THERE'S SOME REAL STUFF HAPPENING...EVERYTHING'S IN THE HEAD
DID YOU HEAR ME?
I'M STARTING TO COME DOWN...I FEEL LIKE I'M LOSING SOMETHING...LET IT GO
THERE'S SOME REAL STUFF HAPPENING...EVERYTHING'S IN THE HEAD
DID YOU HEAR ME?
I'M STARTING TO COME DOWN...I FEEL LIKE I'M LOSING SOMETHING...LET IT GO
Surrender To The Rhythm from The Old Grey Whistle Test, 6 November 1973
I got nothin to eat in this old house
I gotta go out and catch a mouse
I can't be wrong so I gotta be right
It's eat or be eaten
Something's hungry like a hunter
And it's probing like a finger
As the drumbeat keeps things hurrying
That's the part that's so appealing
It's the beat that dominates
Each breath you draw
Each step you take
Strike or be stricken
Eat or be eaten
Eat or be eaten
Your skills are highly specialized
But still that girl can magnetize
You sense the hunger in her eyes
It's beat or be beaten
There's no softness in her eyes
A weird dull glint is in her eyes
With a stubborn will to tantalize
Like some cheap devil in disguise
And it's troubling me
Hell it's nervy that's what it is
Eat or be eaten
Beat or be beaten
Strike or be stricken
The night is dark the night is pulp
Tilt back your head and take a gul
Of air that's screamed a thousand times
The main thing is to victimize
It's just the night for a conquering tribe
Oh it's just the night for a conquering tribe
Eat or be eaten
Beat or be beaten
Faster than the arrow flies
Or the man who smiles while he lies
It's just the night for a conquering tribe
And the girls are calling in a yellow dress
That girl is calling in a yellow dress
She says eat eat eat here boys
Eat eat eat here boys
Romeo was restless, he was ready to kill
He jumped out the window 'cause he couldn't sit still
Juliet was waiting with a safety net
He said "Don't bury me 'cause I'm not dead yet"
Chorus:
Why don't you tell me 'bout the mystery dance
I wanna know about the mystery dance
Why don't you show me 'cause I've tried and I've tried
and I'm still mystified
I can't do it anymore and I'm not satisfied
Well I remember when the lights went out
And I was tryin' to make it look like it was never in doubt
She thought that I knew, and I thought that she knew
So both of us were willing, but we didn't know how to do it
(chorus)
Well I was down under the covers in the middle of the night,
Tryin' to discover my left foot from my right
You can see those pictures in any magazine
But what's the use of looking when you don't know what they mean
(chorus)
I can't do it anymore and I'm not satisfiedElvis Costello - Get Happy!! TV Commercial
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Chelsea
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Elvis Costello - Help Me, Live 1981
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Elvis Costello - Red Shoes - Live, 1978
Elvis Costello - Mystery Dance - Live, 1978