The Greatest Thing Lyrics by Elvis Costello

The Greatest Thing Lyrics

    Everyone stopped when she walked into the room
    Isn't this the greatest thing
    Everyone own up but nobody could touch her
    Isn't this the greatest thing
    Punch the clock keep boxing clever
    You'll be young enough for ever
    Isn't this the greatest thing
    Isn't this the greatest thing
    I heard some new confection
    Said we can't afford to feel affection
    And it's the lastest thing
    In and out of matrimony
    Never once removed the sony
    'cos it's a status thing
    So girls like that above described
    Are not to be so easily bribed
    With a white frock and a ring
    Punch the clock and in time you'll get pulled apart
    If you're married on paper and not in your heart
    But i won't be told that life with the one you love is sordid
    Just because some authority says you can't afford it
    Since nights were long and days were olden
    Woman to man has been beholden
    But since then times have been changing
    She sends back his tribute of a rose
    And says this ring is better suited for the nose
    He's always fingering
    I punch the clock and it's ok
    I know a girl who takes my breath away
    And it's the greatest
    And it's the greatest thing


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