
Date of issue: 31.12.2009
Record label: Elvis Costello, Hear MusicTM, StarCon
Song language: English
Church Underground |
She stood spotlit in a plain print dress |
Came howling out of the wilderness |
There beat a cunning and murderous heart |
Beneath that calm exterior |
«You know my name |
You don’t know my mind |
Don’t doubt my eyes |
They betray the past |
And I’ve already forgotten |
Much more than you will ever know» |
And every word that I have spoken is true |
Except for those that were broken in two |
I’m trying to make peace after a long night of pretend |
I need a pawnbroker or moneylender |
Why do you do me down, Mister? |
Sing «Hallelujah,"Sister |
Turn up the volume, just to turn it down |
The trivial secrets buried with profound |
It’s enough to put a Church Underground |
Deflowered young and then ever since |
She’s tried to wash off his fingerprints |
So every charlatan and prince |
Was made to feel inferior |
She worked for tips in a 10-cent dance |
Said moving pictures might pay perchance |
10,000 one-way tickets to the sparkling coast |
From the blank interior |
Everybody’s either talking in code |
Or getting ready to explode |
Then she was singing with five-piece band |
But seems that no-one wants this sound |
Why do you do me down, Mister? |
Sing «Hallelujah,"Sister |
Turn up the volume, just to turn it down |
The trivial secrets buried with profound |
It’s enough to put a Church Underground |
The shaft of fanlight streaked with rain |
Poured through the glass, punched through the pain |
A holy picture hidden in the midden of that poisoned stitch |
Her lonely voice was just a ruin in these riches |
Must have been dreaming this all along |
Could she be redeeming herself in song? |
«I'm no-one's martyred, plaster saint |
Below the grease, beneath the paint» |
I’m rolling like barrel |
Swinging like a gallows |
I’m rising up fast like all hell and all hallows |
Why do you do me down, Mister? |
Sing «Hallelujah,"Sister |
I’ll be damned or purgatory bound |
Before those jokers ever understand |
It’s enough to put a Church Underground |
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Alison | 2006 |
She | 2011 |
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Welcome To The Working Week | 2006 |
Watching The Detectives | 2006 |
I Want You ft. The Attractions | 2011 |
I'll Never Fall in Love Again ft. Burt Bacharach | 1999 |
I Felt the Chill Before the Winter Came | 2008 |
(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding ft. The Attractions | 2006 |
This Year's Girl | 1978 |
Oliver's Army ft. The Attractions | 2006 |
The Lovers That Never Were ft. Elvis Costello | 1989 |
Miracle Man | 2011 |
It Had To Be You ft. Vince Giordano, The Nighthawks | 2012 |
You Want Her Too ft. Elvis Costello | 1989 |
So Like Candy | 2012 |
That Day Is Done ft. Elvis Costello | 1989 |
Fairly Right ft. Elvis Costello | 2007 |
Everyday I Write The Book ft. The Attractions | 2006 |
No Action | 2006 |