Song | She Was No Good |
Artist | Elvis Costello |
Album | Secret, Profane and Sugarcane |
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[00:27.90] | She could be no good, I'm telling you |
[00:35.02] | Gather round boys for a tale that is tragic and true |
[00:45.35] | On the Mississippi riverboat, "Magnolia" |
[00:56.38] | No one onboard was smelling too sweet |
[01:03.32] | That precious one must have been stamping her feet |
[01:12.18] | Dictating demands all well and fine |
[01:15.79] | A few rods west of the Bridgeport line |
[01:20.74] | But the veil was drawn and the halo slipped |
[01:24.38] | Tippling tinctures and reciting scripture |
[01:31.99] | Faces where slapped just as kid gloves were suffered |
[01:39.12] | Vile threats were uttered and challenges offered |
[01:49.79] | On the Cumberland riverboat, "E.W. Stephens" |
[02:00.95] | Daggers were drawn on pistols pulled |
[02:08.11] | Staggering ‘til dawn filled up with whiskey and rum |
[02:17.22] | And several drunken players ran amok |
[02:24.31] | Rampaging with the crew around the deck |
[02:32.31] | And I received a blow that was unkind |
[02:39.46] | It turned my cheek to the colour of gentian violet |
[02:51.19] | I wouldn't say that this journey had quite been the highlight |
[03:01.36] | Of the All-American Tour |
[03:05.49] | Teetering on the edge of war |
[03:09.19] | Out of the genteel Northern prosceniums |
[03:17.75] | Filled up with imitation Europeans |
[03:27.11] | Down along the river of rough damnations |
[03:34.64] | By the blood-stained cotton and the slave plantations |
[03:42.13] |
[00:27.90] | She could be no good, I' m telling you |
[00:35.02] | Gather round boys for a tale that is tragic and true |
[00:45.35] | On the Mississippi riverboat, " Magnolia" |
[00:56.38] | No one onboard was smelling too sweet |
[01:03.32] | That precious one must have been stamping her feet |
[01:12.18] | Dictating demands all well and fine |
[01:15.79] | A few rods west of the Bridgeport line |
[01:20.74] | But the veil was drawn and the halo slipped |
[01:24.38] | Tippling tinctures and reciting scripture |
[01:31.99] | Faces where slapped just as kid gloves were suffered |
[01:39.12] | Vile threats were uttered and challenges offered |
[01:49.79] | On the Cumberland riverboat, " E. W. Stephens" |
[02:00.95] | Daggers were drawn on pistols pulled |
[02:08.11] | Staggering ' til dawn filled up with whiskey and rum |
[02:17.22] | And several drunken players ran amok |
[02:24.31] | Rampaging with the crew around the deck |
[02:32.31] | And I received a blow that was unkind |
[02:39.46] | It turned my cheek to the colour of gentian violet |
[02:51.19] | I wouldn' t say that this journey had quite been the highlight |
[03:01.36] | Of the AllAmerican Tour |
[03:05.49] | Teetering on the edge of war |
[03:09.19] | Out of the genteel Northern prosceniums |
[03:17.75] | Filled up with imitation Europeans |
[03:27.11] | Down along the river of rough damnations |
[03:34.64] | By the bloodstained cotton and the slave plantations |
[03:42.13] |
[00:27.90] | She could be no good, I' m telling you |
[00:35.02] | Gather round boys for a tale that is tragic and true |
[00:45.35] | On the Mississippi riverboat, " Magnolia" |
[00:56.38] | No one onboard was smelling too sweet |
[01:03.32] | That precious one must have been stamping her feet |
[01:12.18] | Dictating demands all well and fine |
[01:15.79] | A few rods west of the Bridgeport line |
[01:20.74] | But the veil was drawn and the halo slipped |
[01:24.38] | Tippling tinctures and reciting scripture |
[01:31.99] | Faces where slapped just as kid gloves were suffered |
[01:39.12] | Vile threats were uttered and challenges offered |
[01:49.79] | On the Cumberland riverboat, " E. W. Stephens" |
[02:00.95] | Daggers were drawn on pistols pulled |
[02:08.11] | Staggering ' til dawn filled up with whiskey and rum |
[02:17.22] | And several drunken players ran amok |
[02:24.31] | Rampaging with the crew around the deck |
[02:32.31] | And I received a blow that was unkind |
[02:39.46] | It turned my cheek to the colour of gentian violet |
[02:51.19] | I wouldn' t say that this journey had quite been the highlight |
[03:01.36] | Of the AllAmerican Tour |
[03:05.49] | Teetering on the edge of war |
[03:09.19] | Out of the genteel Northern prosceniums |
[03:17.75] | Filled up with imitation Europeans |
[03:27.11] | Down along the river of rough damnations |
[03:34.64] | By the bloodstained cotton and the slave plantations |
[03:42.13] |