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There's a young girl with her old man who's too sick to mention
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She'll be turning twenty seven as she draws her widow's pension
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But he couldn't catch a common cold he couldn't get arrested
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Too terrified to answer back
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Too tired to have resisted
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Many hands make light work
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Shorthand makes life easy
C
When he's out on night work
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Make sure no one sees me
D
It all ends up in a slanging match with body talk and bruises
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A change is better than a rest
Silly beggars can't be choosers
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One of a thousand pities you can't categorize
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There are ten commandments of love
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When will you realize
There are ten commandments of love
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I believe, I trust, I promise, I wish love's just a throwaway kiss
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In this Pidgin English
If you're so wise use your lips and your eyes
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Take it to the bridge she sighs
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You go cheep cheep cheep between bulls-eyes and bluster
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Stiff as your poker face
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Keener than mustard
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From your own back yard to the land of exotica
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From the truth society to neurotic erotica
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Silence is golden
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Money talks diamonds and ermine
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There's a word in Spanish
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Italian and German
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In sign language, morse code, semaphore and gibberish
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Have you forgotten how to say it
In your Pidgin English?
[Refrão]
o nome verdadeiro de Elvis Costello é Declam mcManus. O nome artístico veio da junção de Elvis Presley com o comediante Lou Costello (da dupla Abbot and Costello).
Antes de assinar contrato com uma gravadora nos anos 70 Costello trabalhava programando computadores.