45 Lyrics - Elvis Costello

Bells are chiming for victory 

There's a page back in history 

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They came back to the world that they fought for 

Didn't turn out just like they thought 

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Here is a song to sing to do the measuring 

What you lose, what you gain, what you win? 

Nine years later a child is born 

There's a record, so you put it on 

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Nine years more, if we're lucky now 

Nine-year-old puts his money down 

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Every scratch, every click, every heartbeat 

Every breath that I held for you 

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There's a stack of shellac and vinyl 

Which is yours now and which is mine? 

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Here is a song to sing to do the measuring 

What you lose, what you gain, what you win? 

Bass and treble heal every hurt 

There's a rebel in a nylon shirt 

But the words are a mystery, I've heard 

'Til you turn it down to 33 and 1/3 

'Cos it helps with the elocution 

Corporations turn revolutions 

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So don't you weep and shed 

Just change your name instead 

What you lose when it all goes to your head? 

I heard something peculiar said: 

"Perhaps he's got a shot and now he's dead" 

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Bells are chiming and tears are falling 

It creeps up on you without a warning 

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Every scratch, every click, every heartbeat 

Every breath that I bless 

I'd be lost, I confess 

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