Busy Bodies Lyrics

Lyric discussion by montresor 

Cover art for Busy Bodies lyrics by Elvis Costello

This song asks the question of what is the point of sex. It would seem that nowadays it means begetting progeny, dishonesty, and superficiality to the max. But isn't the pont supposed to be everlasting love? Or, at least something special, that at least gets you somewhere on an emotional level. Not, I suppose, while she's fooling with her makeup. Busy bodies. Busily getting nowhere.