You Bowed Down [*][Demo Version]

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Elvis Costello

Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick MacManus, 25 August 1954) is an English singer-songwriter. He began his career as part of London's pub rock scene in the early 1970s and later became associated with the first wave of the British punk/New Wave movement of the mid-to-late 1970s. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader than that of most popular songs. His music has drawn on many diverse genres; one critic described him as a "pop encyclopaedia", able to "reinvent the past in his own image". more »

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1996

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I expect you're entitled to know why I'm making contact 
With acquaintances scattered all over the land 
I'd promise you now and again that I'd honour the contract 
If it hadn't crumbled away in my hand 
So we broke that vow independently now 
But I don't know why you absolutely deny 
You bowed down (you bowed down, you bowed down) 
You bowed down (you bowed down, you bowed down) 

When you first looked away I might say it was really a kindness 
It must have hurt you to see how dreams sour 
Now they say that justice and love are the next things to blindness 
Well you're getting plenty of both of them now 
And so you parade where appointments are made 
And never meant to be kept 
Unless you accept 

You bowed down (you bowed down, you bowed down) 
You bowed down (you bowed down, you bowed down) 

You value the burnt amber of falling leaves 
And you long to delay 
As you feel their breath as they whisper 
"It won't hurt you now to betray 
If you just bow down" 

And now every time that we meet on the edge of hysteria 
You're helping them sell off some new party line 
I remember a time when you would have seemed so superior 
Now you say "Will you please meet this good friend of mine?" 
So you're in demand as long as you kiss their hand 
But all the applause is for their name not yours 

You bowed down (you bowed down, you bowed down) 
You bowed down (you bowed down, you bowed down) 
You bowed down (you bowed down, you bowed down) 
You bowed down (you bowed down, you bowed down) 
You bowed down 
You bowed down 
You bowed down 
You bowed down

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