Elvis Costello Rocking Horse Road song lyrics

The chains from the bridle and the reins fell from my hands

An' the engines are idle and the ship sails on dry land

I stood there stupefied, I thought I recognized

Walkin' down Rocking Horse Road, getting lost

Shot through Vaseline, he picks up the paper from the lawn

And tucks, "The Suburban Assassin", underneath his arm

He smiles weakly and turns away, I know I'll never come to harm

Walkin' down Rocking Horse Road, it's so peaceful

It's like a photograph from the other side of the world

I said, "I want you only", and then I left you alone

Cryin' on Rocking Horse Road or somewhere quite like it

The cemetery gardens, there are names

Not numbers on the gateposts

And the eyes in the curtain follow you like a smirking ghost

I know I must not look back 'cause part of me is waiting still

There on Rocking Horse Road for you

In a little dream house made for two

Well, you were the one that made your escape

In your stocking feet and your sticky tape

All the way down, all the way down

All the way down, all the way down

All the way down

Oh, walkin' down on Rocking Horse