Elvis Costello feat. Vince Mendoza & Metropole Orkest -
My Flame Burns Blue (Live with the Metropole Orkest)
Clubland
With a handful of backhanders and a bevy of beauty
Going off-limits, going off duty
Going off the rails, going off with booty
They tell tales of fiction found on all the criminal types
Lead to a higher-ranking man or a face with thin red stripes
The boys next door
The mums and dads
New-weds and nearly-deads
Have you ever been had in clubland?
In clubland
There's a piece in someone's pocket to do the dirty work
You've come to shoot the pony, they've come to do the jerk
They leave him halfway to paradise, they leave you halfway to bliss
The ladies' invitation never seemed like this
The boys next door
The mums and dads
New-weds and nearly-deads
Have you ever been had in clubland?
In clubland
The long arm of the law slides up the outskirts of town
Meanwhile in clubland they are ready to pull them down
The right to work is traded in for the right to refuse admission
Don't pass out now, there's no refund, did you find out what you were missing?
The crowd is taking forty winks minus ten percent
You barely get required sleep to go lingering with contemptment
Thursday to Saturday
Money's gone already
Some things come in common these days
Your hands and work aren't steady
The boys next door
The mums and dads
New-weds and nearly-deads
Have you ever been had in clubland?
Have you ever been had in clubland
Have you ever been
Have you ever been
In clubland
In clubland
Going off-limits, going off duty
Going off the rails, going off with booty
They tell tales of fiction found on all the criminal types
Lead to a higher-ranking man or a face with thin red stripes
The boys next door
The mums and dads
New-weds and nearly-deads
Have you ever been had in clubland?
In clubland
There's a piece in someone's pocket to do the dirty work
You've come to shoot the pony, they've come to do the jerk
They leave him halfway to paradise, they leave you halfway to bliss
The ladies' invitation never seemed like this
The boys next door
The mums and dads
New-weds and nearly-deads
Have you ever been had in clubland?
In clubland
The long arm of the law slides up the outskirts of town
Meanwhile in clubland they are ready to pull them down
The right to work is traded in for the right to refuse admission
Don't pass out now, there's no refund, did you find out what you were missing?
The crowd is taking forty winks minus ten percent
You barely get required sleep to go lingering with contemptment
Thursday to Saturday
Money's gone already
Some things come in common these days
Your hands and work aren't steady
The boys next door
The mums and dads
New-weds and nearly-deads
Have you ever been had in clubland?
Have you ever been had in clubland
Have you ever been
Have you ever been
In clubland
In clubland
Credits
Writer(s): Elvis Costello
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