Elvis Costello — Roadette Song live

[STAGE BANTER] ELVIS: Well, this is a song that another gentlemen that you saw tonight wrote. This is written by Ian Dury. C'mon. This is called "Roadette Song." [SONG BEGINS] (One, two, one two three four) She can roll her shoulder, she can roll her ass Ain't no doubt about it, she's a gamey lass Jerking with her elbow, clever with her knees When she move it over, does the best to please Diction very bad, friction double rich Brazen little hussy, rock n' rollin' bitch When it come to business, take off like a jet Rockin's her vocation, she's a very high roadette Young man, there ain't no need to hustle Young man, slow down your hustle bustle You can take your time, young man Some of this is muscle Lightning on her legs, spitfire on her hip Rock n' roll's a habit, guitar wrote the script Messed up on her history, won the schooling prize Does her heavy thinking with her bristols and her thighs Never had a teacher messing with her brain You should see her pupils, music's in her veins Shifting her transmission like a Chevrolet Corvette Rock n' roll relations with a very high roadette Hey young man, there ain't no need to hustle Young man, slow down your hustle bustle You can take your time, young man Some of this is muscle [Saxophone solo] Hey young man, there ain't no need to hustle Young man, slow down your hustle bustle You can take your time, young man Some of this is muscle She can roll her shoulder, she can roll her ass Ain't no doubt about it, she's a gamey lass Jerking with her elbow, clever with her knees When she move it over, does the best to please Diction very bad, friction double rich Brazen little hussy, rock n' rollin' bitch When it comes to business, take off like a jet Rockin's her vocation, she's a very high roadette Hey young man, there ain't no need to hustle Young man, slow down your hustle bustle You can take your time, young man Some of this is muscle