Lirik dan Chord Lagu Tramp the Dirt Down - Elvis Costello

Lagu berdurasi 5 menit 41 detik ini diciptakan sendiri olehnya dan pada tahun 1989 melalui label Warner Bros Records.

“Tramp the Dirt Down” dimuat sebagai trek ketujuh dalam album studio ke12 Costello yang diberi nama Spike.

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Tramp the Dirt Down” dari Elvis Costello.

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I saw a newspaper picture from the political campaign
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A woman was kissing a     child, who was obviously in pain
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She spills w/ compassion,   as that young child's face in her hands she grips
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Can you imagine all that     greed and avarice coming down on that childs lips
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Well I hope you don't die too   soon
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I pray the Lord my soul to save
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Oh I'll be a good boy,      I'll try so hard to behave
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Because there's one thing   I know, I'd like to live long enough to savor
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That's when they finally   put you in the ground
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I'll Stand on your grave and tramp the dirt down
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When England was the whore of the world Margaret was her madam
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And the future looked as brigh and as clear as the black tarmacadam
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Well I hope that she sleeps well at night, isn't haunted by every tiny detail
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Cos when she held that lovely face in her hands all she thought was betrayal