Elvis Costello — Blood and Hot Sauce

Well I'm gonna make my way On the first unclouded day Hooray! for blood and hot sauce. If you feel the urge to shout, And you have to let it out Don't blaspheme. Just say, "Blood and hot sauce." If you want something that's nice With your pancakes and your eggs You're prepared to sacrifice And you're down to the dregs When your temper starts to boil There's a martyr in your cereal bowl. Hooray for blood and hot sauce. I was climbing up the ratings Cause they said I was a Satan But the ladies treat me kindly Cause they know what's on my mind So I gave into temptation And I'm lousy with penetration. Hooray for blood and hot sauce. Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray for blood and hot sauce. There's gonna be a big encounter. We're gonna take this to the mountain Hooray for blood and hot sauce. When you feel like someone called And they'd like to kick around Stand your ground, stand your ground If your spirit starts to sag And you feel like someone's gone That you'd like to kick around Stand your ground, stand your ground. When the peaches all turn ripe I'll sell the stars but I'll keep the stripes I'll change the color of them too. I'll paint some red; I'll turn some blue. And by the lord, I'll make a curse Though I mean just the reverse Hooray for blood and hot sauce. When you're tired of the lies Of politicians and of preachers You put your trust in me. Help me be your brother's keeper. If you pay too many taxes, think salvation should be cheaper Say hooray for blood and hot sauce. There's a widow in Meridian, a child in Oklahoma, whose faith you should consider As if it were your own There's a metal that we struck There's a ticker-tape parade Someone figures there's a swindle Or a deal to be made Put your hand on the bible. Keep your finger on the trigger. Hooray for blood and hot sauce. When the bailiffs are at the door And you want to vent your spleen Vaseline, a pompadour, I'm twice the man you should have been. Hand round the ammunition and the gasoline Hip hip hooray for blood and hot sauce. Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray for blood and hot sauce. There's gonna be a big encounter, You're gonna take this to the mountain. Hooray for blood and hot sauce. And the people will not judge me 'Cause there's only one goddamn And you know how much they love me Because I'm one of them I was climbing up the ratings And they said I was a satan Still the ladies treat me kindly 'Cause they know what's on my mind So I gave in to temptation And I'm lousy with penetration. Hooray for blood and hot sauce. Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray!