Me veo colgado de un gancho de ropa
Escuchando música, alucinando con tu boca
Ella dice, eso es, bájalo un poquito más
Ya no quiere más hablar, es mejor olvidarlo

(Pump it up) When you don't really need it
(Pump it up) Until you can feel it

Abajo donde hay placer
El cielo y el infierno ves
Se pone el mundo al revés
Mentiras en mis ojos ves
No hay un misterio que no pueda resolver

(Pump it up) When you don't really need it
(Pump it up) Until you can feel it

!Hey!

Aroma de tabaco, condimento químico
Tratas de decirle stop, ¿eres un narcótico?
Te hace alucinar, reir y volar
Todo los puedes perder, cuando esto empiece a arder

(Pump it up) Until you can feel it
(Pump it up) When you don't really need it

Ella tiene su show
Pero su energia en low
Ella pone la pasión
Yo le doy corazón
No hay sumisión
Vengo a relajarme
Tentación sin remordiendo

(Pump it up) When you don't really need it
(Pump it up) Until you can feel it

(Pump it up) Until you can feel it
(Pump it up) When you don't really need it

(Pump it up) When you don't really need it
(Pump it up) Until you can feel it

Don't really need it
No quiero que te olvides
Don't really need it
No quiero que te olvides
Don't really need it
No quiero que te olvides


Lyrics submitted by magicnudiesuit

Pump It Up Lyrics as written by Elvis Costello

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  • +1
    General Comment

    but in a way, aren't all songs about masturbation?

    pumkinhedon March 17, 2005   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    Pumpkinhed - only if you're Freud.

    whapcapnon December 15, 2005   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    I've studied Freud, however briefly, and though some are fairly straightforward in naming, some can be twisted just enough to make them dirty by certain idiots.....like me.

    pumkinhedon May 14, 2006   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    THIS SONG IS NOT ABOUT MASTURBATION, YOU FUCTARD!!

    wadewriteron July 13, 2006   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    I'm fairly sure it's about having a wank, mate.

    However, what's wrong with that? Self-love is the purest, and safest kind of love

    SMCon August 22, 2006   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    Coming from a second-hand source, Elvis once said that the song's about a night out with a bit of "assisted insomnia"

    (Best drug euphemism ever, by the by)

    pumkinhedon October 25, 2006   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    Ramones were great, so is Elvis C. ILoveLife full of hate for someone using Love in their name...and by the way, Ramones excelled at their instruments.

    kevwizon November 01, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    Elvis Costello is more punk than anybody ive ever heard. And I still hate the Ramones, because they suck and cant play instruments. Costello is the most talented musician and song writer in punk music.

    This song is pretty much just about giving in to the flow and having fun. He deems that hes just been on tender hooks and people look down on him, like his parents (turn it down flat!) and possibly his girlfriend (he bought things for her and tried to please her but she was too smug to give a shit). So, he just listens to music and partys all the goddam time.

    ILOVELIFEon January 04, 2005   Link
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    General Comment

    HOW can you hate Ramones? I agree that Costello is pretty punk, but your sterotyping the ramones into the beginning of their career.

    Staticburn89on May 06, 2005   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    Well, I did once have a cello masterclass with Phillip Sheppard, who claimed that all music is about sex or death...

    (more on that story later)

    whapcapnon May 25, 2006   Link

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