London's Brilliant

Lyrics

I didn’t want to be some satellite clown

So I went up to London ‘cos I heard it’s falling down

Found the Denis the Menace of Little Venice

Still digging up the bones of Strummer and Jones

Revolutionary days were sadly over

And a cool profile down Ladbroke Grove

Won’t make it no more

You could wake up in a doorway

London’s brilliant when it’s raining

Everybody’s moaning and complaining

London’s dismal and divine

And I know one day, one day... (one day, one day, one day)

It’s going to be...

Mine eyes have seen the gory faces of those bitter men and their bawdy talk

And that’s not all

Every night before I close my eyes

I said a prayer to my desires

Hung up on a poster on the wall

Don’t let me grow up to fail and fall

If I must grow up at all

Well the nights got chilly and he swore he’d love me silly

But he couldn’t raise a spark in the dark in Hyde Park

With a bite and a bark, he tried to make his mark

Now he’s selling his willy somewhere in Piccadilly

He said I could be a little Madam in Mayfair

But I’d rather wake up in a doorway somewhere

‘Cos in the long run

I’ll probably be someone

London’s brilliant when it’s raining

Everybody’s moaning and complaining

London’s dismal and divine

And I know one day, one day it’s going to be...

One day, one day, one day it’s going to be...

One day, one day, one day it’s going to be...

London’s brilliant

Alternate Lyrics

alternate lyrics from Wendy James, Now Ain't The Time For Your Tears:

Well the nights got chilly and he swore he’d love me silly
But he couldn’t raise a spark in the dark in Hyde Park
With a bite and a bark, he tried to make his mark
Now he’s getting fucked silly somewhere in Piccadilly

Credits

• Written by: Elvis Costello and Cait O'Riordan
• Produced by: Elvis Costello
• Musicians:

Elvis Costello - vocals, guitar, bass

Pete Thomas - drums

Discography

Albums:

• none

Singles:

• London's Brilliant Parade, 1994 (cassette and 12" singles)

Collections:

• none

Alternate Versions:

• none

Soundtracks:

• none

Various Artists collections:

• none

Covers

Recorded by:

• Wendy James, on Now Ain't The Time For Your Tears, 1993
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Performed by:

• none
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Bootlegs

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