Elvis Costello & the Attractions
Worthless Thing
How many times can you jump out of the cupboardBefore someone gets suspicious or someone gets discoveredYou can live forever in a split second of fameCome on down the price is right what's your nameWhile a crocodile makes good shoes and a dog may change his coatI can't change what`s written on your face tonight and I quoteOh I wish you could seeQuite how much you could mean to meYou worthless thingIf you were ten feet taller and almost handsomeI might pay this king's ransomYou worthless thingThey commit blue murder along Union AvenueThen they sell you souvenir matchesNightclubs full of grave robbers from Memphis, TennesseeAnd Las Vegas body snatchersAnd he's carrying a warning can`t you see how his eyes glintKeep your bloody hands off my life your affectionate fingerprintOh I wish you could seeQuite how much you could mean to meYou worthless thingIf you were ten feet taller and almost handsomeI might pay this king's ransomLetras de cancionesYou worthless thingAll the cars and pills and girls who tore his shirt to tattersDo you know how tall he was 'cause 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 bookYou`re drinking vintage Elvis Presley wineBored out of your tiny mind while life is twice as largeThey`ll cut her down to size on televisionShe's available and beautiful, but with more time to devoteThey're going to take this cable now and stick it down your throatSo this is an obituary which should be right and fittingFor every clockwork cat and conceivable kittenOh I wish you could seeQuite how much you could mean to meYou worthless thingIf you were ten feet taller and almost handsomeI might pay this king's ransomYou worthless thing
From Letras Mania