[00:00.000] 作词 : Elvis Costello[00:01.000] 作曲 : Elvis Costello[00:10.180]It's at times such as this she'd be tempted to spit[00:15.950]If she wasn't so ladylike[00:21.260]She imagines how she might have lived[00:25.260]back when legends and history collide[00:32.060]So she looks to her prince finding he's so charmingly[00:37.720]slumped at her side[00:42.580]Those days are recalled on the gallery wall[00:47.690]And she's waiting for passion or humour to strike[00:56.390]What shall we do, what shall we do with all this useless beauty?[01:07.370]All this useless beauty[01:21.600]Good Friday arrived, the sky darkened on time[01:26.550]'Til he almost began to negotiate[01:32.280]She held his head like a baby and said "It's okay if you cry"[01:42.400]Now he wants her to dress as if you couldn't guess[01:47.630]He desires to impress his associates[01:52.840]But he's part ugly beast and Hellenic deceased[01:58.060]So she finds that the mixture is hard to deny[02:06.150]What shall we do, what shall we do with all this useless beauty?[02:17.240]All this useless beauty[02:25.590]She won't practice the looks from the great tragic books[02:30.750]That were later disgraced to face celluloid[02:36.210]It won't even make sense but you can bet[02:41.330]If she isn't a sweetheart or plaything or pet[02:46.430]The film turns her into an unveiled threat[02:54.730]Nonsense prevails, modesty fails[02:59.550]Grace and virtue turn into stupidity[03:04.760]While the calendar fades almost all barricades to a pale compromise[03:14.980]And our leaders have feasts on the backsides of beasts[03:19.880]They still think they're the gods of antiquity[03:25.150]If something you missed didn't even exist[03:30.150]It was just an ideal -- is it such a surprise?[03:38.910]What shall we do, what shall we do with all this useless beauty?[03:49.380]All this useless beauty[03:57.870]What shall we do, what shall we do with all this useless beauty?[04:08.240]All this useless beauty