Senior service
Junior dissatisfaction
It's a breath you took too late
It's a death that's worse than fate

Senior service
Junior dissatisfaction
Though it may be second hand
It's by no means second rate

I want your neck
I want the seat that you sit at
I want your check
Because they told me I would get on
I want to chop off your head and watch it roll into the basket
If you should drop dead tonight then they won't have to ask me twice

Senior service
Junior dissatisfaction
It's a breath you took too late
It's a death that's worse than fate

Senior service
Junior dissatisfaction
Though it may be second hand
It's by no means second rate

They took me in the office and they told me very carefully
The way that I could benefit from death and disability

Senior service
Junior dissatisfaction
It's a breath you took too late
It's a death that's worse than fate

Senior service
Junior dissatisfaction
Though it may be second hand
It's by no means second rate

I want your company car
I want your girlfriend and love
I want your place at the bar
Because there's always another man
To chop off your head and watch it roll into the basket
If you should drop dead tonight then they won't have to ask me twice

Senior service
Junior dissatisfaction
It's a breath you took too late
It's a death that's worse than fate

Senior service
Junior dissatisfaction
Though it may be second hand
It's by no means second rate


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Senior Service Lyrics as written by Elvis Costello

Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group

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    General Comment

    In addition to being a brand of cigarettes, the armed forces in the UK are ranked, with the navy being the highest rank, or called senior service. The cigarettes are supposedly very rough cut and geared for macho men. Therefore on another level, he's unhappy with the macho types as well.

    quampon March 08, 2014   Link

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