living in paradise

Singer:costello, elvis

i don't like those other guys looking at your curves

i don't like you walking round with physical jerks

everything they say and do is getting on my nerves

soon they will be lucky to be picking up the perks

'cause when they pull the shutters down

and throw up in the dark

they'll find that all the dogs outside

bite much worse than they bark. here we are living in paradise

living in luxury. oh

the thrill is here but it won't last long

you better have your fun before it moves along

and you're already looking for another

fool like me. i call you betty felon 'cause you are a pretty villain

and i think that i should tell them that you'd

make a pretty killing

'cause meanwhile up in heaven they are waiting at the gate

saying 'we'd always knew you'd make it

didn't think you'd come this late'. and now it's much too dangerous to stop what you've begun

when everyone in paradise carries a gun

later in the evening when arrangements are made

i'll be at the keyhole outside your bedroom door. 'cause i'm the first to know whenever the plans are laid

that never go further than floor to floor. you think that i don't know the boy that you're touching

but i'll be at the video and i will be watching

Lyric Context: living in paradise - costello, elvis