Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Soul For Hire, artist - Elvis Costello. Album song When I Was Cruel, in the genre Иностранный рокDate of issue: 31.12.2001
Record label: The Island Def Jam
Song language: English
Soul For Hire |
| Hang my head and shut my eyes |
| What kind of justice is this? |
| Fool I was, I thought that you fought fire with fire |
| Got to be more than just a soul for hire |
| Speaking for myself I wouldn’t take the fame |
| The fees, the glory |
| For whoring in the practice of the law |
| I make my case stop and stutter |
| Soul comes unglued from the uppers |
| Blood is seeping in the hole |
| A mother’s eye is weeping |
| I see every human kind |
| And still the truth is distant |
| I see every evil men do and desire |
| Got to be more than just a soul for hire |
| When it’s time to give protection |
| To the ones who need it most, who are desperate |
| I get distracted from my job |
| Streams of ink and piles of paper |
| What are the breaks? |
| Jump out the window? |
| Parole? |
| Escape? |
| Blood is seeping in the hole |
| A mother’s eye is weeping |
| Hang my head and shut my eyes |
| I can’t see justice twisted |
| I see every evil men do and desire |
| Got to be more than just a soul for hire |
| When it’s time to give protection |
| To the ones who need it most, who are desperate |
| I get distracted from my job |
| Streams of ink and piles of paper |
| To hand them over to dopers and kiddie-rapers |
| Corrupt in every twisted grudge |
| And that is just the judge |
| Hang my head and shut my eyes |
| What kind of justice is this? |