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Elvis Costello - This Is Hell Lyrics

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  • This is hell
  • Chorus:
  • This is hell, this is hell
  • I am sorry to tell you
  • It never gets better or worse
  • But you get used to it after a spell
  • For heaven is hell in reverse
  • The bruiser spun a hula hoop
  • As all the barmen preen and pout
  • The neon I of nightclub flickers on and off
  • And finally blew out
  • The irritating jingle
  • Of the belly-dancing phony turkish girls
  • The eerie glare of ultra violet
  • Perfect dental work
  • Chorus
  • The failed don juan in the big bow-tie
  • Is very sorry that he spoke
  • For hes mislaid his punch line
  • More than halfway through a very tasteless joke
  • The frulein caught him peeking down her gown
  • Hes yelling in her ear
  • And all at once the music stopped
  • As he was intimately bellowing my dear . . .
  • Chorus
  • The shirt you wore with courage
  • And the violent nylon suit
  • Reappear upon your back
  • And undermine the polished line you try to shoot
  • Its not the torment of the flames
  • That finally see your flesh corrupted
  • Its the small humiliations that your memory piles up
  • This is hell, this is hell, this is hell.
  • My favourite things are playing
  • Again and again
  • But its by julie andrews
  • And not by john coltrane
  • Endless balmy breezes and perfect sunsets framed
  • Vintage wine for breakfast
  • And ***** starlets floating in champagne
  • All the passions of your youth
  • Are tranquillized and tamed
  • You may think it looks familiar
  • Though you may know it by another name
  • Chorus
  • This is hell, this is hell.

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