Tokyo Storm Warning
The sky fell over cheap korean monster-movie scenery
And spilled into the reservoir of the crushed capsule hotel
Between the disney abattoir and the chemical refinery
And I knew I was in trouble but I thought I was in hell
So you look around the tiny room and you wonder where the hell you are
While the k.k.k. convention are all stranded in the bar
They wear hoods and carry shotguns in the main streets of montgomery
But theyre helpless here as babies cause theyre only here on holiday
Chorus: what do we care if the world is a joke
(tokyo storm warning)
Well give it a big kiss
Well give it a poke
(tokyo storm warning)
Death wears a big hat cause hes a big bloke
(tokyo storm warning)
Were only living this instant
The black sand stuck beneath her feet in a warm sorrento sunrise
A barefoot girl from naples or was it a barcelona hi-rise
Whistles out the tuneless theme song on a hundred cheap suggestions
And a million false seductions and all those eternal questions
Chorus
So they flew the super-constellation all the way from rimini
And feasted them on fish and chips from a newspaper facsimile
Now dead italian tourists bodies litter up the broadway
Some people cant be told you know they have to learn the hard way
Holidays are dirt-cheap in the costa del malvinas
In the hotel argentina they can hardly tell between us
For teresa is a waitress though shes now known as juanita
In a tango bar in stanley or in puerto margarita
Shes the sweetest and the sauciest
The loveliest and the naughtiest
Shes miss buenos aires in a world of lacy lingerie
Chorus
Japanese god-jesus robots telling teenage fortunes
For all we know and all we care they might as well be martians
They say gold paint on the palace gates comes from the teeth of pensioners
Theyre so tired of shooting protest singers
That they hardly mention us
While fountains fill with second-hand perfume
And sodden trading stamps
Theyll hang the bullies and the louts that dampen down the day
Chorus
We braved the cold november air and the undertakers curses
Saying take me to the folies bergere and please dont spare the hearses
For he always had a dream of that revolver in your purse
How you loved him til you hated him and made him cry for mercy
He said dont ever mention my name there or talk of all the nights you cried
Weve always been like worlds apart now youre seeing two nightmares collide
Chorus
song performed by Elvis Costello
Added by Lucian Velea
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