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Now that you set everybody free
Whatcha gonna do about me?
Don't want to be treated like some poor grateful clown
I'd rather go back to the sweet underground
Where I can tell the time by the colour of my skin
And I know my neighbour 'cos he's the one, yes he's the one
Who always turns me in
A woman works the tunnel in the middle of the night
Picking up every lost object in sight
Handbags, toupees, lost legs and fingernails
The black market eats up all your failures
Her transistor offers no salvation or regrets
No pool, no pets, no cigarettes
Just non-stop Disco Tex and the Sex-o-lettes
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There's no name, no name for the place
Or pain we'll cause you again and again
If you do not cooperate with the Invasion Hit Parade
The liberation forces make movies of their own
Playing their Doors records and pretending to be stoned
Drowning out a broadcast that wasn't authorised
Incidentally, the revolution will be televised
With one head for business and another for good looks
Until they started arriving with their rubber aprons and their butcher's hooks
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They're hunting us down here with Liberty's light
A handshaking double-talking procession of the mighty
Pursued by a T.V. crew and coming after them
A limousine of singing stars and their brotherhood anthem
The former dictator was impeccably behaved
They're mopping up all the stubborn ones who just refuse to be saved
(chorus)
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| Invasion Hit Parade |
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| Written by | Declan MacManus |
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| Performed by | Elvis Costello |
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| Produced by | Mitchell Froom, Kevin Killen & D.P.A. MacManus |
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| Musicians | D.P.A. MacManus - vocals
Ross MacManus - trumpet
Elvis Costello - big stupid guitar, little foolish organ, electric guitar
Larry Knechtel - grand piano
Pete Thomas - drums
T-Bone Wolk - bass
Marc Ribot - electric guitar
Mitchell Froom - Chamberlain
Costello-Froom-Ribot - "Radio Hail, Hail Freedonia Breakthrough" |
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| Recorded | late 1990-early 1991, Ocean Way, Hollywood & Westside Studios, London |
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| Released | May 10, 1991 |
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| Albums | Mighty Like A Rose, 1991 |
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| Promos | Malice And Magic (Japan), 1994 |
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| Length | 5:31 |
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