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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Elvis Costello
Vocals
Bruce Thomas
Bass
Steve Nieve
Keyboards
Pete Thomas
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Elvis Costello
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Nick Lowe
Producer
Roger Bechirian
Engineer
Dan Hersch
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
I've been on tenterhooks, ending in dirty looks
Listening to the Muzak, thinking 'bout this and that
She said that's that, I don't wanna chitter-chat
Turn it down a little bit or turn it down flat
Pump it up when you don't really need it
Pump it up until you can feel it
Down in the pleasure center, hell-bent or heaven-sent
Listen to the propaganda, listen to the latest slander
There's nothing underhand that she wouldn't understand
Pump it up, until you can feel it
Pump it up when you don't really need it
Hey!
She's been a bad girl, she's like a chemical
Though you try to stop it, she's like a narcotic
You wanna torture her, you wanna talk to her
All the things you bought for her could not get a temperature
Pump it up until you can feel it
Pump it up when you don't really need it
Out in the fashion show, down in the bargain bin
You put your passion out under the pressure pin
Fall into submission, hit-and-run transmission
No use wishing now for any other sin
Pump it up until you can feel it
Pump it up when you don't really need it
Pump it up until you can feel it
Pump it up when you don't really need it
Pump it up until you can feel it
Pump it up when you don't really need it
Don't really need it
Don't really need it
Don't really need it
Writer(s): Elvis Costello
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