Elvis Costello – Opportunity Lyrics  Share

From Elvis Costello's album: Get Happy!!

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
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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...
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