[ti:This Sad Burlesque]
[ar:Elvis Costello/Brodsky Quartet]
[al:The Juliet Letters]
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[00:00.00]This Sad Burlesque - Elvis Costello (埃尔维斯 科斯特洛)/Brodsky Quartet
[00:00.88]I write in hopes by the time you get this letter
[00:06.37]We may live to see a change for the better
[00:11.79]Or are we so devoted
[00:17.59]To these wretched selfish motives
[00:23.15]When the cold facts and figures all add up
[00:26.90]They cannot contradict this sad burlesque
[00:35.23]This sad burlesque
[00:41.64]With miserable failures making
[00:45.31]Entertainment of our fate
[00:49.31]Laughter cannot dignify of elevate
[00:54.47]This sad burlesque
[01:01.16]Now can they recall being young and idealistic
[01:06.84]Before wading knee-deep in hogwash and arithmetic
[01:12.47]The pitying smirk
[01:17.51]The argument then runs like clockwork
[01:22.62]Will run down
[01:26.02]Eventually and splutter to a stop
[01:37.71]P S Well by now you know the worst of it
[01:42.97]And we've heard all the alibis
[01:47.19]That they've rehearsed
[01:48.64]The smug predictions
[01:54.28]If it's not a contradiction
[01:59.22]Be have they faith human nature
[02:02.59]And have mercy on the creatures
[02:05.66]In this sad burlesque
[02:12.30]This sad burlesque
[02:19.57]With miserable failures making
[02:23.59]Entertainment of our fate
[02:27.66]Laughter cannot dignify of elevate
[02:33.01]This sad burlesque