Elvis Costello - Radio Silence Lyrics
Signal fading, listen to what I'm sayingTesting, testingThis better be worth all of the breath I'm wastingMaintaining radio silence from now onBarricaded in the talk radio stationHostage takenThe red "On Air" light shines onSomething cheaper that passes for free speechWill have to doHear him coming through loud and clearTrickling in your earHe'll tell you anything you want to hearThe tape starts runningHe's going to tell you somethingThe strings start strummingAnother humdrum conundrumSigning off nowMaintaining radio silence from now onBut there's one thing I should have said"The hostage will end up dead"It's just a comedyThe hostage is meSo pay the ransomBeyond the run-out grooveGet my wife down hereA helicopter on the roofNo police marksmanMaintaining radio silence from now onMystery voicesDrowned out by too much choiceThat's not to mentionThe sad waste of this wonderful inventionMaintaining radio silence from now onLibraries filled up with failed ideasThere's nothing more for me thereI trust in tender ink and gentle airsDo those drug dealers still polish women made of wax?Gangsters and world leadersRequire the same protection from attackFrom this distance it's hard to tell the differenceBetween a king and a jackBetween a poet and hackMaintaining radio silence from now on