Clubland Lyrics by Elvis Costello

Clubland Lyrics

    With a handful of backhanders and a bevy of beauty
    You're going off limits
    Going off duty
    Going off the rails
    Going off with booty
    They tell tales of fiction found on all the criminal types
    Lead to a higher ranking man or a face with thin red stripes

    Chorus:
    The boys next door
    The mums and dads
    New weds and nearly-deads
    Have you ever been had in clubland?

    There's a piece in someone's pocket to do the dirty work
    You've come to shoot the pony
    They've come to do the jerk
    They leave him half way to paradise
    They leave you half way to bliss
    The ladies' invitation never seemed like this

    Chorus

    The long arm of the law slides up the outskirts of town
    Meanwhile in clubland they are ready to pull them down
    Hey

    The right to work is traded in for the right to refuse admission
    Don't pass out now, there's no refund
    (when) did you find out what you were missing
    The crowd is taking forty winks minus ten percent
    You barely get required sleep to go lingering with contemptment
    Thursday to saturday
    Money's gone already
    Some things come in common these days
    Your hands and work aren't steady

    Chorus


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