Suit Of Lights Lyrics by Elvis Costello

Suit Of Lights Lyrics

    While nat king cole sings "welcome to my world"
    You request some song you hate you sentimental fool
    And it's the force of habit
    If it moves then you fuck it
    If it doesn't move you stab it

    And i thought i heard "the working man's blues"
    He went out to work that night and wasted his breath
    Outside there was a public execution
    Inside he died a thousand deaths

    And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground
    And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground
    And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground
    And they put him in a suit of lights

    In the perforated first editions
    Where they advocate the hangman's noose
    Then tell the sorry tale of the spent princess
    Her uncouth escort looking down her dress

    Anyway they say that she wears the trousers
    And learnt everything that she does
    And doesn't know if she should tell him yes
    Or let him go

    And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground
    And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground
    And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground
    And they put him in a suit of lights

    Well it's a dog's life in a rope leash or a diamond collar
    It's enough to make you think right now
    But you don't bother
    For goodness sake as you cry and shake
    Let's keep you face down in the dirt where you belong
    And think of all the pleasure that it brings
    Though you know that it's wrong

    And there's still life in your body
    But most of it's leaving
    Can't you give us all a break
    Can't you stop breathing

    And i thought i heard "the working man's blues"
    I went to work that night and wasted my breath
    Outside they're painting tar on somebody
    It's the closest to a work of art that they will ever be

    And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground
    And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground
    And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground
    And they put him in a suit of lights
    And they put him in a suit of lights

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