Can You Hear Me? – Elvis Costello and The RootsBy Signal fadingListen to what I’m sayingCan you hear me?Can you hear me?Testing, testingCan you hear me?This better be worth all of the breath I’m wastingHear him coming through loud and clearHear him treacling in your earWell, you know your time has comeAnd you’re sorry for what you’ve doneAll you gangstersYou should have never have been playing with a gunCan you hear me?Can you hear me?Hear him coming through loud and clearHear him treacling in your earNext week there’ll be some fashionable new sinFor each harlot and each puritanPull off their wings, stick ’em on a pinCan you hear me?And just let the money roll inCan you hear me?Signal fadingListen to what I’m sayingCan you hear me?Can you hear me?Testing, testingCan you hear me?This better be worth all of the breath I’m wastingHear him coming through loud and clearHear him treacling in your earThere’s a line that you must toeAnd it’s time for you to goAll you gangstersIt’s darker than you knowCan you hear me?Hear him coming through loud and clearHear him treacling in your earThe hands of the helpless are raisedYour dead little secrets are praisedThe people stand dumbstruck and dazedCan you hear me?By the inches that you have erasedHear him treacling in your earDo those drug dealer still polish women made of waxCan you hear me?Can you hear me?Gangsters and world leadersRequire the same protection from attackCan you hear me?Can you hear me?Libraries filled up with failed ideasThere’s nothing more for me thereI trust in tender ink and gentle airsTape starts runningHe’s going to tell you somethingCan you hear me?Can you hear me?Strings start strummingAnother humdrum conundrum…Hear him coming through loud and clearHear him treacling in your earBarricaded in the talk radio stationHostage takenCan you hear meThe red “On-Air” light shines onCan you hear me?Can you hear me?All you gangstersSo pay the ransomBefore the run-out grooveHear him coming through loud and clearHear him treacling in your earGet my wife down hereA helicopter on the roofNo police marksmanMaintaining radio silence from now onSignal fadingListen to what I’m sayingMystery voices drowned out by too much choiceTesting, testingMaintaining radio silence www.pillowlyrics.com419786497975 88k 20