Elvis Costello & the Attractions

The Invisible Man
I was committed to life and then commuted to the outskirtsWith all the love in the worldLiving for thirty minutes at a time with a break in the middle for advertsBut it's a wonderful world within these cinema wallsWhere a shower of affection becomes Niagara FallsAnd you wish she could step down from the screen to your seat in the stallsBut if stars are only painted on the ceiling aboveThen who can you turn to and who do you loveI want to get out while I still canI want to be like Harry HoudiniNow I'm the invisible manMy head is spinning round faster and fasterHere I stand on the edge of disasterI'm shattered like a piece of crystal porcelain or alabasterCrowds surround loudspeakers hanging from the lamppostsListening to the murder mysteryMeanwhile someone's hiding in the classroomForging books of historyNever mind there's a good film showing tonightWhere they hang everyone everybody who can read and writeOh that could never happen here but then again it might Aus Songtexte Mania