Less than zero
by Elvis Costello
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Calling Mister Oswald with the swastika tattoo,
there is a vacancy waiting in the English voodoo,
carving "v" for vandal on the guilty boy´s head.
When he´s had enough of that maybe you´ll take him to bed
to teach him he´s alive before he wishes he was dead.
Turn up the TV. No one listening will suspect,
even your mother won´t detect it,
no your father won´t know.
they think that I´ve got no respect
but everything means less than zero.
Hey, ooh hey, hey, ooh hey.
Oswald and his sister are doing it again.
They´ve got the finest home movies that you have ever seen.
They´ve got a thousand variations: every service with a smile.
They´re gonna take a little break, and they´ll be back after a while.
well I hear that South America is coming into style.
Turn up the TV. No one listening will suspect,
even your mother won´t detect it,
no your father won´t know.
they think that I´ve got no respect
but everything means less than zero.
Hey, ooh hey, hey, ooh hey.
A pistol was still smoking, a man lay on the floor.
Mister Oswald said he had an understanding with the law.
He said he heard about a couple living in the USA.
He said they traded in their baby for a Chevrolet.
Let´s talk about the future now we´ve put the past away.
Turn up the TV. No one listening will suspect,
even your mother won´t detect it,
no your father won´t know.
they think that I´ve got no respect
but everything means less than zero.
Hey, ooh hey, hey, ooh hey.
there is a vacancy waiting in the English voodoo,
carving "v" for vandal on the guilty boy´s head.
When he´s had enough of that maybe you´ll take him to bed
to teach him he´s alive before he wishes he was dead.
Turn up the TV. No one listening will suspect,
even your mother won´t detect it,
no your father won´t know.
they think that I´ve got no respect
but everything means less than zero.
Hey, ooh hey, hey, ooh hey.
Oswald and his sister are doing it again.
They´ve got the finest home movies that you have ever seen.
They´ve got a thousand variations: every service with a smile.
They´re gonna take a little break, and they´ll be back after a while.
well I hear that South America is coming into style.
Turn up the TV. No one listening will suspect,
even your mother won´t detect it,
no your father won´t know.
they think that I´ve got no respect
but everything means less than zero.
Hey, ooh hey, hey, ooh hey.
A pistol was still smoking, a man lay on the floor.
Mister Oswald said he had an understanding with the law.
He said he heard about a couple living in the USA.
He said they traded in their baby for a Chevrolet.
Let´s talk about the future now we´ve put the past away.
Turn up the TV. No one listening will suspect,
even your mother won´t detect it,
no your father won´t know.
they think that I´ve got no respect
but everything means less than zero.
Hey, ooh hey, hey, ooh hey.