lirik lagu elvis costello – heathen town
they used to call it sin city
now it’s gone way past that
painting the town
and then burning it down
now even that’s old hat
now there’s a choir of angels
at the fall of rome
singing “ave maria”
or “home sweet home”
it’s just a heathen town
i hear only evil
as my tongue is tightened
i used to be god-fearing
now i’m so frightened
’cause the devil will drag you under
by the sharp tailfin
of your checkered cab
and i can’t sit down,
i’m going overboard
in this heathen town
it starts as a flirtation
and ends up as an expensive habit
with one eye on her place
in debtor’s prison
and the other on a girl
dressed as a rabbit.
now you can live forever
endure fits and starts
the only stake you cannot raise
is the one driven through your heart
it’s just a heathen town
i hear only evil
as my tongue is tightened.
i used to be god-fearing
now i’m so frightened
’cause the devil will drag you under
by the sharp tailfin
of your checkered cab
and i can’t sit down,
i’m going overboard
in this heathen town
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- lirik lagu frank zappa – can’t afford no shoes
- lirik lagu elvis costello – favourite hour
- lirik lagu gino vannelli – jack miraculous
- lirik lagu elvis presley – confidence
- lirik lagu george jones – if you got the money
- lirik lagu frank zappa – debra kadabra
- lirik lagu elvis costello – seconds of pleasure
- lirik lagu gino vannelli – son of a new york gun
- lirik lagu elvis presley – blowin’ in the wind