《This Sad Burlesque》歌词

[00:00:00] This Sad Burlesque - Elvis Costello (埃尔维斯 科斯特洛)/Brodsky Quartet (柏洛斯基弦乐乐团)

[00:00:00] I write in hopes by the time you get this letter

[00:00:06] We may live to see a change for the better

[00:00:11] Or are we so devoted

[00:00:17] To these wretched selfish motives

[00:00:23] When the cold facts and figures all add up

[00:00:26] They cannot contradict this sad burlesque

[00:00:35] This sad burlesque

[00:00:41] With miserable failures making

[00:00:45] Entertainment of our fate

[00:00:49] Laughter cannot dignify of elevate

[00:00:54] This sad burlesque

[00:01:01] Now can they recall being young and idealistic

[00:01:06] Before wading knee-deep in hogwash and arithmetic

[00:01:12] The pitying smirk

[00:01:17] The argument then runs like clockwork

[00:01:22] Will run down

[00:01:26] Eventually and splutter to a stop

[00:01:37] P S Well by now you know the worst of it

[00:01:42] And we've heard all the alibis

[00:01:47] That they've rehearsed

[00:01:48] The smug predictions

[00:01:54] If it's not a contradiction

[00:01:59] Be have they faith human nature

[00:02:02] And have mercy on the creatures

[00:02:05] In this sad burlesque

[00:02:12] This sad burlesque

[00:02:19] With miserable failures making

[00:02:23] Entertainment of our fate

[00:02:27] Laughter cannot dignify of elevate

[00:02:33] This sad burlesque