American Without Tears - Elvis Costello

American Without Tears - Elvis Costello (埃尔维斯 科斯特洛)
Written by：Declan MacManus
Outside in New Orleans
The heat was almost frightening
But my hotel room as usual
Was freezing and unkind
On tv they prosecute
Anyone who's exciting
So I put on my overcoat
And went down to find
In Revlon and Crimpelene
They captured my heart
To the strain of a piano
And a cocktail murderess
She was singing that it's too late
I agreed with that part
For two English girls
Who
Changed their address
Oh it seems we've been crying
For years and
For years
Now I don't speak any English
Just American without tears
Just American without tears
One had been a beauty queen
And the other was her friend
They had known rogues and rascals
And showbiz impresarios
While the boys were licking hitler
They had something to defend
From men armed with chewing gum
And fine nylon hose
By a bicycle factory
As they sounded the siren
And returned into the dance hall
She knew he was the one
Though he wasn't tall or handsome
She laughed when he told her
I'm the sheriff of Nottingham
And this is little John
Oh it seems we've been crying
For years and
For years
Now I don't speak any English
Just American without tears
Just American without tears
At a dock in Southampton
Full of tearful goodbyes
Newsreel commentators said
Cheerio g I brides
Soon they'll be finding
The cold facts
And lies
New words for suspenders
And young girls backsides
Now I'm in America
And running from you
Like my grandfather before me walked
Streets of New York
And I think of all the women I
Pretend mean more than you
When I open my mouth and I
Can't seem to talk
Oh it seems we've been crying
For years and
For years
Now I don't speak any English
Just American without tears
Just American without tears
Oh it seems we've been crying
For years and
For years
Now I don't speak any English
Just American without tears
Just American without tears