Clown Strike-Elvis Costello

[ti:Clown Strike] [ar:Elvis Costello] [al:Brutal Youth] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Clown Strike - Elvis Costello (埃尔维斯 科斯特洛) [00:12.02]She'll fix you with an iron 'cross [00:14.94]And cover you up with petals [00:17.69]And hang you up with some amber beads [00:20.61]And four or five precious metals [00:23.45]And in that black flamingo chair [00:26.39]Youll sit among her trophies [00:29.29]And pray to be abandoned [00:32.10]Till you don't know what hope is [00:35.05]But theres one thing that I had to keep inside [00:40.13] [00:40.89]Because I was shaking [00:43.60]Why don't you get some pride [00:45.93]There was a clown strike [00:49.05]And the clowns threw down their tools [00:51.75] [00:52.31]But you don't have to play so hard [00:55.20]And I'm nobodys fool [00:57.77]You don't have to go so far [01:00.73]'Cause I love you as you are [01:05.89] [01:07.44]The big top is deserted now [01:10.19]And the circus girl rehearses [01:13.11]She knows how to turn their heads [01:15.95]And not fall between two horses [01:18.75]But all that seems a simple step [01:21.66]If only I were able [01:24.45]To love you like I want to do [01:27.44]And not by some times table [01:30.33]But theres one thing [01:32.11] [01:33.02]That I had to keep inside [01:35.14] [01:36.08]Because I was shaking [01:38.43] [01:38.97]Why don't you get some pride [01:41.56]There was a clown strike [01:44.40]And the clowns threw down their tools [01:47.01] [01:47.74]But you don't have to play so hard [01:50.64]And I'm nobodys fool [01:53.06]You don't have to go so far [01:56.00]'Cause I love you as you are [02:01.27] [02:02.16]And it's pandemonium [02:05.32]For the humble and the mighty [02:08.24]You don't have to tumble for me [02:11.08] [02:11.73]Even a clown knows when to strike [02:15.37] [02:20.92]Tell me what you want of me [02:23.28]Or are you terrified of failure [02:26.85]You put on a superstitious face [02:29.78]Behind all this paraphernalia [02:32.30] [02:32.88]Were not living in a Masquerade [02:35.59]Where you only have three wishes [02:38.46] [02:39.34]It isn't easy to see [02:41.65]In a lifetime of mistaken kisses [02:44.79]But theres one thing [02:46.49] [02:47.40]That I had to keep inside [02:49.57] [02:50.51]Because I was shaking [02:52.90] [02:53.46]Why don't you get some pride [02:56.03]There was a clown strike [02:58.16] [02:59.14]And the clowns threw down their tools [03:02.29]But you don't have to play so hard [03:05.06]And I'm nobodys fool [03:07.59]You don't have to go so far [03:10.54]'Cause I love you as you are [03:15.86] [03:16.85]In this pandemonium [03:19.92]For the humble and the mighty [03:22.76]You don't have to tumble for me [03:25.79] [03:26.37]Even a clown knows when to strike