She's Pulling Out The Pin

Lyrics

She’s pulling out the pin

That lets her hair fall down

She shakes her head and it goes tumbling

Her smile was out of place

So she swept it off her face

Let me find the words and say them

Like some softly whispered “Amen”

As she starts to pull away

And the lights begin to dim

Is she thinking of me?

Or is she thinking of him?

She’s pulling out the pin…

She’s slipping off the hook

Unbuttoning her dress

There’s just enough to make some man a mess

She tears away the veil

With her fingernails

She came out high and kicking

While the band played “Hey, Good Looking”

Do you hear something ticking?

Did somebody tell her

“You can really be redeemed?”

Could she actually be

As desperate as she seems?

She’s tearing at the seams

She’s going to extremes

Nobody told her it was a sin

So she’s pulling out the pin

She’s taping up her hands

Just as a boxer will

They started laughing, but if looks could kill

She’s take them down right now

She’s covering her mouth with some unholy vow

There’s nothing more to say

This is her wedding day

Full of shattered glass and mayhem

Not one softly whispered “Amen”

The shock announcement dawns

And the smoke begins to thin

Where the world without ends

And the next one begins

She’s pulling out the pin

She’s pulling out the pin

She’s pulling out the pin

Credits

• Written by: Elvis Costello
• Produced by: Dennis Herring and Elvis Costello
• Musicians:

Elvis Costello - vocals, Gibson J-50, Gibson Super 400, Glockenspiel

Steve Nieve - upright piano, Wurlitzer organ

Davey Faragher - fender precision bass, Dan Armstrong

Pete Thomas - drums

Discography

Albums:

• The Delivery Man, UK and Japan 2004
• The Delivery Man (Deluxe Edition), 2005