Pony St.
Elvis CostelloVersion1
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She lives on Pony Street
And they should scatter flowers at her feet
But when they come calling I think it's appalling
They're sober and they're polite
They're deeply respectful when I would expect them
To keep her out all night
That little martinet
Will get her own way yet
If you need instruction in mindless destruction
I'll show you a thing or two
You used to adore me but now my life flashes before me
For you to view
Oh mother, oh mother, sometimes you are so mortifying
From the hole in your leopard skin tights I can tell you've been spying
But your generation confesses before it transgresses
Those Super-8 movies of daddy in your disco dresses
If you're going out tonight
I won't wait up
Reading "Das Kapital"
Watching "Home Shopping Club"
While you're flogging a dead horse
All the way down Pony Street
Where you live after a fashion
All the way down Pony Street
The life and the soul of every indiscretion
That lives on, that lives on, that lives on
Pony Street
Daughter, oh daughter, you know I will love you forever
But spare me the white ankle socks with the lace and the leather
For you and your cartoon threat do no good to resist me
For I am the genuine thing but for you it's just history
If you're going out tonight
How can you be sure
Where you lay your pretty head
Mother may have been before
So you're flogging a dead horse
All the way down Pony Street
Where you live after a fashion
All the way down Pony Street
The life and the soul of every indiscretion
That lives on, That lives on
That lives on, That lives on, That lives on
She lives on Pony Street
She lives on, she lives on
until fade out
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Readable chord sheet for Pony St. by Elvis Costello
[D] [Dsus4] [D][5x] [G]She lives on Pony Street [G]And they should scatter flowers at her f[C]eet But [D]when they come [C]calling I [G]think it's appalling They're [Am]sober and [D]they're p[G]olite They're [D]deeply respe[C]ctful when [G]I would expect them To k[Am]eep her out all night [D] [G]That little martinet [G]Will get her own way [C]yet If [D]you need instr[C]uction in [G]mindless destruction I'll [Am]show you a [D]thing or [G]two You [D]used to ado[C]re me but [G]now my life flashes [Am]before me For [D]you to view Oh [D]mother, oh m[A]other, somet[D]imes you are [G]so mortify[Em]ing From the [D]hole in your l[A]eopard skin [D]tights I can [G]tell you've been sp[Em]ying But [D]your gener[A]ation con[D]fesses be[G]fore it transg[Em]resses Those [D]Super-8 m[A]ovies of d[D]addy in [G]your disco [Em]dresses [G]If you're going out tonight [C]I won't wait [Am]up Reading "Das Kapital" [A]Watching "Home Shopping Club" While you're [D]flogging a dead horse [C]All the [G]way down [D]Pony S[G]treet [D]Where you live [G]after a f[D]ashion [C]All the [G]way down [D]Pony S[G]treet The l[D]ife and the [G]soul of every ind[C]iscretion [Am]That lives on, that lives on, t[D]hat lives on [C]Pony [G/B]Street [D]Daughter, oh d[A]aughter, you [D]know I will l[G]ove you for[Em]ever But s[D]pare me the [A]white ankle s[D]ocks with the l[G]ace and the [Em]leather For [F]you and your [A]cartoon [D]threat do no g[G]ood to re[Em]sist me For [F]I am the g[A]enuine [D]thing but for y[G]ou it's just h[Em]istory [G]If you're going out tonight [C]How can you be [Am]sure Where you lay your pretty head [A]Mother may have been before So you're fl[D]ogging a dead horse [C]All the [G]way down [D]Pony [G]Street [D]Where you live [G]after a [D]fashion [C]All the [G]way down [D]Pony [G]Street The [D]life and the [G]soul of every indis[C]cretion [Am]That lives on, T[Am]hat lives on [Am]That lives on, T[A]hat lives on, [A]That lives on [D]She [Dsus4]lives [D]on Pony Street [2x] [D]She [Dsus4]lives [D]on, [D]she [Dsus4]lives [D]on [2x] [D] [Dsus4] [D] until fade out