
Date of issue: 31.12.2006
Record label: Elvis Costello
Song language: English
The Greatest Thing |
EVERYONE STOPPED WHEN SHE WALKED INTO THE ROOM |
Isn’t this the greatest thing |
Everyone own up but nobody could touch her |
Isn’t this the greatest thing |
PUNCH THE CLOCK keep boxing clever |
You’ll be young enough for ever |
Isn’t this the greatest thing |
Isn’t this THE GREATEST THING |
I heard some new confection |
Said we can’t afford to feel affection |
And it’s the lastest thing |
In and out of matrimony |
Never once removed the Sony |
'Cos it’s a status thing |
So girls like that above described |
Are not to be so easily bribed |
With a white frock and a ring |
PUNCH THE CLOCK and in time you’ll get pulled apart |
IF YOU’RE MARRIED ON PAPER AND NOT IN YOUR HEART |
But I won’t be told that life with the one you love is sordid |
Just because some authority says you can’t afford it |
Since nights were long and days were olden |
Woman to man has been beholden |
But since then times have been changing |
She sends back HIS TRIBUTE OF A ROSE |
And says this ring is better suited for the nose |
He’s always fingering |
I PUNCH THE CLOCK and it’s OK |
I KNOW A GIRL WHO TAKES MY BREATH AWAY |
And it’s the greatest |
And it’s the greatest thing |
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