Opportunity Lyrics by Elvis Costello

Opportunity Lyrics

    Born in the middle of a second big baby boom
    Those noisy boys just might have spoken up too soon
    Now i'm looking for a little girl, i wonder where she's gone
    Big money for families having more than one

    Opportunity, opportunity
    This is your big opportunity
    They shop around
    Follow you without a sound
    Whatever you do now
    Don't turn around

    Whatever happened to the pride of the nation?
    They say, "just wait until you break formation"
    She was sitting pretty on a velvet cushion
    But her bedroom eyes were like a button she was pushing
    She said, "when they get to dover they'll be be taking over"
    I said i'd come to her defense and then she pulled me over

    Chorus

    I'm in the foxhole, i'm down in the trench
    I'd be a hero but i can't stand the stench
    The fitness institute was full of general motormen
    And the "hello house of beauty" wouldn't stand a chance with them
    The chairman of this boredom is a company collector
    I'd like to be his funeral director

    Chorus
    Please don't turn around...




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