he tipped her in cigarettes

[00:04:19] She tries to smile very graciously

[00:04:24] When she wants to kill him

[00:04:28] Now the victory is sweet

[00:04:33] You'll get down on your knees

[00:04:38] It's the perfect position for kissing western leather

[00:04:50] So they came from Ugly Texas

[00:04:55] And from Nameless Tennessee

[00:05:02] From Peculiar Missouri and from places closer to me

[00:05:14] All the cream of heartless England

[00:05:19] Cheered the carnival is over

[00:05:26] There are remnants of red army bandsmen

[00:05:31] Played America The Beautiful