The Beat Lyrics - Elvis Costello

We're all going on a summer holiday 

Vigilante's coming out to follow me 

Heard somebody say, they're out to collar me 

Anybody wanna swallow me? 

Takes two to tumble, it takes two to tango 

Speak up, don't mumble if you're in the combo 

On the beat, on the beat 

Till a man comes along and he says 

"Have you been a good boy, never played with your toy? 

Though you never enjoy, such a pleasure to employ" 

See your friends in the state they're in 

See your friends getting under their skin 

See your friends getting taken in 

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Well, if you only knew the things you do to me 

I'd do anything to confuse the enemy 

There's only one thing wrong with you befriending me 

Take it easy, I think you're bending me 

I've been a bad boy with the standard leader 

My neighbor's revving up his Vaux hall Viva 

On the beat, on the earth beat 

Till a man comes along and he says 

"Have you been a good boy, never played with your toy? 

Though you never enjoy, such a pleasure to employ" 

See your friends walking down the street 

See your friends never quite complete 

See your friends getting under their feet 

Oh, I don't want to disease you 

But I'm no good with machinery 

Oh, I don't wanna freeze you 

Stop looking at the scenery 

Photos 

I keep thinking about your mother 

Oh, I don't wanna lick them 

I don't wanna be a lover 

I just wanna be your victim 

I don't go out much at night 

I don't go out much at all 

Did you think you were the only one 

Who was waiting for a call? 

On the beat, on the beat, on the earth beat 

Till a man comes along and he says 

"Have you been a good boy, never played with your toy? 

Though you never enjoy, such a pleasure to employ" 

See your friends treat me like a stranger 

See your friends despite all the arrangements 

See your friends, nothing here has changed 

Just the beat, just the beat, just the beat, just the beat