Elvis Costello - Rocking Horse Road

Brutal Youth / 1994-03-08 1. 13 Steps Lead Down 2. 20% Amnesia 3. All the Rage 4. Clown Strike 5. Favourite Hour 6. Just About Glad 7. Kinder Murder 8. London's Brilliant Parade 9. My Science Fiction Twin 10. Pony Street 11. Rocking Horse Road 12. Still Too Soon to Know 13. Sulky Girl 14. This Is Hell 15. You Tripped at Every Step

Rocking Horse Road

The chains from the bridle and the reins fell from my hands
The engines are idle and the ship sails on dry land
I stood there stupefied, I thought I recognized
Walking down Rocking Horse Road, getting lost

Shot through Vaseline, he picks up the paper from the lawn
And tucks "The Suburban Assassin" underneath his arm
He smiles weakly and turns away
I know you'll never come to harm
Walking down Rocking Horse Road, it's so peaceful

It's like a photograph
From the other side of the world
I said "I want you only"
And then I left you alone
Crying on Rocking Horse Road, or somewhere quite like it

The cemetery gardens, there are names not numbers on the gateposts
And the eyes in the curtain follow you like a smirking ghost
I know I must not look back
'Cause part of me is waiting still

There on Rocking Horse Road for you
In a little dream house made for two
Well you were the one that made your escape
In your stocking feet and your sticky tape

All the way down [repeat to fade]