T Bone Burnett & Elvis Costello - Cathy Come Home Lyrics

T Bone Burnett & Elvis Costello Lyrics

"Cathy Come Home"

There's a shot
I clicked the shutter
There's a shot
Hear the report
Cathy come home
There's a shot
So I thought
I should take it
Make you immortal
Cathy come home

If a child pulls apart a petal
He may cry
Cathy come home
Cathy come home
Bullets sometimes pierce the metal
You can't identify
Cathy come home
Cathy come home
Cathy come home

There's a frame
And an explanation
No-one can blame her
All her youth
And all the beauty
She was doing her duty?
Singing songs in a solider's suit
Embroidered with her name
Muffled drums and a folded flag

Take aim

Then there's a volley

Reload!

Reload twenty times more

Reload!

Then there's a volley

Reload!

Reload a volley

Reload!

Then there's a volley

For the unknown
Cathy come home
Cathy come

If a child pulls apart a petal
He may cry
Cathy come home
Cathy come home

When a child pulls apart a petal
He may cry
Cathy come home
Cathy come home
Cathy come

When a child pulls apart a petal
He may cry
Cathy come home
Cathy come home
Cathy come

When a child pulls apart a petal
You can't identify
Cathy come home
Cathy come home
Cathy come home

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album: "The Coward Brothers" (2024)

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"Cathy Come Home" lyrics

T Bone Burnett & Elvis Costello Lyrics