Pump It Up
Composer(s): Elvis Costello
Performer(s): Elvis Costello



I've been on tenterhooks, ending in dirty looks 
List'ning to the Muzak, thinking 'bout this 'n' 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 centre, 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 

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, putting up your 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