"Opportunity" lyrics - ELVIS COSTELLO
Born in the middle of a second big baby boom
Those noisy boys just might have spoken up too soon
Now I'm looking for a little girl, I wonder where she's gone
Big money for families having more than one
[Chorus:]
Opportunity, opportunity
This is your big opportunity
They shop around
follow you without a sound
Whatever you do now
Don't turn around
Whatever happened to the pride of the nation?
They say, "just wait until you break formation"
She was sitting pretty on a velvet cushion
But her bedroom eyes were like a button she was pushing
She said, "When they get to Dover they'll be be taking over"
I said I'd come to her defense and then she pulled me over
[Chorus]
I'm in the foxhole, I'm down in the trench
I'd be a hero but I can't stand the stench
The Fitness Institute was full of General Motormen
And the "Hello House of Beauty" wouldn't stand a chance with them
The chairman of this boredom is a compliment collector
I'd like to be his funeral director
[Chorus]
Please don't turn around...
Get Happy!! (1980)
- Love For Tender
- Opportunity
- The Imposter
- Secondary Modern
- King Horse
- Possession
- Men Called Uncle
- Clowntime Is Over
- New Amsterdam
- High Fidelity
- I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down
- Black And White World
- 5ive Gears In Reverse
- B Movie
- Motel Matches
- Human Touch
- Beaten To The Punch
- Temptation
- I Stand Accused
- Riot Act
- Girls Talk
- Clowntime Is Over
- Getting Mighty Crowded
- So Young
- Just A Memory
- Hoover Factory
- Ghost Train
- Dr. Luther's Assistant
- Black And White World
- Riot Act
- Love For Tender