Tramp The Dirt Down-Elvis Costello

[ti:Tramp The Dirt Down] [ar:Elvis Costello] [al:Extreme Honey: The Very Best Of The Warner Brothers Years] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Tramp The Dirt Down - Elvis Costello (埃尔维斯 科斯特洛) [00:07.47]Written by：D.P.A. Mac Manus [00:14.94]I saw a newspaper picture [00:19.82]From the political campaign [00:24.60]A woman was kissing a child [00:29.03] [00:29.68]Who was obviously in pain [00:34.03] [00:34.54]She spills with compassion [00:38.77] [00:39.71]As that young child's [00:41.16]Face in her hands she grips [00:44.14] [00:44.93]Can you imagine all that greed and avarice [00:51.93]Coming down on that child's lips [00:55.69] [00:56.88]Well I hope I don't die too soon [01:01.29] [01:02.21]I pray the Lord my soul to save [01:06.79]Yes I'll be a good boy [01:10.93] [01:12.20]I'm trying so hard to behave [01:16.40] [01:17.13]Because there's one thing I know [01:21.09] [01:21.78]I'd like to live [01:23.09]Long enough to savour [01:26.44] [01:27.86]That's when they finally put you in the ground [01:37.16] [01:38.02]I'll stand on your grave and tramp the dirt down [01:50.20] [01:53.30]When England was the whore of the world [01:56.59] [01:57.20]Margaret was her madam [02:00.75] [02:03.42]And the future looked as bright and as clear as [02:07.21]The black tarmacadam [02:11.40] [02:13.37]Well I hope that she sleeps well at night isn't [02:18.97]Haunted by every tiny detail [02:22.81] [02:23.68]When she held that lovely face in her hands [02:27.58]All she thought of was betrayal [02:31.69] [02:43.13]And now the cynical ones say [02:48.73]That it all ends the same in the long run [02:52.94] [02:53.48]Try telling that to the desperate father [02:58.58]Who just squeezed the life from his [03:01.33] [03:02.17]Only son [03:03.21] [03:04.03]And how it's only voices in your head [03:09.23] [03:10.32]And dreams you never dreamt [03:12.53] [03:14.30]Try telling him the subtle difference [03:19.47]Between justice and contempt [03:24.50]Try telling me she isn't angry with [03:29.95]This pitiful discontent [03:33.66] [03:34.58]When they flaunt it in your face as [03:39.37]You line up for punishment [03:43.33] [03:44.19]And then expect you to say Thank you straighten up [03:51.21]Look proud and pleased [03:54.11]Because you've only got the symptoms [03:59.36]You haven't got the whole disease [04:03.57] [04:04.27]Just like a schoolboy [04:06.58]Whose head's like a tin-can filled up with dreams [04:11.15]Then poured down the drain [04:13.64] [04:14.25]Try telling that to the boys on both sides [04:19.34]Being blown to bits or beaten and [04:23.09]Maimed [04:23.95] [04:25.40]Who takes all the glory and none of the shame [04:34.80] [04:36.82]Well I hope you live long now [04:40.55] [04:42.21]I pray the Lord your soul to keep [04:46.47] [04:47.16]I think I'll be going before [04:51.61] [04:52.35]We fold our arms and start to weep [04:56.70] [04:57.50]I never thought for a moment [05:02.75]That human life could be so cheap [05:07.36] [05:08.79]When they finally put you in the ground [05:18.26] [05:18.81]They'll stand there laughing and tramp the dirt down