Two Little Hitlers
Words & Music:
Declan Patrick Aloysius McManus (Elvis Costello)
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Why are we racing to be so old?
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I'm up late pacing the floor I won't be told
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D
You have your reservations I'm bought and sold
D
I'll face the music I'll face the facts
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Even when we walk in polka dots and chequer slacks
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Bowing and squawking Running after titbits
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E7
Bobbing and squinting Just like a nitwit
CHORUS:
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Two little Hitlers will fight it out until
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One little Hitler does the other one's will
D E
D E
I will
return I
will not burn
Down in the basement
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I need my head examined I need my eyes excited
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I'd like to join the party But I was not invited
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E7
You make a member of me I'll be delighted
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I wouldn't cry for lost souls, you might drown
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Dirty words for dirty minds Written in a toilet town
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Dial me a Valentine She's a smooth operator
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It's all so calculated She's got a calculator
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E7
She's my soft touch typewriter And I'm the great dictator
CHORUS:
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A simple game of self-respect
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You flick a switch and the world goes off
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Nobody jumps as you expect
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F#m E
I would have thought you would have had enough by now
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You call selective dating For some effective mating
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E7
I thought I'd let you down, dear But you were just deflating
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I knew right from the start We'd end up hating
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Pictures of the merchandise Plastered on the wall
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We can look so long as we don't have to talk at all
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You say you'll never know him He's an unnatural man
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He doesn't want your pleasure He wants as no one can
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He wants to know the names of All those he's better than
CHORUS:
D E
I will return
D E
I will not burn
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