Shallow Graves Lyrics by Elvis Costello

Shallow Graves Lyrics

    When i fall in endless sleep
    I hope that i'll be buried deep
    Let me be the one that fortune favours
    Even good children got shallow graves

    Throw another clown to the lions
    Throw another joan on the blaze
    Cast me away on the cruel calm ocean
    And leave me for days and days and days and days and days
    I won't lie in this poor shallow grave
    I won't lie, i won't lie in this poor shallow grave
    Dig me down deep where the dead men sleep
    I won't lie in this poor shallow grave

    Bless the poor 'cos like the rich
    They all end up in a ditch
    In this world of fools and knaves
    Even good children got shallow graves
    The tinker, the tailor, the fabulous five
    Nobody gets out of this alive

    Chorus
    Dig me down deep where the dead men sleep
    I won't lie in this poor shallow grave
    Dig me down deep where the dead men sleep
    I won't lie in this poor shallow grave
    Dig me down, dig me down, dig me down deep
    I won't lie in this poor shallow grave

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