Luxembourg lyrics

Song information

Artist: Elvis Costello
Album: Trust

Lyrics

Dressed up like a dog's dinner
Butter wouldn't melt in your mouth
If this is a dog's life
Then you're the cat's claws
They hire out your sons
And hire out your daughters
The man from abroad says he's already bought her
And now you look like a lover but you're only a tourist

Chorus:
You're either talking or yawning
You didn't listen to a thing you heard
Don't start your morning moaning or you might wake up in luxembourg

You get up
You get over
You're worried by her body
She's worryin' about her bodily odour
You pull off
The pull over
You say that you love her when you really loathe her
Serves you right now she wants you to feed her and clothe her

Chorus

They're smiling sweetly while they're looking daggers
Kick you where it really matters
Send all your friends to coventry
And look for your name in last night's obituaries

If you've got the deutschmarks
If you've got the yen, then
You get the shirt off her back and the clock off big ben
Somebody's soft touch
Struck all these bargains
In the drinking clubs with the council men making
Plans to put lead back in their pencils again

Chorus

[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]

"Trust" album track list