Glitter Gulch

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Lyrics Enter Madam X painted in a shocking pink spangled dress Her teeth are perfect but her mouth is loose Rubbing their hands together she persuades them that it's better to confess Which unpleasant fate they'd like to choose Chorus: Every step might be your last Money signs are in your eyes sucker You've been taken in this time You might just get out alive if you're lucky All the vultures tuning in to Glitter Gulch Are looking in on you And they're hungry He stood five feet tall in his elevator shoes and stovepipe hat He was known by several different names Prompted by Madam X he answered all their questions And then after that he said I'm sick and tired of stupid games (Chorus) We've got prizes if you can afford Some small humiliation before you get your reward And I'd rather be an outlaw than an inlaw to you And to live my life in miserable poverty Than to have to grovel to have some dream home hovel So watch me while I get away with prime time robbery As he enters Madam X he thinks of red raged faces and the sweet greenbacks He climbed upon his honey and he covered her with money As they do their victory dance He thinks I hope they choke upon their laughter tracks They can all go straight to hell while we howl down the whole hotel

Credits Written by: D.P.A. MacManus Produced by: J. Henry "T-Bone" Burnett and Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus with Larry Kalman Hirsch Musicians: The Little Hands Of Concrete - vocals, acoustic guitar James Burton - electric guitar, dobro Jerry Scheff - string bass Ron Tutt - brushes & drums Discography Albums: King Of America, 1986 King Of America (reissue), Rykodisc/Demon, 1995 King Of America (Deluxe Edition), Rhino, 2005 This section may be incomplete. Singles: This section may be incomplete. Collections: Album Name, Year 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

A                                        D
Enter Madam X painted in a shocking pink spangled dress
E                                      A
Her teeth are perfect but her mouth is loose
A                                                                D
Rubbing their hands together she persuades them that it's better to
confess
E                                    A
Which unpleasant fate they'd like to choose

(chorus)
D
Every step might be your last
D                               G
Money signs are in your eyes sucker
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D
You've been taken in this time
D                                         G
You might just get out alive if you're lucky
D
All the vultures tuning in to Glitter Gulch
    E
Are looking in on you
           A
And they're hungry


He stood five feet tall in his elevator shoes and stovepipe hat
He was known by several different names
Prompted by Madam X he answered all their questions
And then after that he said I'm sick and tired of stupid games

(chorus)

G
We've got prizes if you can afford
     D
Some small humiliation before you get your reward
        G
And I'd rather be an outlaw than an inlaw to you
                                 A(7)
And to live my life in miserable poverty
A7
Than to have to grovel to have some dream home hovel
                        G                        A
So watch me while I get away with prime time robbery

(chorus)

As he enters Madam X he things of red raged faces and the sweet
greenbacks
He climbed upon his honey and he covered her with money
As they do their victory dance
He thinks I hope they choke upon their laughter tracks
They can all go straight to hell while we howl down the whole hotel

Internal links

• Elvis Costello Home Page: King Of America | lyrics | chords | KOA info page 1
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External links

• Elvis Costello on Rhino King Of America resissue page