Tytuł: Stalin Malone

• Wykonawca: Elvis Costello
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   I'm going to make you even fear the dream
  you dream
  So don't even think about it don't make a wish
  You think that I don't see you as you trawl
  those young weak fish
  Hooked on those poor wonders, till they want
  you alone
  Though they can't tell a cuckoo-clock from the
  squeals of saxophones
  That's when they'll fear my name
  Stalin Malone
  
  I'm telling you the day will come when this
  man gets what he merits
  Though people still wear animal skins to ward
  off evil spirits
  Only wife-swapping and witchcraft woke the
  dormitory town
  'Til horse's heads up in the trees came
  dripping down
  Yes, horse's heads up hung in the trees after
  the bird had flown
  Did you wonder of my whereabouts as the
  barrack-room was blown
  Did anybody call my name?
  Stalin Malone
  
  In a room called creation, where you all obey
  my laws
  Where Seconal is gravity and pain is like
  applause
  You think that this phenomenon is some
  coincidence
  But I've got people everywhere, you're under
  my surveillance, in the pocket of my pants
  Okay, she left me, but I'll soon get over that
  Falling out of the "Blood Tub" and rolling, on
  my back
  Waking up to the one o'clock gun with a
  Punch and Judy bird
  Reaching out for a gelignite beer that fills me
  up with murder
  To overhear forbidden songs her lover must
  have known
  Between the pity and advice... "There's no one
  here to help you now, but speak after the tone"
  Leave for me a message of hope
  Stalin Malone
  
  Now the church door is a roller-shutter with
  padlocks and keys
  Just like all of the other dispensaries
  The saloon is like a casket, stained wood and
  human dust
  Stale with conversation that hangs on your
  clothes like smoke
  The wooden clock said she would dance
  dressed only in flower
  As the jazz band drowns the hysterical bird that
  it spits out on the hour
  I'd drop out of sight and disappear, turn up in
  another town, but somehow
  I just can't seem to put it down, put it down
  put it down
  I just want to hold her now in that I'm not alone
  but 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