Elvis Costello Tommy`s Coming Home Lyrics

Tommy`s Coming Home Lyrics

(McCartney/MacManus) 
She was counting out the window of the outbound train 
All the poles of the telegraph 
And the rock-a-bye rhythm in the song of the rails 
Couldn`t make the sweeper laugh 

Down down down so deep 
Down down drowning in his sleep 
Tommy`s coming home again 

And a hawk hovered high above a skinny jackrabbit 
Pursued by a hungry fox 
And a broker awoke her from a fitful slumber 
Then consulted his shares and his stocks 

Down down down they go 
Down down how he`ll never know 
Tommy`s coming home again 
And it`s almost April Fools` Day 

As he glanced on his paper looking through the veil (?) 
He could see she was really upset 
As she tucked back the ribbon in a velvet box 
As he offered her a cigarette 

Down down down she took a drag 
Now he`s covered in a flag 
Tommy`s coming home again 
And it`s almost April Fools` Day 

Almost April Fools` Day 
And the joke`s on everyone 
He had that premonition 
Only dead men dwell upon 

But how could he know that only twelve months later 
She would wear her skirt up over her knee 
And in the very same carriage she`d be flattened with roses 
And forget the tears of bigotry (?) 

Down down down they flow 
Now now now it just don`t matter anymore 
Tommy made it home again 
When it was almost April Fools` Day 

Almost April Fools` Day 
And the joke`s on everyone 
He had that premonition 
Only dead men dwell upon 

Tommy`s coming home again 
Tommy`s coming home again 
Tommy`s coming home