Interpret:

Elvis Costello

Album:

Armed Forces

So you think that you have seen her
When you're lying in between her
And you tell me that you don't care
Busy bodies getting nowhere
Ev'rybody's getting meaner
Busy bodies
Caught in the concertina


You check her outline
Break her regulations
You watch her legs through several
Service stations


Busy bodies
Very busy
Getting nowhere
Nowhere, nowhere, nowhere


Now you're ready for the merger
With the company you're part of
And you do the dirty business
With your latest sleeping partner


You're becoming
Automatic
Busy bodies
Out playing with the traffic


You want attention
You try my patience
With the best intentions you are nothing but a nuisance


Busy bodies
Busy busy
Getting nowhere
Nowhere, nowhere, nowhere


Now you've given your performance
Though the matinee was idle
And you find that a wave of her right hand
Could seem so tidal


Just a second
Satisfaction
Busy bodies
Temporarily out of action


You wash and brush up
You want to dress up
You want to kiss her
But she's busy with her makeup


Busy bodies
Very busy
Getting nowhere
Nowhere