《Clown Strike》歌词

[00:00:00] Clown Strike - Elvis Costello (埃尔维斯 科斯特洛)

[00:00:12] She'll fix you with an iron 'cross

[00:00:14] And cover you up with petals

[00:00:17] And hang you up with some amber beads

[00:00:20] And four or five precious metals

[00:00:23] And in that black flamingo chair

[00:00:26] Youll sit among her trophies

[00:00:29] And pray to be abandoned

[00:00:32] Till you don't know what hope is

[00:00:35] But theres one thing that I had to keep inside

[00:00:40] Because I was shaking

[00:00:43] Why don't you get some pride

[00:00:45] There was a clown strike

[00:00:49] And the clowns threw down their tools

[00:00:52] But you don't have to play so hard

[00:00:55] And I'm nobodys fool

[00:00:57] You don't have to go so far

[00:01:00] 'Cause I love you as you are

[00:01:07] The big top is deserted now

[00:01:10] And the circus girl rehearses

[00:01:13] She knows how to turn their heads

[00:01:15] And not fall between two horses

[00:01:18] But all that seems a simple step

[00:01:21] If only I were able

[00:01:24] To love you like I want to do

[00:01:27] And not by some times table

[00:01:30] But theres one thing

[00:01:33] That I had to keep inside

[00:01:36] Because I was shaking

[00:01:38] Why don't you get some pride

[00:01:41] There was a clown strike

[00:01:44] And the clowns threw down their tools

[00:01:47] But you don't have to play so hard

[00:01:50] And I'm nobodys fool

[00:01:53] You don't have to go so far

[00:01:56] 'Cause I love you as you are

[00:02:02] And it's pandemonium

[00:02:05] For the humble and the mighty

[00:02:08] You don't have to tumble for me

[00:02:11] Even a clown knows when to strike

[00:02:20] Tell me what you want of me

[00:02:23] Or are you terrified of failure

[00:02:26] You put on a superstitious face

[00:02:29] Behind all this paraphernalia

[00:02:32] Were not living in a Masquerade

[00:02:35] Where you only have three wishes

[00:02:39] It isn't easy to see

[00:02:41] In a lifetime of mistaken kisses

[00:02:44] But theres one thing

[00:02:47] That I had to keep inside

[00:02:50] Because I was shaking

[00:02:53] Why don't you get some pride

[00:02:56] There was a clown strike

[00:02:59] And the clowns threw down their tools

[00:03:02] But you don't have to play so hard

[00:03:05] And I'm nobodys fool

[00:03:07] You don't have to go so far

[00:03:10] 'Cause I love you as you are

[00:03:16] In this pandemonium

[00:03:19] For the humble and the mighty

[00:03:22] You don't have to tumble for me

[00:03:26] Even a clown knows when to strike