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

Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over)

Elvis Costello * Track #2 On Mighty Like A Rose

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

Release Date
Tue May 14 1991
Performed by
Elvis Costello
Produced by
Mitchell Froom & Kevin Killen & Elvis Costello
Writed by
Elvis Costello & Jim Keltner
About

Elvis explains the song in the Mighty Like A Rose Liner Notes:

‘Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over)’ was written for the days when the mortal sins of the advertising world and the venal sins of the trash culture become unbearable. When the news fixates morbidly on the sentimental appeals...

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Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over) Lyrics

[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

[Verse 3]
Any day now a giant insect mutation
Will swoop down and devour the white man's burden
Starting out with all of the sensitive ones
Better make like a fly if you don't want to die
Look out there goes Gordon

[Chorus]
But I can't bring myself to think
Wake up Zombie, kick up a big stink
You want to scream and shout, my little Saxon lout
Hurry down Doomsday, the bugs are taking over
You want to scream and shout, my little Saxon lout
Hurry down Doomsday, the bugs are taking over

Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over) Q&A

Who wrote Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over)'s ?

Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over) was written by Elvis Costello & Jim Keltner.

Who produced Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over)'s ?

Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over) was produced by Mitchell Froom & Kevin Killen & Elvis Costello.

When did Elvis Costello release Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over)?

Elvis Costello released Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over) on Tue May 14 1991.

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