This Is Hell Lyrics - Elvis Costello

This is hell, this is hell 

I am sorry to tell you 

It never gets better or worse 

But you get used to it after a spell 

For heaven is hell in reverse 

The bruiser spun a hula hoop 

As all the barmen preen and pout 

The neon "i" of nightclub flickers on and off 

And finally blew out 

The irritating jingle 

Of the belly-dancing phony Turkish girls 

The eerie glare of ultra violet 

Perfect dental work 

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This is hell, I am sorry to tell you 

It never gets better or worse 

But you get used to it after a spell 

For heaven is hell in reverse 

The failed Don Juan in the big bow-tie 

Is very sorry that he spoke 

For he's mislaid his punchline 

More than halfway through a very tasteless joke 

The fräulein caught him peeking down her gown 

He's yelling in her ear 

And all at once the music stopped 

As he was intimately bellowing "My dear . . ." 

This is hell, this is hell, I am sorry to tell you 

It never gets better or worse 

But you get used to it after a spell 

For heaven is hell in reverse 

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The shirt you wore with courage 

And the violent nylon suit 

Reappear upon your back 

And undermine the polished line you try to shoot 

It's not the torment of the flames 

That finally see your flesh corrupted 

It's the small humiliations that your memory piles up 

This is hell, this is hell, this is hell 

"My Favourite Things" are playing sgain and again 

But it's by Julie Andrews and not by John Coltrane 

Endless balmy breezes in perfect sunsets framed 

Vintage wine for breakfast and naked starlets floating in Champagne 

All the passions of your youth 

Are tranquillised and tamed 

You may think it looks familiar 

Though you may know it by another name 

This is hell, this is hell 

I am sorry to tell you 

It never gets better or worse 

But you get used to it after a spell 

For heaven is hell in reverse 

This is hell, this is hell