Elvis Costello - Episode Of Blonde Lyrics
I spy for the "Spirit of Curiosity"
All the scandals of each vain monstrosity
I gossip and I pry and I insinuate
If the failure is great
Then it tends to fascinate
A tornado dropped a funnel cloud with twenty tons of rain
Though she had the attention span of warm cellophane
Her lovers fell like skittles in a 10-pin bowling lane
But nothing could compare with the explosion of fame
So you jumped back with alarm
Every Elvis has his army
Every rattlesnake his charm
Can you still hear me?
Am I coming through just fine?
[Chorus:]
Did her green eyes seduce you and make you get so weak?
Was there fire engine red that she left upon your cheek?
It's such a shame you had to break the heart
You could have counted on but the last thing you need is another
...Episode of blonde
Revolving like a jeweller's figure on a music box
Spangled curtain parted and night-club scene unlocks
Pinned and fixed and fastened in a follow spot
Arms thrown out to everyone, she's giving all she's got
To the last gasp of a wounded bandeon
Tiny man imploring to the ceiling fan
This stolen feeling
Amplified up through a busted speaker
Blaring, blasting, advertising, distorted beyond reason
Into the street where petty crime-coats shadow panic drunkards,
Half out of the taxi cab the barker seized my elbow
He thought I was another lonely, likely pilgrim looking for St. Telmo
[Chorus]
I tried to keep a straight face but you know it never pays
He would stare into those eyes and then vacation in her gaze
She was a cute little ruin that he pulled out of the rubble
Now they are both living in a soft soap bubble
The film producer's contemplating, entertaining suicide
The picture crumpled in his fist, his runaway child bride
The timepiece stretched across his wrist
She couldn't care less cast aside
The scent that so repelled him that he swore: "insecticide"
And there's farewell note to mother
That will conclude "your loving Son"
"Oh, tell your other children not to do as I have done"
[Chorus]
So an artist drags a toothbrush across the first thing that he sees
And names the painting "Christ's Last Exit into Purgatory"
Receiving secret messages from an alien intelligence
Paying off his stalker it's a legitimate expense
So paste up pictures of those shrill and hollow girls
With puckered lips
She's a trophy on your arm
A magnet for your money clip
The moral of this story is the sorry tale to say
They're pieced with links of chains so they can never run away
Other Lyrics by Artist
- Elvis Costello - 45
- Elvis Costello - You Turned To Me
- Elvis Costello - Fallen
- Elvis Costello - When It Sings
- Elvis Costello - Still
- Elvis Costello - Let Me Tell You About Her
- Elvis Costello - Can You Be True?
- Elvis Costello - When Green Eyes Turn Blue
- Elvis Costello - I'm In The Mood Again
- Elvis Costello - Impatience
- Elvis Costello - Too Blue
- Elvis Costello - North
- Elvis Costello - Button My Lip
- Elvis Costello - Country Darkness
- Elvis Costello - There's A Story In Your Voice
- Elvis Costello - Either Side Of The Same Town
- Elvis Costello - When Did I Stop Dreaming?
- Elvis Costello - Someone Took The Words Away
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- LeDoux, Chris - (Ghost) Riders In The Sky
- LeDoux, Chris - Too Old To Play Cowboy
- LeDoux, Chris - Too Tough To Die
- LeDoux, Chris - The Life Of A Rodeo Cowboy
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Elvis Costello Episode Of Blonde Comments
He nails every lyric. Such an amazing song.
ive been listening to Elvis since 82. The version of this song on my flame burns blue is perhaps the the song by any artist ive ever heard live. this is good though. I think Elvis is the most versatile and best song writer ever. Who else after 40 years is still making great new music?
That is just about the best thing ever!
one of the few decent couplings of rap & melody
La melodia del estribillo es inmensa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"She was a cute little ruin that he pulled out of the rubble. Now they're both living in a soft soap bubble." I love that line!
One of those guys who doesn't have a great voice but knows how to sing. I love that about him. And that he can still write lines like, "Every Elvis has his army/ Every rattlesnake his charm." So glad he's still eager to create.
what a slick song!! I luv the audience right at the stage!!!!!!.........
I can't help but keep coming back to this video. One of my favorite Costello tunes. Any chance you can post more videos from the same DVD?
those white people at the edge of the stage are really enthusiastic
SO good.