Elvis Costello & The Imposters
She’s Pulling Out the Pin
[Verse 1]
She's pulling out the pin that lets her hair fall down
She shakes her head and it goes tumbling
Her smile was out of place, so she swept it off her face
[Pre-Chorus]
Let me find the words and say them
Like some softly whispered "Amen"
[Chorus]
As she starts to pull away and the lights begin to dim
Is she thinking of me or is she thinking of him
She's pulling out the pin
[Verse 2]
She's slipping off the hook, unbuttoning her dress
There's just enough to make some man a mess
She tears away the veil with her fingernails
[Pre-Chorus]
She came out high and kicking
While the band played "Hey Good Looking"
Do you hear something ticking?
[Chorus]
Did somebody tell her? You can really be redeemed
Could she actually be as desperate as it seems?
She's tearing at the seams
She's going to extremes
Nobody told her what's a sin
So she's pulling out the pin
[Verse 3]
She's taping up her hands, just as a boxer will
They started laughing but if looks could kill
She'd take them down right now
She's covering her mouth with someone or without
There's nothing more to say, this is her wedding day
[Pre-Chorus]
Full of shattered glass and mayhem
Not one softly whispered "Amen"
[Chorus]
When the shock announcement dawns and the smoke begins to thin
Where the world without ends and the next one begins
She's pulling out the pin
She's pulling out the pin
She's pulling out the pin