Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over)

Lyrics

The man in the corner of this picture has a sinister purpose

In the teeming Temple of the Railroad Kings

He's planting a trashy paperback book for accidental purchase

Containing all the secrets of life and other useless things

But I can't bring myself to look

Wake up Zombie, write yourself another book

You want to scream and shout, my little flaxen lout

Hurry down Doomsday, the bugs are taking over

She sleeps with the shirt of a late, great country singer

Stretched out on her poor jealous husband's pillow

In time you can turn these obsessions into careers

While the parents of those kidnapped children start the bidding for their tears

But I can't bring myself to look

Wake up Zombie, get yourself off the hook

You want to scream and shout, my little waxen lout

Hurry down Doomsday, the bugs are taking over

Forget about Beethoven, Rembrandt and rock and roll

Forget about Mickey Mouse, Marlboro and Coca Cola

Forget about Cadillac, Mercedes and Toyota

Forget about Buddha, Allah, Jesus and Jehovah

Hurry down Doomsday, the bugs are taking over

Any day now a giant insect mutation

Will swoop down and devour the white man's burden

Starting out with all of the sensitive ones

Better make like a fly if you don't want to die

Look out! There goes Gordon!

But I can't bring myself to think

Wake up Zombie, kick up a big stink

You want to scream and shout, my little Saxon lout

Hurry down Doomsday, the bugs are taking over

Credits

• Written by: Elvis Costello and Jim Keltner
• Produced by: Mitchell Froom, Kevin Killen and D.P.A. MacManus
• Musicians:

Elvis Costello - vocals and guitars

Jim Keltner - all drum loops & beaten things, Maestrodellavolta

James Burton - guitar

Nick Lowe - bass

Marc Ribot - giant insect mutation & bug attack

Discography

Albums:

• Mighty Like A Rose, 1991
• Mighty Like A Rose (Deluxe Edition), Rhino, 2002
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Singles:

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Alternate Versions:

• Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over) (MTV Unplugged version)

Mighty Like A Rose (Deluxe Edition), Rhino, 2002

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Soundtracks:

• none

Various Artists collections:

• none

Covers

Recorded by:

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Performed by:

• none
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Bootlegs

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