Pony St. Elvis Costello

[Intro]
She lives on Pony Street (Pony Street)
And they should scatter flowers at her feet
But when they come calling I think it's appalling
They're sober and they're polite
They're deeply respectful when I would expect them
To keep her out all night
That little martinet
Will get her own way yet
If you need instruction in mindless destruction
I'll show you a thing or two
You used to adore me but now my life flashes before me
For you to view

[Verse 1]
Oh mother, oh mother, sometimes you are so mortifying
From the hole in your leopard skin tights I can tell you've been spying
But your generation confesses before it transgresses
Those super-8 movies of Daddy in your disco dresses

[Pre-Chorus]
If you're going out tonight
I won't wait up
Reading Das Kapital
Watching "Home Shopping Club"
While you're flogging a dead horse