Glitter Gulch

Elvis Costello

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author’s own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study scholarship or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: (Phillip C. Saunders) Date: Mon 14 Aug 1995 00:14:09 EDT Subject: CRD:Glitter Gulch Elvis Costello SONG: Glitter Gulch Enter Madam X painted in a shocking pink spangled dress Her teeth are perfect but her mouth is loose Rubbing their hands together she persuades them that it’s better to confess Which unpleasant fate they’d like to choose (chorus) Every step might be your last Money signs are in your eyes sucker ------------------------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------0--1--2--3------0--1--2--3-------| ---------------------------------0--2--3--4------0--2--3--4-------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| You’ve been taken in this time You might just get out alive if you’re lucky All the vultures tuning in to Glitter Gulch Are looking in on you And they’re hungry He stood five feet tall in his elevator shoes and stovepipe hat He was known by several different names Prompted by Madam X he answered all their questions And then after that he said I’m sick and tired of stupid games (chorus) We’ve got prizes if you can afford Some small humiliation before you get your reward And I’d rather be an outlaw than an inlaw to you And to live my life in miserable poverty Than to have to grovel to have some dream home hovel So watch me while I get away with prime time robbery (chorus) As he enters Madam X he things of red raged faces and the sweet greenbacks He climbed upon his honey and he covered her with money As they do their victory dance He thinks I hope they choke upon their laughter tracks They can all go straight to hell while we howl down the whole hotel

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La chanson évoque un univers cynique où les personnages naviguent à travers des manipulations et des jeux de pouvoir. Une femme charismatique, vêtue de manière flamboyante, semble avoir le contrôle et incite ceux autour d'elle à dévoiler leurs secrets ou à choisir leur propre sort, souvent lié à des conséquences désagréables. On y ressent une tension entre l'illusion du succès et la réalité amère de la pauvreté, avec un protagoniste qui préfère vivre en marge plutôt que de se soumettre à une vie insignifiante, tout en dénonçant l'hypocrisie de ceux qui jugent sans savoir. Le décor peut rappeler une ville sinueuse, pleine d’opportunités trompeuses, où la quête de richesse et de statut s’accompagne d’un prix à payer. Les personnages semblent pris au piège dans un cycle de désillusion, mêlant désespoir et désir de célébration, illustrant ainsi les paradoxes de leur existence.

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