Elvis Costello - Stalin Malone Lyrics
I'm going to make you even fear the dream you dreamSo don't even think about it don't make a wishYou think that i don't see you as you trawl those young weak fishHooked on those poor wonders, 'til they want you aloneThough they can't tell a cuckoo-clock from the squeals of saxophonesThat's when they'll fear my nameStalin maloneI'm telling you the day will come when this man gets what he meritsThough people still wear animal skins to ward off evil spiritsOnly wife-swapping and witchcraft woke the dormitory town'til horse's heads up in the trees came dripping downYes, horse's heads up hung in the trees after the bird had flownDid you wonder of my whereabouts as the barrack-room was blownDid anybody call my name?Stalin maloneIn a room called creation, where you all obey my lawsWhere seconal is gravity and pain is like applauseYou think that this phenomenon is some coincidenceBut i've got people everywhere, you're underMy surveillance, in the pocket of my pantsOkay, she left me, but i'll soon get over thatFalling out of the "blood tub" and rolling, on my backWaking up to the one o'clock gun with a punch and judy birdReaching out for a gelignite beer that fills me up with murderTo overhear forbidden songs her lover must have knownBetween the pity and advice..."there's no one here to help you now, but speak after the tone"Leave for me a message of hopeStalin maloneNow the church door is a roller-shutter with padlocks and keysJust like all of the other dispensariesThe saloon is like a casket, stained wood and human dustStale with conversation that hangs on your clothes like smokeThe wooden clock said she would dance dressed only in flowerAs the jazz band drowns the hysterical bird that it spits out on the hourI'd drop out of sight and disappear, turn up in another town, but somehowI just can't seem to put it down, put it down, put it downI just want to hold her now in that i'm not aloneBut do i have to see her fall into his arms before i can atone..Get my jacket on, get my story straight, i'm leaving on my own
