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There's a smart young woman on a light blue screen
Who comes into my house every night.
And she takes all the red, yellow, orange and green
And she turns them into black and white.
But you tease, and you flirt
And you shine all the buttons on your green shirt
You can please yourself but somebody's gonna get it
Better cut off all identifying labels
Before they put you on the torture table
'Cause somewhere in the "Quisling Clinic"
There's a shorthand typist taking seconds over minutes
She's listening in to the Venus line
She's picking out names
I hope none of them are mine
But you tease, and you flirt...
Never said I was a stool pigeon
I never said I was a diplomat
Everybody is under suspicion
But you don't wanna hear about that
'Cause you tease, and you flirt...
Better send a begging letter to the big investigation
Who put these fingerprints on my imagination?
You tease, and you flirt...
You can please yourself but somebody's gonna get it
You can please yourself but somebody's gonna get it

ScottFromWyoming Mar 24, 2013 - 08:31	Photographer Chalkie Davies wrote on FB: " Reading that BBC Centre is closing for good this week I thought I might share this little anecdote. It was the night before they left for a gig in Dublin that started the British Tour and they had just played Chelsea on Top of the Pops, EC and I were sitting in reception waiting for a mini cab. Suddenly Angela Rippon appeared wearing a Green Shirt and walked right past us, we sat there with our mouths open in lust and shock. The next thing I know he's got his little notebook out and is scribbling down lyrics." [ Reply ]
By_The_River Mar 10, 2013 - 12:09	Great song from so long ago. Great Elvis (C) beat. [ Reply ]
JHZ Feb 07, 2013 - 03:21	shanydawg wrote: Elvis is King! ... of America! [ Reply ]
TerryS Jul 17, 2012 - 18:09	ThePoose wrote: And to add to those above-mentioned talents, he also popped a set of twin boys into jazz pianist-singer Diana Krall. Is there anything the man can't do? 3 sperm in a row? [ Reply ]
lemmoth Apr 13, 2012 - 16:01	MiracleDrug wrote: I never said I was a diplomat... Everybody is under suspicion, But you don't want to hear about that. [ Reply ]
lemmoth Apr 13, 2012 - 15:59	Felix_The_Cat wrote: I find the intro sound quite alike to vampire weekend's latest stuff.. Who were born long after EC wrote this one. I guess they - like legions of musician's before them, many of whom get very high ratings from folks who don't rate EC highly - love and were influenced by one of the greatest singer songwriters ever. Go figure, [ Reply ]
shanydawg Apr 13, 2012 - 15:50	Elvis is King! [ Reply ]
jhorton Mar 28, 2012 - 20:06	Another solid 1. [ Reply ]
MiracleDrug Dec 08, 2011 - 15:03	I never said I was a diplomat... [ Reply ]
R7-12 Sep 20, 2011 - 16:57	Classic Costello! Turn it up and it only gets better! [ Reply ]
dkeifer Jun 02, 2011 - 14:21	oh my god! this is awful.... [ Reply ]
Businessgypsy May 17, 2011 - 16:59	Stingray wrote: CLEAR CASE OF A TRUE A TRUE PSEUDO ! Wait, what? [ Reply ]
CoYoT51 Mar 31, 2011 - 09:17	Not my favorite one.. but still great to hear some Costello 's here. [ Reply ]
Felix_The_Cat Mar 15, 2011 - 16:15	I find the intro sound quite alike to vampire weekend's latest stuff.. [ Reply ]
cohifi Feb 27, 2011 - 21:39	Proclivities wrote: Do you have something against Asian elephants? Nice! [ Reply ]
Stingray Dec 11, 2010 - 14:02	CLEAR CASE OF A TRUE A TRUE PSEUDO ! [ Reply ]
triskele Nov 09, 2010 - 18:44	i always liked this one... [ Reply ]
Proclivities Aug 06, 2010 - 06:54	lophrequa wrote: an EC song that doesn't make me want to kill, hooray! and bonus points for the cover art - loves me some african elephants Do you have something against Asian elephants? [ Reply ]
Shimmer Aug 06, 2010 - 06:54	Great song, but as usual the Attractions nearly ruin it. I like the acoustic version much better. [ Reply ]
Businessgypsy Jun 03, 2010 - 13:53	Sounds like Declan MacManus. He's the guy on the left. [ Reply ]