Elvira Madigan (Walkin' a Tightrope)
from History Is Made At Night by The Heavy Boxes
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lyrics
Honey, did you read the news?
Page seven, next to 'Alley Oop.'
Another couple on the run
Who packed a picnic and a gun.
Isn't that romantic, dear?
We once had the same idear.
Things like that get set aside;
A dream deferred not death defied.
We could be lovers on the lam.
We'd rob a bank or two or perpetrate a scam.
We'd steal a fancy car and go for a ride
And we'd die side-by-side like Bonnie and Clyde.
At least that's what I thought we'd do
Back when I first married you.
Though we're old, I'm still not sold
It's too late to try.
We're walkin' a tightrope
For the first time in our lives.
We played it safe, it's safe to say,
Until this very day.
Won't you please elope with me
As if we were twenty-three?
A little bit more time is all we need.
We never sailed the seven seas;
Or built a jungle fortress high up in the trees;
Or wrestled lions in the African plains;
Or fought the Fascists back in Civil War Spain.
Are you happy anyway?
Do you think we've done okay?
There's still time for us to find
Our ticket to fame.
We're walkin' a tightrope
For the first time in our lives.
We played it safe, it's safe to say,
Until this very day.
Won't you please elope with me
As if we were twenty-three?
A little bit more time is all we need.
We had our opportunities
To fly up to the moon and see what we could see.
Instead you built a swing in our little yard;
You pushed me up at night and showed me the stars.
I guess what I am trying to say is
I wouldn't trade a single day.
I'd rather find you by my side
Than picnic on Mars.
We're walkin' a tightrope
For the first time in our lives.
We played it safe, it's safe to say,
Until this very day.
Won't you please elope with me
As if we were twenty-three?
A little bit more time is all we need.
Page seven, next to 'Alley Oop.'
Another couple on the run
Who packed a picnic and a gun.
Isn't that romantic, dear?
We once had the same idear.
Things like that get set aside;
A dream deferred not death defied.
We could be lovers on the lam.
We'd rob a bank or two or perpetrate a scam.
We'd steal a fancy car and go for a ride
And we'd die side-by-side like Bonnie and Clyde.
At least that's what I thought we'd do
Back when I first married you.
Though we're old, I'm still not sold
It's too late to try.
We're walkin' a tightrope
For the first time in our lives.
We played it safe, it's safe to say,
Until this very day.
Won't you please elope with me
As if we were twenty-three?
A little bit more time is all we need.
We never sailed the seven seas;
Or built a jungle fortress high up in the trees;
Or wrestled lions in the African plains;
Or fought the Fascists back in Civil War Spain.
Are you happy anyway?
Do you think we've done okay?
There's still time for us to find
Our ticket to fame.
We're walkin' a tightrope
For the first time in our lives.
We played it safe, it's safe to say,
Until this very day.
Won't you please elope with me
As if we were twenty-three?
A little bit more time is all we need.
We had our opportunities
To fly up to the moon and see what we could see.
Instead you built a swing in our little yard;
You pushed me up at night and showed me the stars.
I guess what I am trying to say is
I wouldn't trade a single day.
I'd rather find you by my side
Than picnic on Mars.
We're walkin' a tightrope
For the first time in our lives.
We played it safe, it's safe to say,
Until this very day.
Won't you please elope with me
As if we were twenty-three?
A little bit more time is all we need.
credits
from History Is Made At Night,
released August 22, 2010
Words and music by Evan Chung & Melanie Faetz.
Melanie Faetz: vocals, glockenspiel
Evan Chung: ukulele, whistling
Kimberly Sutton: cello
Stuart Seale: whistling
Words and music by Evan Chung & Melanie Faetz.
Melanie Faetz: vocals, glockenspiel
Evan Chung: ukulele, whistling
Kimberly Sutton: cello
Stuart Seale: whistling
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Aug 2010 -
Dec 2008
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