The Boomtown Rats - The Elephant's Graveyard lyrics
[The Boomtown Rats - The Elephant's Graveyard lyrics]
Ooh, did you slip the noose
When the beast broke loose?
The elephants graveyard ain't the place to be
And white turns black, dies of heart attack
The elephants graveyard needs a
Change of scene
You got the money, but who needs the tension
And fear's no cheaper on the old age pension
There's just one thing that
I forgot to mention
What've you got to lose when you know
That you're guilty till proven guilty
Isn't that the law?
Guilty till proven guilty
That's what we all saw
Ooh, you do the Blue Ridge
Shuffle with the beach-boy muscle
The elephant's graveyard ain't the
Place to be
Waiting all your life for the golf-cart life
The elephant's graveyard needs a
Change of scene
You see the judge and then you check the jury
She does her hair and calls the lawyer Cutie
It's Disneyland under martial law
Twitch on the TV, tell me what you saw
They were guilty till proven guilty
Isn't that the law?
Guilty till proven guilty
That's what we all saw
Justice isn't blind
It just looks the other way
Not from want of trying
I have nothing left to say
(Ho) Sky burns white, twnty-four-hour night
The elephant's graveyard ain't the
Place to be but, you don't pay dead jurors
When you're on the jury
The elephant's graveyard needs a
Change of scene
You came here lookin' for the peace and quiet
The healthy air and the healthy diet
The sea's so calm but the street's a riot
Taken years off your life when you've
No years left to give yeah, they're
Guilty till proven guilty
Isn't that the law?
Guilty till proven guilty
That's what we all saw that's what we saw
That's what we saw that's what we saw
Shame shame, shimmy shame
Shame shame, shimmy shame
Shame shame, shimmy shame
Shame shame, shimmy shame
Shame shame, shimmy shame
Shame shame, shimmy shame
Shame shame, shimmy shame
Shame shame, shimmy shame
Shame shame, shimmy shame
Shame shame, shimmy shame
When the beast broke loose?
The elephants graveyard ain't the place to be
And white turns black, dies of heart attack
The elephants graveyard needs a
Change of scene
You got the money, but who needs the tension
And fear's no cheaper on the old age pension
There's just one thing that
I forgot to mention
What've you got to lose when you know
That you're guilty till proven guilty
Isn't that the law?
Guilty till proven guilty
That's what we all saw
Ooh, you do the Blue Ridge
Shuffle with the beach-boy muscle
The elephant's graveyard ain't the
Place to be
Waiting all your life for the golf-cart life
The elephant's graveyard needs a
Change of scene
You see the judge and then you check the jury
She does her hair and calls the lawyer Cutie
It's Disneyland under martial law
Twitch on the TV, tell me what you saw
They were guilty till proven guilty
Isn't that the law?
Guilty till proven guilty
That's what we all saw
Justice isn't blind
It just looks the other way
Not from want of trying
I have nothing left to say
(Ho) Sky burns white, twnty-four-hour night
The elephant's graveyard ain't the
Place to be but, you don't pay dead jurors
When you're on the jury
The elephant's graveyard needs a
Change of scene
You came here lookin' for the peace and quiet
The healthy air and the healthy diet
The sea's so calm but the street's a riot
Taken years off your life when you've
No years left to give yeah, they're
Guilty till proven guilty
Isn't that the law?
Guilty till proven guilty
That's what we all saw that's what we saw
That's what we saw that's what we saw
Shame shame, shimmy shame
Shame shame, shimmy shame
Shame shame, shimmy shame
Shame shame, shimmy shame
Shame shame, shimmy shame
Shame shame, shimmy shame
Shame shame, shimmy shame
Shame shame, shimmy shame
Shame shame, shimmy shame
Shame shame, shimmy shame