A Slow Drag With Josephine Lyrics - National Ransom - Elvis Costello

The snitch, the snoop, the tattletale lead a threadbare up the stairs 

Adieu, my little ballyhoo, you broke my heart in two 

And now I haunt the bars and scent those trite affairs 

She went home to gather her comb and caught him unawares 

And there was her man enjoying the lay of the land 

He took a walk in the dark with a dish from the stand 

Girls and their creations, tight in the brightest grenadine 

But I'd take all that I've seen for a slow drag with Josephine 

Josephine, Josephine 

But I'd trade all that I've seen for 

A slow drag with Josephine 

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Gavotte, garrotes, Cotillions and slow Arabesques 

Drum rolls and Farandoles were all made in jest 

But when you make that move, I can't resist 

When will you declare your armistice? 

Josephine, Josephine 

But I'd trade all that I've seen for 

A slow drag with Josephine 

In another time and place, a different fate was cast 

He tried to skeddle-daddle-do, she might have slapped him 

Just for saying, "Grant one more chance before you pass 

Then curse the nurse that named me the first or bury me at last" 

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And in three-quarter time, the true and the false 

Dancing the 'Hesitation Waltz' 

Then comes the flirtation and temptation 

Hip, hip, hooray, listen to what I say 

Then you can take it away