Elvis Costello
Blood and Hot Sauce
Well I'm gonna make my way
On the first unclouded day
Hooray! for blood and hot sauce.

If you feel the urge to shout,
And you have to let it out
Don't blaspheme. Just say, "Blood and hot sauce."

If you want something that's nice
With your pancakes and your eggs
You're prepared to sacrifice
And you're down to the dregs

When your temper starts to boil
There's a martyr in your cereal bowl.
Hooray for blood and hot sauce.

I was climbing up the ratings
Cause they said I was a Satan
But the ladies treat me kindly
Cause they know what's on my mind

So I gave into temptation
And I'm lousy with penetration.
Hooray for blood and hot sauce.
Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray!
Hip hip hooray for blood and hot sauce.
There's gonna be a big encounter.
We're gonna take this to the mountain
Hooray for blood and hot sauce.

When you feel like someone called
And they'd like to kick around
Stand your ground, stand your ground

If your spirit starts to sag
And you feel like someone's gone
That you'd like to kick around
Stand your ground, stand your ground.

When the peaches all turn ripe
I'll sell the stars but I'll keep the stripes
I'll change the color of them too.
I'll paint some red; I'll turn some blue.

And by the lord, I'll make a curse
Though I mean just the reverse
Hooray for blood and hot sauce.

When you're tired of the lies
Of politicians and of preachers
You put your trust in me.
Help me be your brother's keeper.
If you pay too many taxes,
think salvation should be cheaper
Say hooray for blood and hot sauce.

There's a widow in Meridian,
a child in Oklahoma,
whose faith you should consider
As if it were your own

There's a metal that we struck
There's a ticker-tape parade
Someone figures there's a swindle
Or a deal to be made

Put your hand on the bible.
Keep your finger on the trigger.
Hooray for blood and hot sauce.

When the bailiffs are at the door
And you want to vent your spleen
Vaseline, a pompadour,
I'm twice the man you should have been.

Hand round the ammunition and the gasoline
Hip hip hooray for blood and hot sauce.
Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray!
Hip hip hooray for blood and hot sauce.
There's gonna be a big encounter,
You're gonna take this to the mountain.
Hooray for blood and hot sauce.

And the people will not judge me
'Cause there's only one goddamn
And you know how much they love me
Because I'm one of them

I was climbing up the ratings
And they said I was a satan
Still the ladies treat me kindly
'Cause they know what's on my mind

So I gave in to temptation
And I'm lousy with penetration.
Hooray for blood and hot sauce.

Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray!
Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray!