Elvis Costello Radio Silence Lyrics

Radio Silence Lyrics

Signal fading, listen to what I'm sayin'

"Testin', testin'"

This better be worth all of the breath I'm wastin'

Maintainin' radio silence from now on



Barricaded in the talk radio station

Hostage taken

The red "On air" light shines on

Somethin' cheaper that passes for free speech will have to do



Hear him comin' through loud and clear

He's tricklin' in your ear

He'll tell you anythin'

You want to hear



The tape starts runnin'

He's goin' to tell you somethin'

The strings start strummin' another humdrum conundrum

Signin' off now maintainin' radio silence from now on



But there's one thing I should have said

"The hostage will end up dead"

It's just a comedy

The hostage is me



So pay the ransom beyond the run-out groove in

Get my wife down here

A helicopter on the roof, no police marksman

Maintainin' radio silence from now on



Mystery voices

Drowned out by too much choice that's not to mention

The sad waste of this wonderful invention

Maintainin' radio silence from now on



Libraries filled up with failed ideas

There's nothin' more for me there

I trust in tender ink

And gentle airs



Do those drug dealers still polish women made of wax?

Gangsters and world leaders

Require the same protection from attack

From this distance it's hard to tell the difference

Between a King and a Jack, between a poet and hack

Maintaining radio silence from now on