Elvis Costello

Black Sails In The Sunset

Vain boys are gonna have to swallow their pride this time
So let the punishment fit the crime
It's under the table, under your skin
Into the cable, is this is the death of the glory you're in
Black sails in the sunset
White noise goin' "yakety yak"
All the money in the world 'll never bring your body back
It's some mysterious dance nobody can do
Thought I knew all the steps quite clearly
I don't have a clue.

You're Cinderella with a ball and chain
The shoe seems to fit you
You tell the truth sometimes but
You wouldn't know it if it hit you
Is this some new trick wired up in your head?
Do you make me sick, or was I just force fed?

Black sails in the sunset
White noise going "yakety yak"
All the money in the world'll never bring your body back
It's some mysterious dance nobody can do
Thought I knew all the steps quite clearly
I don't have a clue.

Black sails in the sunset
White noise going "yakety yak"
Black sails in the sunset
White noise going "yakety yak"
All the money in the world ll never bring your body back.