The People's Limousine
From ElvisCostello
Lyrics - Credits - Discography - Covers - Bootlegs - Chords
LyricsIt's a chilly Florentine evening, two men in evening hats Telling tales of the underground and fishing for rats Policemen armed with Uzis stand guard but they don't speak Ain't seen no Michelangelo, he'll be here next week
The girl in shoes with crystal heels is chaperoned by her brother They raise a glass of amber wine, take pictures of each other Of the policemen in the fountains and the sickle and the hammer And they came with Uncle Romulus with his walking cane and camera
She looked like someone's girlfriend She looked like a dream She looked as unlikely As the people's limousine
Come and sit by me, girl, before I breathe the breath out of you Hush your mouth and cover your eyes 'for I tell your father of you He paid to have you painted in the company of angels Only to find you flirting anew with Chico Marx and perverted Engels
She looked like someone's girlfriend She looked like a dream She looked as unlikely As the people's limousine
The patron saint of television smiles down from the shelf Romulus can't criticize but he can't bless himself He has a tin of pea-green paint and a big roll of black tape To vandalize these obscenities then make his escape
She walked up to the nice policeman and asked him for a match He saw Romulus approaching and slipped off the safety catch Then cut down her uncle, he was painted red and green Just as she was kidnapped in the people's limousine
She looked like someone's girlfriend She looked like a dream She looked so unlikely In the people's limousine
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Credits
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Bootlegs
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Chords
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Internal links
- Elvis Costello Home Page: King Of America | lyrics | chords | KOA info page 1
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