pidgin english
Singer:costello, elvis
there's a young girl with her old man who's too sick to mention
she'll be turning twenty seven as she draws her widow's pension
but he couldn't catch a common cold he couldn't get arrested
too terrified to answer back
too tired to have resisted
many hands make light work
shorthand makes life easy
when he's out on night work
it all ends up in a slanging match with body talk and bruises
a change is better than a rest
silly beggars can't be choosers
one of a thousand pities you can't categorize
there are ten commandments of love
there are ten commandments of love
i wish love's just a throwaway kiss
if you're so wise use your lips and your eyes
take it to the bridge she sighs
you go cheep cheep cheep between bulleyes and bluster
from your own back yard to the land of exotica
from the truth society to neurotic erotica
money talks diamonds and ermine
there's a word in spanish
have you forgotten how to say it