35k
Like

Elvis Costello - 13 Steps Lead Down Lyrics

Artist: Elvis Costello

Album: Miscellaneous

Genre: Rock

  • Songwriters: Declan Macmanus

When nobody knows she puts on secret clothes
And lies in the meadow with her hands tied behind her back
I won't refuse if you know how to use it
Just stop playing that ugly drug music

Thirteen steps lead down
Thirteen steps lead down
There's commoners and kings
And everyone's a prisoner of paper and glue

And a decent pair of scissors
So tonight, I'm drinking to your health
Because I just can't stand myself

Thirteen steps lead down
Thirteen steps lead down
Thirteen steps lead down
Thirteen steps lead down

She stands and fails
On fashion fingernails
Her lovers have her walking 'round
On instruments of torture

And one of them is poisonous
The other is a thief, they say
So what one could give to her
The other cannot take away

When nobody knows she puts on secret clothes
And lies in her splendor for a picture opportunity
Cover up that bruise, put on patent leather shoes
Just stop playing that bad mood music

Thirteen steps lead down
Thirteen steps lead down
There's commoners and kings
And everyone's a prisoner of paper and glue

And a decent pair of scissors
So tonight I'm drinking to your health
Because I just can't stand myself

Thirteen steps lead down
Thirteen steps lead down
Thirteen steps lead down
Thirteen steps lead down


Add Song Meaning

Popular Elvis Costello Lyrics

1 Sparkling Day
2 Sally Sue Brown
3 Full Force Gale
4 Gigi
5 My Aim Is True
6 Success
embed </>
Embed

Get the embed code

Note: When you embed the widget in your site, it will match your site's styles (CSS). This is just a preview!

Top 10 Rock Songs

1

Home

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
2

Sweet Disposition

Temper Trap
3

Islands

The xx
4

Rolling In The Deep

Adele
5

Crystalised

The xx
6

You Found Me

The Fray
7

Let It Be (various Artists)

Bonnie Tyler
8

Heart Skipped A Beat

The xx
9

Someone Like You

Adele
10

Many Of Horror

Biffy Clyro
View All

Official Artist-Approved Licensed Lyrics from Gracenote.

Copyright © Universal Music Publ. Mgb Ltd.

Lyrics Terms of Use