The People's Limousine Lyrics - King Of America - Elvis Costello

It's a chilly Florentine evening 

Two men in evening hats 

Telling tales of the underground and 

fishing for Reds 

Policemen armed with Uzis 

stand guard but they don't speak 

Ain't seen no Michaeangelo 

he'll be here next week. 

The girl in the shoes 

with the crystal heels went chaperoned by her brother 

They raise a glass of amber wine 

take pictures of each other 

of the policemen in the fountains 

and the sickle and the hammer 

and they came with Uncle Romulus 

with his walking cane and camera 

She looked like someone's girlfriend 

she looked like a dream 

she looked as unlikely 

as the people's limousine. 

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Come and sit by me, girl, before I breathe the breath out of you 

Hush your mouth and cover your eyes for I'll tell your father of you 

He paid to have you painted in the company of angels 

Only to find you flirting anew with Chico Marx and perverted Engels 

The patron saint of television smiles down from the shelf 

Romulus can't criticize but he can't bless himself 

He has a tin of pea-green paint and a big roll of black tape 

To vandalize these obscenities then make his escape 

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She walked up to the nice policeman and asked him for a match 

He saw Romulus approaching and slipped off the safety catch 

Then cut down her uncle, he was painted red and green 

Just as she was kidnapped in the people's limousine.