13 steps lead down
costello, elvis
when nobody knows she puts on secret clothes
and lies in the meadow with her hands tied behind her back
i won't refuse if you know how to use it
just stop playing that ugly drug music
there's commoners and kings
and everyone's a prisoner of
and a decent pair of scissors
so tonight i'm drinking to your health
because i just can't stand myself
her lovers have her walking 'round
on instruments of torture
and one of them is poisonous
the other is a thief they say
so what one could give to her
the other cannot take away
when nobody knows she puts on secret clothes
and lies in her splendour for a picture opportunity
put on patent leather shoes
just stop playing that bad mood music