paroles de chanson Clown Strike (Live At Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier de la Place des Arts, Montreal, July 3, 2006) - Elvis Costello

They'll fix you with an iron cross
And cover you up with petals
And hang you up with some amber beads
And four or five precious metals
And in that black flamingo chair
You'll sit among your trophies
And pray to be abandoned
But you don't know I'd hope this
But there is one thing that I had to keep inside
Because I was shaking, "Why don't you get some pride?"
There was a clown strike
And the clowns threw down their tools
You don't have to play so hard
And I'm nobody's fool
You don't have to go so far
Because I love you as you are
The big top is deserted now
And the circus girl rehearses
She knows how to turn their heads
And not fall between two horses
But all that seems a simple step
If only I were able
To love you like I want to do
But not by sometime stable
There is one thing that I had to keep inside
Because I was shaking, "Why don't you get some pride?"
There was a clown strike
And the clowns threw down their tools
You don't have to play so hard
And I'm nobody's fool
You don't have to go so far
Because I love you as you are
And it looks rather boring
For the humble and the mighty
You don't have to tumble for me
Even a clown knows where to strike
Tell me what you want to be
Or are you terrified of failure
So put on a superstitious face
To hide all this paraphernalia
We're not living in a masquerade
Where you only have three wishes
It isn't easy to see
From a lifetime of mistaken kisses
But there is one thing that I had to keep inside
Because I was shaking, "Why don't you get some pride?"
There was a clown strike
And the clowns threw down their tools
You don't have to play so hard
And I'm nobody's fool
You don't have to go so far
Because I love you as you are
And it looks rather boring
For the humble and the mighty
You don't have to tumble for me
Even a clown knows where to strike