Riot Act Lyrics - Get Happy!! - Elvis Costello

Forever 

It doesn't mean forever anymore 

I said forever 

But it doesn't look like I'm gonna be around much anymore 

When the heat gets sub-tropical 

And the talk gets so topical 

Riot act, you can read me the riot act 

You can make me a matter of fact 

Or a villain in a million 

A slip of the tongue is gonna keep me civilian 

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Why do you talk such stupid nonsense 

When my mind could rest much easier 

Instead of all this dumb dumb insolence 

I would be happier with amnesia 

They say forget her 

Now it looks like you're either gonna be 

Be for me or against me 

I got your letter 

Now they say I don't care for the color that it paints me 

Trying to be so bad is bad enough 

Don't make me laugh by talking tough 

Don't put your heart out on your sleeve 

When your remarks are off the cuff 

Riot act, you can read me the riot act 

You can make me a matter of fact 

Or a villain in a million 

Slip of the tongue is gonna keep me civilian 

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Riot act, you can read me the riot act 

You can make me 

Riot act, you can read me the riot act 

You can read me the riot act 

You can read me the riot act