Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Elvis Costello
Canonical path: /elvis-costello/swine
Related lyric paths: 6
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Swine
Read Swine lyrics by Elvis Costello on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Swine
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You're a swine and I'm saying that's an insult to the pig
In the foul furrow that you dig
Why don't you lay your head down
In that unconsecrated ground
WAS she your MOTHER?
Or WAS she your bride
To defile and to blister
To gnaw at her side
Is this the end of the world?
Now that you've finished your life
This RIDDLE is the work of my little pen-knife
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Elvis Costello performs "Swine", and this lyric page sits inside the Elvis Costello catalog on LyroVerse.
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