Chewing Gum Lyrics - Elvis Costello

With their cardboard hands by their sides 

Here's a naked man and lady 

And they're yours to cut out and keep 

So you can dress them up, maybe 

And they don't know just who they are 

Or who they're supposed to be 

You can make them happy or sad 

Or assume their identity 

So here they are in the departure lounge 

It's the 'Gateway to the East' 

She is just another mail-order bride 

She doesn't know he's a kinky beast 

Now he gives her a picture of Maradona and child 

She wants to roll and rock 

As he spills his beer over her 

Bumps and he grinds, as he repeats, "Bang-Cock" 

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There must be something that is better than this 

It starts with a slap and ends with a kiss 

Begins with you bawling and it ends up in tears 

Oh, my little one, take that chewing gum out of your ears 

She might as well be in the jungle 

She might as well be on the moon 

He's away on a business trip in Dusseldorf 

But she's becoming immune 

To the lack of glamor and danger 

In a West-German city today 

The nearest she comes to the 'Dynasty' like he promised her 

Is a Chinese take-away 

Ah, there must be something that is better than this 

It starts with a slap and ends up with a kiss 

Begins with you bawling and it ends up in tears 

Oh, my little one, take that chewing gum out of your ears 

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Though he only taught her three little words 

It doesn't matter if they're dirty or clean 

He can only control what they look like 

He can never possess what they mean 

So he wants to whisper in her ear 

All the shrinking nothingness 

Something always comes between them 

I wonder if you can guess 

There must be something that is better than this 

It starts with a slap and ends up with a kiss 

Begins with you bawling and it ends up in tears 

Oh, my little one, take that chewing gum out of your ears