Текст песни Elvis Costello - Battered Old Bird, слова песни Elvis Costello

Текст песни Elvis Costello - Battered Old Bird

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The landladys husband came up to town todaySince he left them both ten years ago to serve the ministryThe dark down road of his approach in constant rain was drenchedThe tenants boy said "how dya do" then swore in frenchDid you teach this little child these curses on my soulYou should both be shut down in the coal-holeThats the way to treat a child who cries out in the nightAnd a woman who teaches wrong from rightChorus: hes a battered old birdAnd hes living up thereTheres a place where time stands stillIf you keep taking those little pink pills"hush your mouth you hypocrite"His humour cut her deepThe tight lipped leer of judgementThat had seen her love desert her just like sleep"filthy words on childrens lips are better, my dear spouseThen if I were to speak my mind about this house"ChorusOn the first floor there are two old maidsEach one wishing that the other was afraidAnd next door to them is a man so mildtil he chopped off the head of a visitors childHe danced upon the bonfireSwallowed sleeping pills like dreamsWith a bottle of sweet sherry that everything redeemsChorusAnd on the second floor is the macintosh manHes in his overcoats more than out of themAnd the typewriters rattling all through the nightHes burgundy for breakfast tightHe says "one day Ill throw away all of my caresAnd it is always christmas in a cupboard at the top of the stairs"Chorus"well heres a boy if ever there wasWhos going to do big thingsThats what they all say and thats how the trouble beginsIve seen them rise and fallBeen through their big deals and smallsHed better have a dream that goes beyond four walls"You think he should be sent outside playing with the trafficWhen pieces of him are already scattered in the attic

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Battered Old Bird

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