Worthless Thing Lyrics by Elvis Costello

Worthless Thing Lyrics

    How many times can you jump out of the cupboard
    Before someone gets suspicious or someone gets discovered
    You can live forever in a split second of fame
    Come on down the price is right what's your name
    While a crocodile makes good shoes and a dog may change his coat
    I can't change what's written on your face tonight and i quote

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    Oh i wish you could see
    Quite how much you could mean to me
    You worthless thing
    If you were ten feet taller and almost handsome
    I might pay this king's ransom
    You worthless thing

    They commit blue murder along union avenue
    Then they sell you souvenir matches
    Nightclubs full of grave robbers from memphis, tennessee
    And las vegas body snatchers
    And he's carrying a warning can't you see how his eyes glint
    Keep your bloody hands off my life your affectionate fingerprint

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    All the cars and pills and girls who tore his shirt to tatters
    Do you know how tall he was 'cos that is all that really matters?
    Do you know his mother's last name do you think that he's divine?
    You've seen the film you've read the book
    You're drinking vintage elvis presley wine

    Bored out of your tiny mind while life is twice as large
    They'll cut her down to size on television
    She's available and beautiful, but with more time to devote
    They're going to take this cable now and stick it down your throat
    So this is an obituary which should be right and fitting
    For every clockwork cat and conceivable kitten

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