| Elvis Costello – Big Sister's Clothes Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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As well as being about the Falklands it is also a comment on the proliferation of nuclear arms - "She is the blue chip that belongs to the big fish" "All little sisters like to try on big sister's clothes Big sister's clothes" "With all the style and finesse of the purchase of armaments" Countries wanting to build their own nuclear bombs "Sweat it out for thirty seconds on home improvements" "It's in the stop press before it all starts" The reality of this proliferation |
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| Elvis Costello – Man Out of Time Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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"he stands to be unsulted and he pays for the privilege" a per usual with EC this is a pun - it has at least two meanings - MP's have to pay a deposit to stand in an election / paying a prostitute for physical abuse |
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