Clubland Lyrics - Singles - Elvis Costello

With a handful of backhanders and a bevy of beauty 

You're going off limits, going off duty 

Going off the rails, going off with booty 

They tell tales of fiction found on all the criminal types 

Lead to a higher ranking man or a face with thin red stripes 

The boys next door 

The mums and dads 

New weds and nearly deads 

Have you ever been had in Clubland? 

There's a piece in someone's pocket to do the dirty work 

You've come to shoot the pony, they've come to do the jerk 

They leave him half way to paradise 

They leave you half way to bliss 

The ladies' invitation never seemed like this 

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The boys next door 

The mums and dads 

New weds and nearly deads 

Have you ever been had in Clubland? 

The long arm of the law 

Slides up the outskirts of town 

Meanwhile in Clubland 

They are ready to pull them down 

Hey 

The right to work is traded in 

For the right to refuse admission 

Don't pass out now, there's no refund 

(When) 

Did you find out what you were missing? 

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The crowd is taking forty winks minus ten percent 

You barely get required sleep to go lingering with contemptment 

Thursday to Saturday, money's gone already 

Some things come in common these days 

Your hands and work aren't steady 

The boys next door 

The mums and dads 

New weds and nearly deads 

Have you ever been had in Clubland?