ELVIS COSTELLO - Man Out Of Time lyrics
rate meSo this is where he came to hide<br>When he ran from you<br>In a private detective's overcoat<br>And dirty dead man's shoes<br><br>The pretty things of knightsbridge<br>Lying for a minister of state<br>Is a far cry from the nod and wink<br>Here at traitor's gate<br><br>'cause the high heel he used to be has been ground down<br>And he listens for the footsteps that would follow him around<br><br>To murder my love is a crime<br>But will you still love<br>A man out of time<br><br>There's a tuppeny hapenny millionaire<br>Looking for a fourpenny one<br>With a tight grip on the short hairs<br>Of the public imagination<br><br>But for his private wife and kids somehow<br>Real life becomes a rumour<br>Days of dutch courage<br>Just three french letters and a german sense of humour<br><br>He's got a mind like a sewer and a heart like a fridge<br>He stands to be insulted and he pays for the privilege<br><br>(chorus)<br><br>The biggest wheels of industry<br>Retire sharp and short<br>And the after dinner overtures<br>Are nothing but an after thought<br>Somebody's creeping in the kitchen<br>There's a reputation to be made<br>Whose nerves are always on a knife's edge<br>Who's up late polishing the blade<br><br>Love is always scarpering or cowering or fawning<br>You drink yourself insensitive and hate yourself in the morning<br><br>(chorus)
