Less Than Zero (Live) - Elvis Costello

Calling mister oswald with the swastika tatoo There is a vacancy waiting in the English voodoo Varving 'v' for vandal on the guilty boy's head When he's had enough maybe you can take him to bed To teach him he's alive 'fore he wishes he was dead Turn up the TV no one listening will suspect Even your mother won't detect it So your father won't know They think that i've got no respect But everything means less than zero Hey Oooh hey Hey Oooh hey Oswald and his sister are doing it again They've got the finest home movies that you have ever seen They've got a thousand variations: every service with a smile They're gonna take a little break and they'll be back after a while Well I hear that South America is coming into style Turn up the TV no one listening will suspect Even your mother won't detect it So your father won't know They think that i've got no respect But everything means less than zero Hey Oooh hey Hey Oooh hey A pistol was still smokin', a man lay on the floor Mister oswald said he had an understanding with the law He said he'd hear about a couple in the USA He said they'd traded their baby for a chevrolet Let's talk about the future now we've put the past away Turn up the TV no one listening will suspect Even your mother won't detect it So your father won't know They think that i've got no respect But everything means less than zero Hey Oooh hey Hey Oooh hey

Let me give you some insight into my insides I haven't been this confused in such a long time Can't believe I've spent years just losing my mind I can't believe that ten years have really gone by It's been a long time Had a plan for every year I've been alive A million more I've built up inside of me There's a million more that I have bottled up Had a plan for every year I've been alive A million more I've built up inside of me There's a million more that I have built up That I've fucked up Do you feel like the hard times Are mountains you've climbed? Lying awake, it still feels Like it's '89 It's been a long time Had a plan for every year I've been alive A million more I've built up inside of me There's a million more that I have bottled up Had a plan for every year I've been alive A million more I've built up inside of me There's a million more that I have bottled up That I've fucked up Those mindless days, the plans that I've made The countless mistakes, all the times I've changed Through the years I faced, all that's kept me sane Every single day Had a plan for every year I've been alive A million more I've built up inside of me There's a million more that I have bottled up Had a plan for every year I've been alive A million more I've built up inside of me There's a million more that I have bottled up Yeah, there's a million more that I have bottled up Yeah, there's a million more that I have built up Yeah, there's a million more that I have bottled up Yeah, there's a million more that I have built up

I'm feeling the pressure The weight of the world Bearing down On my chest Crushing me The blackest Transcendence The darkest of night A shadow Of a man Never here Restricted heart I feel my spirit Go... Something wicked, less than human I'm slowly changing every night Becoming something unfamiliar Now broken one, I mourn the light Now witness this creature The pitiful one Never known Or felt warmth Only steel (I can't feel) A feigned understanding Denial of love Fade to black End of show Disappear (Were you ever here?) Restricted heart I feel it's beating Slowed... Sinking deeper No escape this time Accept this trial Forgiveness denied Exit Humanity

Da rhay-sy o' Mal lay-rhee o' Sav-ay-ly o' Kad-ay-ly o' Hey o nay Kor-rhe-ay Ah hey o nay ka ru mmay Eh hymm a vl-la rhe-ea kan Eh hymm a ka lla mmay o an O ay ka nee hymm nno hymm O ay ka nee hymm nno hymm a rhay Hii-yha Hii-yha Hii-yha Hii-yha He-ah vi-iya me-ne mmay A he ah lu-ua no ee-tay Eh o th-ay-a rhee lloo ka Eh o mer-ra man a saa Hey nal oroom-may hymm nno hymm Ah hey nal ba-na hymm nno a rhay Hii-yha Hii-yha Hii-yha Hii-yha Hii-yha Hii-yha Hii-yha Hii-yha

Thank you for the days Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me I'm thinking of the days I won't forget a single day believe me I bless the light I bless the light that shines on you believe me And though you're gone You're with me every single day believe me Days I remember all my life Days where you can't see wrong from right You took my life And then I knew that very soon you'd leave me But it's alright Now I'm not frightened of this world believe me I wish today could be tomorrow The night is dark, it just brings sorrow, let it wait Thank you for the days Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me I'm thinking of the days I won't forget a single day believe me I bless the light I bless the light that shines on you believe me And though you're gone You're with me every single day believe me Days I remember all my life Days where you can't see wrong from right You took my life And then I knew that very soon you'd leave me But it's alright Now I'm not frightened of this world believe me, days Thank you for the days Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me I'm thinking of the days I won't forget a single day believe me I bless the light I bless the light that shines on you believe me And though you're gone You're with me every single day believe me, days

With a handful of backhanders and a bevy of beauty You're going off limits, going off duty Going off the rails, going off with booty They tell tales of fiction found on all the criminal types Lead to a higher ranking man or a face with thin red stripes The boys next door The mums and dads New weds and nearly deads Have you ever been had in Clubland? There's a piece in someone's pocket to do the dirty work You've come to shoot the pony, they've come to do the jerk They leave him half way to paradise They leave you half way to bliss The ladies' invitation never seemed like this The boys next door The mums and dads New weds and nearly deads Have you ever been had in Clubland? The long arm of the law Slides up the outskirts of town Meanwhile in Clubland They are ready to pull them down Hey The right to work is traded in For the right to refuse admission Don't pass out now, there's no refund (When) Did you find out what you were missing? The crowd is taking forty winks minus ten percent You barely get required sleep to go lingering with contemptment Thursday to Saturday, money's gone already Some things come in common these days Your hands and work aren't steady The boys next door The mums and dads New weds and nearly deads Have you ever been had in Clubland?