ELVIS COSTELLO - NO HIDING PLACE lyrics

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In the not very distant future<br>

When everything will be free<br>

There won’t be any cute secrets<br>

Let alone any novelty<br>

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You can say anything you want to<br>

In your fetching cloak of anonymity<br>

Are you feeling out of breath now?<br>

In your desperate pursuit of infamy<br>

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Two lovers rocking up and down<br>

In an elevator<br>

15 minutes later<br>

They'll make a killing in the market<br>

They knew how to work it<br>

On that close circuit<br>

My, my, it's a terrible disgrace<br>

You'll find these days that there's<br>

No Hiding Place<br>

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How proud are you<br>

You have the knack<br>

You’re howling in a vacuum<br>

Whatever I said about you<br>

I didn’t say it behind your back<br>

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I paid for my immortal sins<br>

I know the enemy within you<br>

As it seems these days<br>

There is no hiding place<br>

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Next time someone wants to hurt you<br>

Or set alight your effigy<br>

Don’t call on me to help you out<br>

Don't come crying to me sympathy<br>

You stay there with your daubs and scratches<br>

While I summon up the red machine<br>

I'll handing someone matches<br>

And carrying a can of kerosene<br>

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Walk up to me<br>

And say what you said<br>

See how brave you are<br>

When I’m about this far away<br>

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You sit in judgment and bitch<br>

Well, baby that’s rich<br>

You’re nothing but a snitch<br>

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My, my, it's a terrible disgrace<br>

You'll find these days that there's<br>

No Hiding Place<br>