13 Steps Lead Down

Lyrics - Credits - Discography - Covers - Bootlegs - Chords

Lyrics When nobody knows she puts on secret clothes And lies in the meadow with her hands tied behind her back I won't refuse If you know how to use it Just stop playing that ugly drug music Thirteen steps lead down Thirteen steps lead down There's commoners and kings And everyone's a prisoner Of paper and glue and a decent pair of scissors So tonight I'm drinking to your health Because I just can't stand myself Thirteen steps lead down Thirteen steps lead down Thirteen steps lead down Thirteen steps lead down She stands and fails on fashion fingernails Her lovers have her walking 'round On instruments of torture And one of them is poisonous The other is a thief they say So what one could give to her The other cannot take away When nobody knows she puts on secret clothes And lies in her splendour for a picture opportunity Cover up that bruise, put on patent leather shoes Just stop playing that bad mood music Thirteen steps lead down Thirteen steps lead down There's commoners and kings And everyone's a prisoner Of paper and glue and a decent pair of scissors So tonight I'm drinking to your health Because I just can't stand myself Thirteen steps lead down Thirteen steps lead down Thirteen steps lead down Thirteen steps lead down

Credits Written by: D.P.A. MacManus Produced by: Mitchell Froom and Elvis Costello Musicians: Elvis Costello - vocals, guitar Pete Thomas - drums, percussion section Steve Nieve - piano, organ, harmonium Bruce Thomas - bass Discography Albums: Brutal Youth, 1994 Brutal Youth (Deluxe Edition), Rhino, 2002 This section may be incomplete. Singles: This section may be incomplete. Collections: Extreme Honey: The Very Best Of The Warner Bros. Years, 1997 Alternate Versions: 13 Steps Lead Down (demo) Brutal Youth (Deluxe Edition), Rhino, 2002 This section may be incomplete. Soundtracks: none Various Artists collections: none Covers Recorded by: none This section may be incomplete. Performed by: none This section may be incomplete. Bootlegs This section is incomplete.

Chords

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Internal links

• Elvis Costello Home Page: Brutal Youth | lyrics | chords | BY info page 1 | 13 Steps Lead Down CD single info page
• Template:13 Steps Lead Down

External links

• Elvis Costello on Rhino Brutal Youth reissue page