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I wish you'd known me when I was alive, I was a funny fella
I wish you'd known me when I was alive, I was  
 
a funny feller


The crowd would hoot and holler for more  
The crowd would hoot and holler for more  
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I wore a drunk's red nose for applause  
I wore a drunk's red nose for applause  


Oh yes I was a comical priest  
Oh yes, I was a comical priest  
 
"With a joke for the flock and a hand up your
 
fleece"


Drooling the drink and the lipstick and  
"With a joke for the flock and a hand up your fleece"


greasepaint  
Drooling the drink and the lipstick and greasepaint  


Down the cardboard front of my dirty dog-collar  
Down the cardboard front of my dirty dog-collar  




Chorus:


Now I'm dead, now I'm dead, now I'm dead,
''(Chorus:)''


now I'm dead, now I'm dead  
Now I'm dead, now I'm dead, now I'm dead, now I'm dead  


And I'm going on to meet my reward  
And I'm going on to meet my reward  


I was scared, I was scared, I was scared, I was  
I was scared, I was scared, I was scared, I was scared  
 
scared  
 
He might of never heard God's Comic
 


So there he was on a water-bed
He might of never heard God's comic


Drinking a cola of a mystery brand


Reading an airport novelette, listening to


Andrew Lloyd-Webber's "Requiem"
So there he was on a waterbed, drinking a cola of a mystery brand


He said, before it had really begun, "I prefer
Reading an airport novelette, listening to Andrew Lloyd-Webber's "Requiem"  


the one about my son"  
He said, before it had really begun, "I prefer the one about my son"  


"I've been wading through all this unbelievable  
"I've been wading through all of this unbelievable junk


junk and wondering if I should have given  
And wondering if I should have given the world to the monkeys"


the world to the monkeys"




Chorus  
(Repeat Chorus)




I'm going to take a little trip down Paradise's


endless shores  
I'm gonna take a little trip down Paradise's endless shores  


They say that travel broadens the mind, till you  
They say that travel broadens the mind, till you can't get your head out of doors


can't get your head out of doors


I'm sitting here on the top of the world


I hang around in the longest night  
I'm sitting here on the top of the world, I hang around in the longest night  


Until each beast has gone bed and then I say  
Until each beast has gone to bed and then I say "God bless" and put out the light


"God bless" and turn out the light


While you lie in the dark, afraid to breathe and


you beg and you promise
While you lie in the dark, afraid to breathe


And you bargain and you plead  
And you beg and you promise and you bargain and you plead  


Sometimes you confuse me with Santa Claus  
Sometimes you confuse me with Santa Claus  


It's the big white beard I suppose  
It's the big white beard, I suppose  


I'm going up to the pole, where you folks die of cold  
I'm going up to the Pole, where you folks die of cold  


I might be gone for a while if you need me  
I might be gone for a while if you need me  




Now I'm dead, now I'm dead, now I'm dead,
now I'm dead, now I'm dead and you're all


going on to meet your reward
Now I'm dead, now I'm dead, now I'm dead, now I'm dead


Are you scared? Are you scared? Are you scared?
And you're all going on to meet your reward


Are you scared?  
Are you scared? Are you scared? Are you scared? Are you scared?  


You might have never heard, but God's comic
You might have never heard, but God's comic

Revision as of 05:21, 11 May 2006

I wish you'd known me when I was alive, I was a funny fella

The crowd would hoot and holler for more

I wore a drunk's red nose for applause

Oh yes, I was a comical priest

"With a joke for the flock and a hand up your fleece"

Drooling the drink and the lipstick and greasepaint

Down the cardboard front of my dirty dog-collar


(Chorus:)

Now I'm dead, now I'm dead, now I'm dead, now I'm dead

And I'm going on to meet my reward

I was scared, I was scared, I was scared, I was scared

He might of never heard God's comic


So there he was on a waterbed, drinking a cola of a mystery brand

Reading an airport novelette, listening to Andrew Lloyd-Webber's "Requiem"

He said, before it had really begun, "I prefer the one about my son"

"I've been wading through all of this unbelievable junk

And wondering if I should have given the world to the monkeys"


(Repeat Chorus)


I'm gonna take a little trip down Paradise's endless shores

They say that travel broadens the mind, till you can't get your head out of doors


I'm sitting here on the top of the world, I hang around in the longest night

Until each beast has gone to bed and then I say "God bless" and put out the light


While you lie in the dark, afraid to breathe

And you beg and you promise and you bargain and you plead

Sometimes you confuse me with Santa Claus

It's the big white beard, I suppose

I'm going up to the Pole, where you folks die of cold

I might be gone for a while if you need me


Now I'm dead, now I'm dead, now I'm dead, now I'm dead

And you're all going on to meet your reward

Are you scared? Are you scared? Are you scared? Are you scared?

You might have never heard, but God's comic