Costello, Elvis - Big Sister's Clothes Lyrics






Sheep to the slaughter oh I thought this must be love
All your sons and daughters in a strangle hold with a kid glove
She's got eyes like saucers oh you think she's a dish
She is the blue chip that belongs to the big fish

[Chorus:]
But it's easier to say "I love you,"
than "Yours sincerly" I suppose
All little sisters like to try on big sister's clothes
Big sister's clothes

The sport of kings, the old queen's heart
The prince in darkness stole some tart
And it's in the papers, it's in the charts
It's in the stop press before it all starts.

With a hammer on the slap and tickle under grisly garments
With all the style and finesse of the purchase of armaments
Compassion went out of fashion
That's all your concern meant
Sweat it out for thirty seconds on home improvements

[Chorus]





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  1. S.... C....

    Elvis is King~!

  2. M.... B....

    He should said "Fashion went out of Fashion" instead of compassion

    M.... B....

    I thought it said “passion went out of fashion” and liked it better that way, but what you’re proposing is very funny and fits with the song

  3. b.... f....

    My favorite Elvis Costello song of them all...brilliant record

  4. P.... D....

    With a hammer on the slap and tickle
    Under grizzly garments
    With all the style and finesse
    Of the purchase of armaments

  5. B.... A....

    Vas-y Elvis bordel !

  6. J.... &....

    No Imperial Bedrooms is Best period this is just GREAT

    J.... &....

    Get 1 Brutal you 2a Trust 2b Painted by numbers 3a Imperial Bedroom 3b .just saying

    J.... &....

    Trust is the best.
    Imperial Bedroom is great, too.

  7. J.... Q....

    Dont be surprised how brilliant the album is, voted best of the year i think 82/83....

    J.... Q....

    Don't think so...released in 1981

  8. j.... ....

    "Sweat it out for thirty seconds on oken bromance "

  9. M.... B....

    sport of kings.

  10. L.... M....

    She's got eyes like saucers. You think she's a dish.

  11. Y.... E....

    His best album, I think: his voice, the music, the arrangements. and still some of the frenzied passion of the first few albums.

  12. M.... L....

    Damn! Great song! I remember my parents playing this one in the car when I was young, God the nostalgia is overwhelming....

  13. S.... C....

    belissimo !!

  14. I.... ....

    Gosh every time I listen to this song I love it even though it makes barely any sense

    I.... ....

    It makes perfect sense to me.

  15. p.... ....

    always my favorite costello album. great to meet a fellow fan. thank you.