Photographs of fancy tricks to get your kicks at sixty-six
He thinks of all the lips that he licks
And all the girls that he's going to fix
She gave a little flirt, gave herself a little cuddle
But there's no place here for the mini-skirt waddle
Capital punishment, she's last year's model
They call her Natasha when she looks like Elsie
I don't want to go to Chelsea

Oh, no, it does not move me
Even though I've seen the movie
I don't want to check your pulse
I don't want nobody else
I don't want to go to Chelsea

Everybody's got new orders
Be a nice girl and kiss the warders
Now the teacher is away
All the kids begin to play

Men come screaming, dressed in white coats
Shake you very gently by the throat
One's named Gus, one's named Alfie
I don't want to go to Chelsea

Oh, no, it does not move me
Even though I've seen the movie
I don't want to check your pulse
I don't want nobody else
I don't want to go to Chelsea

Photographs of fancy tricks to get your kicks at sixty-six
He thinks of all the lips that he licks
And all the girls that he's going to fix
She gave a little flirt, gave herself a little cuddle
But there's no place here for the mini-skirt waddle
Capital punishment, she's last year's model
They call her Natasha when she looks like Elsie
I don't want to go to Chelsea

Oh, no, it does not move me
Even though I've seen the movie
I don't want to check your pulse
I don't want nobody else
I don't want to go to Chelsea


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(I Don't Want to Go To) Chelsea Lyrics as written by Elvis Costello

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    My Interpretation

    Edie Sedgwick, Twiggy, Warhol and his dissident-queer entourage, the cult of decadence and bohemian posers, models, shallow shock-tactics that are mistaken for daring art, speed freaks and platinum blondes in black leather hanging out with sick shemales, plotless pointless film experiments hailed as cutting edge cinema, addicts and self-promoting sociopaths celebrated by the high priests of urban nihilist obfuscation as the next big thing, being intentionally cryptic as a substitute for actual creative talent. Chelsea Hotel. Ciao Manhattan. Dr. Robert. Velvet Underground (man - do they get boring after a while...)

    Makes me love Norman Rockwell paintings. To hell with nihilism. Elvis is King!

    NomadMonadon May 17, 2012   Link

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