[ti:Damnation's Cellar]
[ar:Elvis Costello/Brodsky Quartet]
[al:The Juliet Letters]
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[00:00.00]Damnation's Cellar - Elvis Costello (埃尔维斯 科斯特洛)/Brodsky Quartet
[00:04.35]Did anybody notice over marmalade and eggs
[00:08.06]In between the princess legs
[00:12.11]What with wars and floods and beggars
[00:15.73]Not to mention stocks and shares
[00:18.84]If you have a moment to spare
[00:21.82]Can you write and reassure me that I have seen
[00:26.92]They're constructing a time machine
[00:31.23]There will be no need for the obituary pages
[00:34.91]We can have any hero from the bygone ages
[00:39.01]Til the truth emerges the argument rages
[00:43.42]The major and the minor
[00:46.82]Turn from tallow into tar
[00:51.86]Should we leave them in their place
[00:55.54]Down in damnation's cellar
[01:04.18]When any form of deity that you might enjoy
[01:08.02]Can be conjured with a test-tube and a flame
[01:11.90]If it's out there then science can explain it
[01:14.93]Or at least remove the blame
[01:16.63]And if there's is anyone
[01:17.98]You'd like to see again
[01:20.10]The speak up quickly
[01:22.24]Send us back Da Vinci
[01:23.83]Then we don't have to ponder
[01:26.12]The maddening smile of La Giaconda
[01:30.17]The critics say Nijinsky the dancer of course
[01:33.79]While the punters would probably prefer the horse
[01:37.74]You'll find it's quicker than history
[01:39.89]Cheaper than divorce
[01:42.19]The major and the minor
[01:45.50]Turn from tallow into tar
[01:50.52]Should we leave them in their place
[01:54.07]Down in damnation's cellar
[02:02.90]Bring back Liberace or Ollie and Stan
[02:06.83]Shakespeare will have to wait his turn
[02:10.24]Elvis Presley and Puccini shall return
[02:13.07]I suppose we live and learn
[02:15.22]Though it's hard to believe
[02:17.25]As we cheerfully burn
[02:19.52]It's curious
[02:20.72]Some will call for justice
[02:22.22]There are murders to solve
[02:24.65]What about Hitler
[02:26.04]Or at least lee Harvey Oswald
[02:28.40]Give us this day
[02:29.81]And everything we squander
[02:32.34]Anyone beautiful
[02:34.21]Somebody blonder
[02:36.09]They'll never please mankind
[02:38.05]So lie back and enjoy it
[02:40.27]Stop press they've just decided to destroy it
[02:44.37]The major and the minor
[02:47.61]Turn from tallow into tar
[02:52.52]Should we leave them in their place
[02:56.14]Down in damnation's cellar