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Hang my head and shut my eyes
What kind of justice is this?
Fool I was, I thought that you fought fire with fire
Got to be more than just a soul for hire
Speaking for myself I wouldn't take the fame, the fees, the glory
For whoring in the practice of the law
I make my case stop and stutter
Soul comes unglued from the uppers
Blood is seeping in the hole
A mother's eye is weeping
I see every human kind
And still the truth is distant
I see every evil men do and desire
Got to be more then just a soul for hire
When it's time to give protection
To the ones who need it most, who are desperate
I get distracted from my job
Streams of ink and piles of paper
What are the breaks?
Jump out the window? Parole? Escape?
Blood is seeping in the hole
A mother's eye is weeping
Hang my head and shut my eyes
I can't see justice twisted
I see every evil men do and desire
Got to be more than just a soul for hire
When it's time to give protection
To the ones who need it most, who are desperate
I get distracted from my job
Streams of ink and piles of paper
To hand them over to dopers and kiddie-rapers
Corrupt in every twisted grudge
And that is just the judge
Hang my head and shut my eyes
What kind of justice it this?
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Soul For Hire |
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Written by | Elvis Costello |
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Performed by | Elvis Costello |
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Produced by | The Imposter: Elvis Costello, Ciaran Cahill, Leo Pearson & Kieran Lynch |
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Musicians | Elvis Costello - vocals, Fender Jazzmaster guitar, Fender Precision bass, melodica, cymbal Leo Pearson - rhythm processor Steve Nieve - vibraphone |
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Recorded | ca. late 1999-early 2000, Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin |
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Released | April 15, 2002 |
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Albums | When I Was Cruel, 2002 |
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Length | 3:55 |
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