Blue Murder On Union Avenue

Lyrics

How many times can you jump out of the cupboard

Before someone gets suspicious or someone gets discovered

I don't need a doctor but I want my baby back

I don't dream of pearl pistols, gold, pink and black

Blue murder on Union Avenue

The band knocks off work at a quarter to two

So this obituary should be right and fitting

For every clockwork cat and conceivable kitten

With your cheap sexy underwear and wraparound recreations

Do your best to keep the lights out, don't disappoint expectations

But you could live forever in a split second of fame

Come on down the price is right, what's your name?

Blue murder on Union Avenue

The band knocks off work at a quarter to two

So this obituary should be right and fitting

For every clockwork cat and conceivable kitten

Bored out of your tiny minds while life is twice as large

You'd rather watch some tied-up girl with a big man taking charge

She's available and beautiful but with more time to devote

He's going to take this cable and stick it down your throat

All the cars and pills and girls who tore his shirt to tatters

Do you know how tall he was 'cos that is all that really matters?

Do you know his mother's last name, do you think that he's divine?

You've seen the film, you've read the book, now you can also drink the wine

Blue murder on Union Avenue

The band knocks off work at a quarter to two

So this obituary should be right and fitting

For every clockwork cat and conceivable kitten

Credits

• Written by: Elvis Costello
• Produced by: (none credited)
• Musicians:

Elvis Costello - vocal, guitar

Discography

Albums:

• Goodbye Cruel World (Deluxe Edition), Rhino/Edsel, 2004

Singles:

• none

Collections:

• none

Soundtracks:

• none

Various Artists collections:

• none

Covers

Recorded by:

• none

Bootlegs

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