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Tramp the Dirt Down

Elvis Costello

Acoustic Tales Live

1991

of the world
Margaret was her madam
And the future looked as bright and as clear as
The black tarmacadam
Well I hope that she sleeps well at night, isn't

Tramp the Dirt Down

Elvis Costello

Extreme Honey: The Very Best of Warner Brothers Years

1997

was her madam
And the future looked as bright and as clear
As the black tarmacadam
Well I hope that she sleeps well at night,
Isn't haunted by every

tarmacadam waves
I sailed through roaringwater sound

Verse 4 
I spoke to the people there but they didn't listen back
I told them of the sirens and these

mess underway
The freshly laid tarmacadam gleams brightly
We have entered a new phase
 
My mind is a car
With a locked steering wheel
Spinning in tight

c Dickensian woman
On a tarmacadam street
Can you spare some change, maybe
For my skinny armed baby
She has quite a grip
Really, she has quite a grip