Elvis Costello - Opportunity

Get Happy!! / 1980-03-01 1. 5ive Gears In Reverse 2. Beaten To The Punch 3. Black And White World 4. B Movie 5. Clowntime Is Over 6. Clowntime Is Over No. 2 7. Dr. Luther's Assistant 8. Getting Mighty Crowded 9. Ghost Train 10. Girls Talk 11. High Fidelity 12. Hoover Factory 13. Human Touch 14. I Can't Stand Up For 15. I Stand Accused 16. Just A Memory 17. King Horse 18. Love For Tender 19. Men Called Uncle 20. Motel Matches 21. New Amsterdam 22. Opportunity 23. Possession 24. Riot Act 25. Secondary Modern 26. So Young 27. Temptation 28. The Imposter

Opportunity

Born in the middle of a second big baby boom
Those noisy boys just might have spoken up too soon
Now I'm looking for a little girl, I wonder where she's gone
Big money for families having more than one

Opportunity, opportunity
This is your big opportunity
They shop around
follow you without a sound
Whatever you do now
Don't turn around

Whatever happened to the pride of the nation?
They say, "just wait until you break formation"
She was sitting pretty on a velvet cushion
But her bedroom eyes were like a button she was pushing
She said, "When they get to Dover they'll be be taking over"
I said I'd come to her defense and then she pulled me over

Chorus

I'm in the foxhole, I'm down in the trench
I'd be a hero but I can't stand the stench
The Fitness Institute was full of General Motormen
And the "Hello House of Beauty" wouldn't stand a chance with them
The chairman of this boredom is a compliment collector
I'd like to be his funeral director

Chorus
Please don't turn around...