Elvis Costello - 13 Steps Lead Down 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 [4x]
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
[Chorus]
Thirteen steps lead down [4x]
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Elvis Costello 13 Steps Lead Down Comments
I always thought this was a throw-away Costello. It did however, return him to his "Blood & Chocolate", sound after the mixed-bags of "Spike", " Mighty," & "The Juliet Letters". "Brutal Youth", was easily his best Warner Brother's", release.
Pete Thomas getting some heavy rim shots on the snare at the end