| Song | Worthless Thing |
| Artist | Elvis Costello & the Attractions |
| Album | Goodbye Cruel World |
| 作曲 : Costello | |
| How many times can you jump out of the cupboard | |
| Before someone gets suspicious or someone gets discovered | |
| You can live forever in a split second of fame | |
| Come on down the price is right what's your name | |
| While a crocodile makes good shoes and a dog may change his coat | |
| I can't change what's written on your face tonight and I quote | |
| Oh I wish you could see | |
| Quite how much you could mean to me | |
| You worthless thing | |
| If you were ten feet taller and almost handsome | |
| I might pay this king's ransom | |
| You worthless thing | |
| They commit blue murder along Union Avenue | |
| Then they sell you souvenir matches | |
| Nightclubs full of grave robbers from Memphis, Tennessee | |
| And Las Vegas body snatchers | |
| And he's carrying a warning can't you see how his eyes glint | |
| Keep your bloody hands off my life your affectionate fingerprint | |
| Oh I wish you could see | |
| Quite how much you could mean to me | |
| You worthless thing | |
| If you were ten feet taller and almost handsome | |
| I might pay this king's ransom | |
| You worthless thing | |
| All the cars and pills and girls who tore his shirt to tatters | |
| Do you know how tall he was 'cos that is all that really matters? | |
| Do you know his mother's last name do you think that he's divine? | |
| You've seen the film you've read the book | |
| you're drinking vintage Elvis Presley wine | |
| Bored out of your tiny mind while life is twice as large | |
| They'll cut her down to size on television | |
| She's available and beautiful, but with more time to devote | |
| They're going to take this cable now and stick it down your throat | |
| So this is an obituary which should be right and fitting | |
| For every clockwork cat and conceivable kitten | |
| Oh I wish you could see | |
| Quite how much you could mean to me | |
| You worthless thing | |
| If you were ten feet taller and almost handsome | |
| I might pay this king's ransom | |
| You worthless thing |
| zuò qǔ : Costello | |
| How many times can you jump out of the cupboard | |
| Before someone gets suspicious or someone gets discovered | |
| You can live forever in a split second of fame | |
| Come on down the price is right what' s your name | |
| While a crocodile makes good shoes and a dog may change his coat | |
| I can' t change what' s written on your face tonight and I quote | |
| Oh I wish you could see | |
| Quite how much you could mean to me | |
| You worthless thing | |
| If you were ten feet taller and almost handsome | |
| I might pay this king' s ransom | |
| You worthless thing | |
| They commit blue murder along Union Avenue | |
| Then they sell you souvenir matches | |
| Nightclubs full of grave robbers from Memphis, Tennessee | |
| And Las Vegas body snatchers | |
| And he' s carrying a warning can' t you see how his eyes glint | |
| Keep your bloody hands off my life your affectionate fingerprint | |
| Oh I wish you could see | |
| Quite how much you could mean to me | |
| You worthless thing | |
| If you were ten feet taller and almost handsome | |
| I might pay this king' s ransom | |
| You worthless thing | |
| All the cars and pills and girls who tore his shirt to tatters | |
| Do you know how tall he was ' cos that is all that really matters? | |
| Do you know his mother' s last name do you think that he' s divine? | |
| You' ve seen the film you' ve read the book | |
| you' re drinking vintage Elvis Presley wine | |
| Bored out of your tiny mind while life is twice as large | |
| They' ll cut her down to size on television | |
| She' s available and beautiful, but with more time to devote | |
| They' re going to take this cable now and stick it down your throat | |
| So this is an obituary which should be right and fitting | |
| For every clockwork cat and conceivable kitten | |
| Oh I wish you could see | |
| Quite how much you could mean to me | |
| You worthless thing | |
| If you were ten feet taller and almost handsome | |
| I might pay this king' s ransom | |
| You worthless thing |