
Date of issue: 31.12.2012
Record label: Elvis Costello
Song language: English
The PUPPET Has Cut His Strings |
They pulled the stars down one by one |
Hauled up the moon to shine upon |
A velvet curtain rising |
Now her puppet has cut his strings |
The footlights glare |
The trumpets blare |
Why is your face drawn on so glum, old chum |
Paintbrush dragging on a drum |
The rim shot on the punch line that you fumbled |
The crowd went home and left you |
For dead |
My old wooden head |
Took the thimble and the thread |
Choked back tears like a cymbal |
The breath is slow and shallow too |
The sky is bright Venetian blue |
The cardboard sun is all ablaze |
The air is painted Clifford Brown |
Caressing «Yesterdays» |
The steady gaze of your glass eye |
Head in a basket smiling still |
Free of will, free of wisdom |
Can’t feel my fingers anymore |
Can’t raise my hand and ask for more |
Dance my doll across the floor |
Or fire a flag from a pistol |
(«Bang») |
They pulled the stars down one by one |
Hauled up the moon to wish upon |
The puppet finally cut his strings |
And free at last from earthly things |
He’s dancing on the ceiling |
With a showgirl in a feather dress |
Time is meaningless |
We carried you on buckled limbs |
Through mournful airs and martyrs hymns |
Then one blue and one more yellow pill |
One keeps you quiet |
One keeps you still |
You sang «The Way You Looked Tonight» |
Your voice is ringing true and clear |
Then you wore them down like candlelight |
And in the darkness |
You’d best beware |
And in the darkness |
You’d best beware |
You’d best beware |
You’d best beware |
I used to love him |
When I used to care |
Canopy |
Satin trim |
Slowly closing |
The puppet has cut his strings |
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