Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Dance Dance Dance
Elvis Costello
EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE / DANCE DANCE DANCE As recorded by Elvis Costello & Rusty (From the 2022 EP THE RESURRECTION OF RUST) [Part I: "Everybody Knows"] [Intro] [Verse 1] I think I’d like to go back home and take it easy There’s a woman that I’d like to get to know living there Everybody seems to wonder what it’s like down here Gotta get away from this day-to-day running around [Chorus] Everybody knows this is nowhere (La-la-la la-la-la-la) Everybody everybody knows (La-la-la la-la-la-la) [Guitar Solo] [Verse 2] Every time I think about back home it’s cool and breezy I wish that I could be there right now just passing time Everybody seems to wonder what it’s like down here Gotta get away from this day-to-day running around [Chorus] Everybody knows this is nowhere (La-la-la la-la-la-la) Everybody everybody knows (La-la-la la-la-la-la) Everybody everybody knows (La-la-la la-la-la-la) [Part II: "Dance Dance Dance"] [Verse 1] Never thought love had a rainbow on it Used to think a cloud was a nightmare That was up until when I first met you Now I go around hoping you care [Chorus] Dance dance feel it all around you Dance dance dance Never thought love had a rainbow on it See the girl dance See the girl dance [Interlude] [Verse 2] Mississippi mud never touched her fingers California sand lies in her hand Love her more than life as the daylight lingers Early in the morning I’ll be her man [Chorus] Dance dance feel it all around you Dance dance dance Never thought love had a rainbow on it See the girl dance See the girl dance See the girl dance [Outro] See the girl dance