The Greatest Thing — текст песни (Elvis Costello)

Everyone stopped when she walked into the room

Isnt this the greatest thing

Everyone own up but nobody could touch her

Isnt this the greatest thing

Punch the clock keep boxing clever

Youll be young enough for ever

Isnt this the greatest thing

Isnt this the greatest thing

I heard some new confection

Said we cant afford to feel affection

And its the lastest thing

In and out of matrimony

Never once removed the sony

cos its a status thing

So girls like that above described

Are not to be so easily bribed

With a white frock and a ring

Punch the clock and in time youll get pulled apart

If youre married on paper and not in your heart

But I wont be told that life with the one you love is sordid

Just because some authority says you cant afford it

Since nights were long and days were olden

Woman to man has been beholden

But since then times have been changing

She sends back his tribute of a rose

And says this ring is better suited for the nose

Hes always fingering

I punch the clock and its ok

I know a girl who takes my breath away

And its the greatest

And its the greatest thing