Elvis Costello - Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over) Lyrics
The man in the corner of this picture has a sinister purposeIn the teeming Temple of the Railroad KingsHe's planting a trashy paperback book for accidental purchaseContaining all the secrets of life and other useless thingsBut I can't bring myself to lookWake up Zombie write yourself another bookYou want to scream and shout my little flaxen loutHurry down Doomsday the bugs are taking overShe sleeps with the shirt of a late, great country singerStretched out on her poor jealous husband's pillowIn time you can turn these obsessions into careersWhile the parents of those kidnapped children start the biddingfor their tearsBut I can't bring myself to lookWake up ZombieGet yourself off the bookYou want to scream and shout my little waxen loutHurry down Doomsday the bugs are taking overForget about Beethoven, Rembrandt and rock and rollForget about Mickey Mouse, Marlboro and Coca ColaForget about Cadillac, Mercedes and ToyotaForget about Buddha, Allah, Jesus and JehovahHurry down Doomsday the bugs are taking overAny day now a giant insect mutationWill swoop down and devour the white man's burdenStarting out with all of the sensitive onesBetter make like a fly if you don't want to dieLook out there goes GordonBut I can't bring myself to thinkWake up ZombieKick up a big stinkYou want to scream and shout my little Saxon loutHurry down Doomsday the bugs are taking over