She Was No Good

Song She Was No Good
Artist Elvis Costello
Album Secret, Profane and Sugarcane

Lyrics

[00:27.90] She could be no good, I'm telling you
[00:35.02] Gather round boys for a tale that is tragic and true
[00:45.35] On the Mississippi riverboat, "Magnolia"
[00:56.38] No one onboard was smelling too sweet
[01:03.32] That precious one must have been stamping her feet
[01:12.18] Dictating demands all well and fine
[01:15.79] A few rods west of the Bridgeport line
[01:20.74] But the veil was drawn and the halo slipped
[01:24.38] Tippling tinctures and reciting scripture
[01:31.99] Faces where slapped just as kid gloves were suffered
[01:39.12] Vile threats were uttered and challenges offered
[01:49.79] On the Cumberland riverboat, "E.W. Stephens"
[02:00.95] Daggers were drawn on pistols pulled
[02:08.11] Staggering ‘til dawn filled up with whiskey and rum
[02:17.22] And several drunken players ran amok
[02:24.31] Rampaging with the crew around the deck
[02:32.31] And I received a blow that was unkind
[02:39.46] It turned my cheek to the colour of gentian violet
[02:51.19] I wouldn't say that this journey had quite been the highlight
[03:01.36] Of the All-American Tour
[03:05.49] Teetering on the edge of war
[03:09.19] Out of the genteel Northern prosceniums
[03:17.75] Filled up with imitation Europeans
[03:27.11] Down along the river of rough damnations
[03:34.64] By the blood-stained cotton and the slave plantations
[03:42.13]

Pinyin

[00:27.90] She could be no good, I' m telling you
[00:35.02] Gather round boys for a tale that is tragic and true
[00:45.35] On the Mississippi riverboat, " Magnolia"
[00:56.38] No one onboard was smelling too sweet
[01:03.32] That precious one must have been stamping her feet
[01:12.18] Dictating demands all well and fine
[01:15.79] A few rods west of the Bridgeport line
[01:20.74] But the veil was drawn and the halo slipped
[01:24.38] Tippling tinctures and reciting scripture
[01:31.99] Faces where slapped just as kid gloves were suffered
[01:39.12] Vile threats were uttered and challenges offered
[01:49.79] On the Cumberland riverboat, " E. W. Stephens"
[02:00.95] Daggers were drawn on pistols pulled
[02:08.11] Staggering ' til dawn filled up with whiskey and rum
[02:17.22] And several drunken players ran amok
[02:24.31] Rampaging with the crew around the deck
[02:32.31] And I received a blow that was unkind
[02:39.46] It turned my cheek to the colour of gentian violet
[02:51.19] I wouldn' t say that this journey had quite been the highlight
[03:01.36] Of the AllAmerican Tour
[03:05.49] Teetering on the edge of war
[03:09.19] Out of the genteel Northern prosceniums
[03:17.75] Filled up with imitation Europeans
[03:27.11] Down along the river of rough damnations
[03:34.64] By the bloodstained cotton and the slave plantations
[03:42.13]