Elvis Costello Your Mind Is On Vacation Lyrics

Your Mind Is On Vacation Lyrics

I see you laughin`
Right in my face
I guess I`m gonna have to
Put you in your place

Because if silence was golden
You couldn`t raise a dime
Because your mind is on vacation
And your mouth is working overtime

You`re quoting figures
And dropping names
You`re tellin` stories
About the dames
You`re over-laughin`
When things ain`t funny
You`re tryin` to sound
Like you`re the big money, honey

If talk was criminal
You`d lead a life of crime
Because your mind is on vacation
And your mouth is working overtime

Life is short, talk is cheap
Don`t go makin` promises that you can`t keep
If you don`t like this little song I`m singin`
Just grin and bear it
All I can say is if the rich shoe fits, wear it

If you must keep talkin`, please try to make it rhyme
Because your mind is on vacation
And your mouth is working overtime

Well, I recall when we first met
It was on a Friday night
We spent two lovely hours together
And the world seemed all right
I`m beggin` you, baby, please stop that off-the-wall jive
`Cause if you don`t treat me no better
It`s gonna be your funeral and my trial

Well, the Lord made the world and everything that`s in it
The way my baby loves me, it`s a sign that it`s it [?]
She can love to heal the sick, she can love to raise the dead
You might think that I`m jokin`, you better believe what I said

I`m beggin` you, babe, please stop that off-the-wall jive
Oh, if you don`t treat me no better
It`s gonna be your funeral and my trial

I see you laughin`
Right in my face
I guess I`m gonna have to put you in your place
`Cause if talk was criminal
You`d lead a life of crime
Because your mind is on vacation
And your mouth is working overtime