歌曲：All This Useless Beauty
歌手：Elvis Costello
专辑：Aging Gracefully disc 2

(player saying)
It's at times such as this she'd be tempted to spit
If she wasn't so ladylike
She imagines how she might have lived
back when legends and history collide
So she looks to her prince finding he's so charmingly
slumped at her side
Those days are recalled on the gallery wall
And she's waiting for passion or humour to strike
What shall we do, what shall we do with all this useless beauty?
All this useless beauty
Good Friday arrived, the sky darkened on time
'Til he almost began to negotiate
She held his head like a baby and said "It's okay if you cry"
Now he wants her to dress as if you couldn't guess
He desires to impress his associates
But he's part ugly beast and Hellenic deceased
So she finds that the mixture is hard to deny
(player saying)
She won't practice the looks from the great tragic books
That were later disgraced to face celluloid
It won't even make sense but you can bet
If she isn't a sweetheart or plaything or pet
The film turns her into an unveiled threat
Nonsense prevails, modesty fails
Grace and virtue turn into stupidity
While the calendar fades almost all barricades to a pale compromise
And our leaders have feasts on the backsides of beasts
They still think they're the gods of antiquity
If something you missed didn't even exist
It was just an ideal -- is it such a surprise?
THE END

All This Useless Beauty歌词

Elvis Costello

简介： Elvis Costello是位无师自通的歌曲创作者，1969年开始登台演出，Elvis Costello的第一张唱片于1977年发行的时候，他那令人毛骨悚然的讽刺和愤怒不得不使人们把他和朋克及新浪潮

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[ar:Elvis Costello]
[al:Aging Gracefully disc 2]
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[00:25.22](player saying)
[01:05.23]It's at times such as this she'd be tempted to spit
[01:10.51]If she wasn't so ladylike
[01:15.63]She imagines how she might have lived
[01:19.80]back when legends and history collide
[01:26.78]So she looks to her prince finding he's so charmingly
[01:32.84]slumped at her side
[01:37.98]Those days are recalled on the gallery wall
[01:43.53]And she's waiting for passion or humour to strike
[01:49.39]
[05:20.56][04:59.46][01:52.54]What shall we do, what shall we do with all this useless beauty?
[05:31.87][05:10.83][02:00.62]All this useless beauty
[02:03.64]
[02:19.11]Good Friday arrived, the sky darkened on time
[02:24.79]'Til he almost began to negotiate
[02:31.08]She held his head like a baby and said "It's okay if you cry"
[02:42.11]Now he wants her to dress as if you couldn't guess
[02:47.53]He desires to impress his associates
[02:53.42]But he's part ugly beast and Hellenic deceased
[02:59.35]So she finds that the mixture is hard to deny
[03:04.88]
[03:06.51](player saying)
[03:07.27]
[03:37.57]She won't practice the looks from the great tragic books
[03:43.61]That were later disgraced to face celluloid
[03:49.37]It won't even make sense but you can bet
[03:55.21]If she isn't a sweetheart or plaything or pet
[04:00.91]The film turns her into an unveiled threat
[04:09.03]
[04:10.30]Nonsense prevails, modesty fails
[04:15.39]Grace and virtue turn into stupidity
[04:21.58]While the calendar fades almost all barricades to a pale compromise
[04:33.02]And our leaders have feasts on the backsides of beasts
[04:38.09]They still think they're the gods of antiquity
[04:44.14]If something you missed didn't even exist
[04:49.72]It was just an ideal -- is it such a surprise?
[05:40.62]THE END