Satellite Lyrics - Elvis Costello

She looked like she learned to dance 

From a series of still pictures 

She's madly excited now 

She throws her hands up like a Tulip 

She looks like an illustration of a cocktail party 

Where cartoon bubbles burst in the air 

Champagne rolls off her tongue 

Like a second language 

And it should have been her biggest night 

The satellite looks down on her as she begins to cry 

All over the world at the very same time 

People sharing the same sorrow 

As the satellite looks down 

Her darkest hour is somebody's bright tomorrow 

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He pulled on a cigarette 

In the crook of his first finger 

Felt the static electric charge 

Of her perfect hour-glass figure 

As he undressed her with his eyes 

Her weakness was his talent 

How could she know as she stepped through the lights 

That her dress would become transparent 

And with his face pressed to the screen 

He muttered words he'd never dare to say if she could see him 

All over the world at the very same time 

People sharing the same cheap sensation 

The thrill of watching somebody watching 

Those forbidden things we never mention 

Photos 

The satellite looks down, right now and forever 

What it has pulled apart let no man tether 

His own body to his dream 

His dream to someone else 

Oh no, oh no 

She went back to a pitiful compromise 

He'd go back to his family 

But for the matter of a thousand miles 

That separated them entirely 

In the hot unloving spotlight 

With the secrets it arouses 

Now they both know what it's like 

Inside a pornographer's trousers 

And in a funny way it's anonymous, the satellite 

It blesses us and makes these dreams come true 

All over the world at the very same time 

All over the world 

The satellite looks down, right now and forever 

What it has pulled apart let no man tether 

His own body to his dream 

His dream to someone else 

Oh no, oh no 

Oh no, oh no