5ive Gears In Reverse Lyrics - Get Happy!! - Elvis Costello

5ive gears in reverse, girls looking for the big lift 

Somebody send out for the night nurse 

Please don't stick me on the late shift 

If you don't know by now 

Nobody's going to tell you 

If you don't know by now 

The shock will probably kill you 

And if your patience is exhausted and you still cannot decide 

You're sitting in a garage contemplating suicide 

And you have no motivation you can't even catch your breath 

All the business and celebrations is driving you to debt 

5ive gears in reverse, you think I don't know what I'm doing 

And at a fashionable first, like walking down the road to ruin 

But if you're safe and sound, don't let me interrupt you 

And if you don't go down, how could I corrupt you 

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And if your patience is exhausted and you still cannot decide 

You're sitting in a garage contemplating suicide 

And you have no motivation you can't even catch your breath 

All the business and celebrations is driving you to debt 

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