Waiting For The End Of The World Lyrics by Elvis Costello

Waiting For The End Of The World Lyrics

    The man from the television crawled into the train

    I wonder who he's gonna stick it in this time

    Everyone was looking for a little entertainment

    So they'll probably pull his hands off when they find out his name

    And then they shut down the power all along the line

    And we got stuck in the tunnel where no lights shine

    They got to touchin', all the girls were scared to call out

    Nobody was saying anything at all



    We were waiting for the end of the world

    Waiting for the end of the world

    waiting for the end of the world

    Dear Lord, I sincerely hope you're coming

    'Cause you really started something



    Things got back to normal as the train began to roll again

    We got to the station about 20 minutes later

    The legendary hitch-hiker says that he knows where it's at

    Now he'd like to go to Spain or somewhere like that

    With his two-tone Bible and his funny cigarettes

    His suntan lotion and his castanets



    He was waiting for the end of the world

    Waiting for the end of the world

    Waiting for the end of the world

    Dear Lord, I sincerely hope you're coming

    'Cause you really started something



    And then the bride, the groom, the congregation and the priest

    All got onto the train when we were three stations east, yeah

    Hiding from a scandal in the national press

    They had been trying to get married since they stole the wedding dress

    You may see them drowning as you stroll along the beach

    But don't throw out the lifeline till they're clean out of reach



    Waiting for the end of the world

    Waiting for the end of the world

    (REPEAT AND FADE)

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