Chewing Gum Lyrics by Elvis Costello

Chewing Gum Lyrics

    With their cardboard hands by their sides,
    Here's a naked man and lady
    And they're yours to cut out and keep
    So you can dress them up maybe
    They don't know just who they are, or who they're supposed to be
    You can make them happy or sad
    Or assume their identity

    So here they are in the departure lounge
    It's the "gateway to the east"
    She is just another mail-order bride
    She doesn't know he's a kinky beast
    So he gives her a picture of maradona and child
    She wants to "roll and rock"
    As he spills his beer over her, bumps and he
    Grinds, as he repeats "bang-cock"

    Chorus:

    There must be something that is better than this
    It starts with a slap and ends up with a kiss
    Begins with you bawling and it ends up in tears
    Oh my little one, take that chewing gum out of your ears

    She might as well be in the jungle
    She might as well be on the moon
    He's away on a business trip, in dusseldorf, but she's becoming immune
    To the lack of glamour and danger in a west-german city today
    The nearest she comes to the "dynasty" he promised her
    Is a chinese takeaway

    Chorus

    Though he only taught her three little words, it
    Doesn't matter if they're dirty or clean
    He can only control what they look like
    He can never possess what they mean
    Now he wants to whisper in her ear
    All the shrinking nothingness
    But something always comes between them,
    I wonder if you can guess

    Chorus

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