Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over) Elvis Costello

[Verse 1]
The man in the corner of this picture has a sinister purpose
In the teeming Temple of the Railroad Kings
He's planting a trashy paperback book for accidental purchase
Containing all the secrets of life and other useless things

[Chorus]
But I can't bring myself to look
Wake up Zombie, write yourself another book
You want to scream and shout my little flaxen lout
Hurry down Doomsday, the bugs are taking over

[Verse 2]
She sleeps in the shirt of a late, great country singer
Stretched out on her poor jealous husband's pillow
In time you can turn these obsessions into careers
While the parents of those kidnapped children start the bidding
For their tears

[Chorus]
But I can't bring myself to look
Wake up Zombie, get yourself off the hook
You want to scream and shout my little waxen lout
Hurry down Doomsday, the bugs are taking over

[Bridge]
Forget about Beethoven, Rembrandt and rock and roll
Forget about Mickey Mouse, Marlboro and Coca Cola
Forget about Cadillac, Mercedes and Toyota
Forget about Buddha, Allah, Jesus and Jehovah
Hurry down Doomsday, the bugs are taking over