Crawling To The USA

Lyrics - Credits - Discography - Covers - Bootlegs - Chords

Lyrics I thought I would go to the sea and shrink down very tiny And slide inside the telephone wire that runs under the briny Till I found there is a way of crawling to the U.S.A. You had better not go too far There's one way out, there's only one way Leave your mother and your father Crawling to the U.S.A. Saw it late one night on a secret channel It's farther on along the tunnel It's way beyond the final station That's the one they never mention You had better not go too far There's one way out, there's only one way Leave your mother and your father Crawling to the U.S.A. You don't have to pay them that much You had better bring your lunch It's undercover, around the houses Up your skirt and down your trousers You had better not go too far There's one way out, there's only one way Leave your mother and your father Crawling to the U.S.A. She said, "I catch you taking liberties and they do not impress me Attach me to your credit card and then you can undress me Everybody is on their knees except the Russians and the Chinese You had better not go too far There's one way out, there's only one way Leave your mother and your father Crawling to the U.S.A.

Credits Written by: Elvis Costello Produced by: Nick Lowe Musicians: Elvis Costello - vocals, guitar Steve Nieve - keyboards Bruce Thomas - bass Pete Thomas - drums Discography Albums: This Year's Model (reissue), Rykodisc/Demon, 1993 This Year's Model (Deluxe Edition), Rhino, 2002 Collections: Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers, 1980 Taking Liberties, 1980 2½ Years, 1993 Soundtracks: Americathon, 1979 Covers Recorded by: none known Performed by: none known Bootlegs none known

Chords

• Transcribed by Marika Whaley (whaley.24@osu.edu). Thanks to Bill Nemec for his suggestion on the opening chords.

Opening chords: G (two beats) G7 (four beats)

    C                Am              C               F  C
I thought I would go to the sea and shrink down very tiny
     C                Am                  C              F  C
And slide inside the telephone wire that runs under the briny
F                  Bb    F                     Bb  G
Till I found there is a way of crawling to the U.S.A.

C                  Bb     C
You had better not go too far
F                            Bb    F
There's one way out, there's only one way
C                 Bb        C
Leave your mother and your father
F               Bb  G
Crawling to the U.S.A.

C               Am
Saw it late one night on a secret channel
C                Am
(Crawling to the U.S.A.)
C                 Am
It's farther on along the tunnel
C                Am
(Crawling to the U.S.A.)
F                    Bb     F
It's way beyond the final station
F                    Bb
That's the one they never mention

(same as above)
You had better not go too far
There's one way out, there's only one way
Leave your mother and your father
Crawling to the U.S.A.

(same as "Saw it late one night..." above)
You don't have to pay them that much
You had better bring your lunch
It's undercover, around the houses
Up your skirt and down your trousers

You had better not go too far
There's one way out, there's only one way
Leave your mother and your father
Crawling to the U.S.A.

(same as first verse above)
She said, "I catch you taking liberties and they do not impress me
Attach me to your credit card and then you can undress me
Everybody is on their knees except the Russians and the Chinese

You had better not go too far
There's one way out, there's only one way
Leave your mother and your father
Crawling to the U.S.A. 

fade out
C               Am
Crawling to the U.S.A.

Internal links

• Elvis Costello Home Page: This Year's Model | lyrics | chords | TYM info page | Rykodisc/Demon TYM reissue info page
• Template:Crawling To The U.S.A.

External links

• Elvis Costello on Rhino This Year's Model reissue page