Said I ain't no millionaire
but I spent more money than one ever seen
I'm gonna change that scene one day
it's what you're supposed to say
hey hey hey hey
You can't get far in land of immovable frogs
you can't get far in home of horrible hoax
and you don't last long on a diet of tea and toast
Hey hey hey
and I'm singing the song cause I copped it baby
I steal what I have
Fascist confessions bring detractors
keeping
brings dough and attractions
Costello, ideas trenchant borrows
new song benefactor
is the past tomorrow
Sing, sing a song
I'm singing the song cause I copped it baby
Don't last long
there's guns behind you
aura of desperate boot licker
and you can't hang on with a cuff
I'm singing this song cause I copped it baby
Taking out a policy for love and destruction
can't operate with this vexation
say it again, real real gone
I know I've copped but I'm not the only one.
It ain't what you do it's the way that you do it
but I spent more money than one ever seen
I'm gonna change that scene one day
it's what you're supposed to say
hey hey hey hey
you can't get far in home of horrible hoax
and you don't last long on a diet of tea and toast
I steal what I have
keeping
brings dough and attractions
Costello, ideas trenchant borrows
new song benefactor
is the past tomorrow
I'm singing the song cause I copped it baby
there's guns behind you
aura of desperate boot licker
and you can't hang on with a cuff
can't operate with this vexation
say it again, real real gone
I know I've copped but I'm not the only one.
This is my current favorite song, what a brilliant track! Gavin Friday’s “he-ey, he-ey, hey-ee-uh” is a great touch. The first verse seems to be snippets of lyrics from others’ songs (Howlin’ Wolf’s ‘Goin’ Down Slow’, The Easybeats’ ‘Friday On My Mind’....), and as always MES’ delivery helps define it as quintessential Fall.