#------------PLEASE NOTE------------# #This file is the author’s own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study scholarship or research. # #------------# # From Fri May 16 08:02:41 1997 Date: Tue 13 May 1997 02:02:47 GMT > To: Subject: TAB: Strict Time /// Elvis Costello Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablaturealt.guitar.tabalt.fan.elvis-costello Strict Time Words & Music by: Elvis Costello >From the album: TRUST INTRO: There’s a hand on a wire that leads to my mouth I can hear you knocking but I’m not coming out Don’t want to be a puppet or a ventriloquist ’Cause there’s no ventilation on a critical list Fingers creeping up my spine are not mine to resist Strict time CHORUS: Toughen up toughen up Keep your lip buttoned up    Strict time         Oh the muscles flex and the fingers curl And a cold sweat breaks out on the sweater girl Strict time Oh he’s all hands don’t touch that dial The courting cold wars weekend witch trial Strict time All the boys are straight laced and the girls are frigid The talk is two-faced and the rules are rigid ’cause it’s strict time Strict time (chorus) You talk in hushed tones I talk in lush tones Try to look Italian through the musical Valium Strict time Thinking of grand larceny Smoking the everlasting cigarette of chastity Cute assistants staying alive More like a hand job than the hand jive Strict time Chorus ++++ michael p mccullough ++++ Klamath Falls OR   # 1.541.884.3278    all moanday tearsday wailsday thumpsday frightday shatterday (joyce/FW) http://www.magick.net/~michael/  http://www.magick.net/~michael/music.html