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Elvis Costello - She Was No Good Lyrics

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  • She could be no good, I'm telling you
  • Gather 'round boys for a tale that is tragic and true
  • On the Mississippi riverboat, "Magnolia"
  • No one onboard was smelling too sweet
  • That precious one must have been stamping her feet
  • Dictating demands all well and fine
  • A few rods west of the Bridgeport line
  • But the veil was drawn and the halo slipped
  • Tippling tinctures and reciting scripture
  • Faces where slapped just as kid gloves were suffered
  • Vile threats were uttered and challenges were offered
  • On the Cumberland riverboat, "E. W. Stephens"
  • Daggers were drawn on pistols pulled
  • Staggering 'til dawn filled up with whiskey and rum
  • And several drunken players ran amok
  • Rampaging with the crew around the deck
  • And I received a blow that was unkind
  • It turned my cheek to the colour of gentian violet
  • I wouldn't say that this journey had quite been the highlight
  • Of the All-American Tour
  • Teetering on the edge of war
  • Out of the genteel Northern prosceniums
  • Filled up with imitation Europeans
  • Down along the river of rough damnations
  • By the blood-stained cotton and the slave plantations
  • She could be no good, I'm telling you
  • Gather round boys for a tale that is tragic and true
  • And I received a blow that was unkind
  • It turned my cheek to the colour of gentian violet
  • I wouldn't say that this journey had quite been the highlight
  • Of the All-American Tour
  • Teetering on the edge of war
  • Out of the genteel Northern prosceniums
  • Filled up with imitation Europeans
  • Down along the river of rough damnations
  • By the blood-stained cotton and the slave plantations

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