Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Clown Strike, artist - Elvis Costello.
Date of issue: 10.06.2012
Song language: English
Clown Strike |
She’ll fix you with an iron cross |
And cover you up with petals |
And hang you up with some amber beads |
And four or five precious metals |
And in that black flamingo chair |
You’ll sit among her trophies |
And pray to be abandoned |
Till you don’t know what hope is |
But there’s one thing that i had to keep inside |
Because i was shaking |
Why don’t you get some pride |
There was a clown strike |
And the clowns threw down their tools |
But you don’t have to play so hard |
And i’m nobody’s fool |
You don’t have to go so far |
'Cause i love you as you are |
The big top is deserted now |
And the circus girl rehearses |
She knows how to turn their heads |
And not fall between two horses |
But all that seems a simple step |
If only i were able |
To love you like i want to do |
And not by some times table |
And it’s pandemonium |
For the humble and the mighty |
You don’t have to tumble for me |
Even a clown knows when to strike |
Tell me what you want of me |
Or are you terrified of failure? |
You put on a superstitious face |
Behind all this paraphernalia |
We’re not living in a masquerade |
Where you only have three wishes |
It isn’t easy to see |
In a lifetime of mistaken kisses |
In this pandemonium |
For the humble and the mighty |
You don’t have to tumble for me |
Even a clown knows when to strike |