The family circle gathers round from very far and near
To pass around the same remarks they passed away last year
The little girl you dangled on your knee without mishap
Stirs something in your memory and something in your lap
*Chorus*
The juniper berry has a very deadly kiss
I believe that something here is very much amiss
But its a living and this is the life
For the world and his wife
The world and his wife
The kissing cousins step outside to cuddle and confess
She says sweet nothing at all its much more of a mess
She says our mother and someone elses father
Went for two weeks holiday in Taramasalata
Daddy went out with the rubbish and he kept on talking
Between Mum and the walls god only knows who does the talking
*Chorus*
(Verse 3 same as verse 2) The conversation melts like chocolate down our open jaws Through the loud appeal of laughter and the counting score drawers But later on in the evening through the tears and fol de rol Come the setimental feelings of the lure of vitriol Longing thoughts go hankering for the old home overseas With a blindfold and a national anthem sung in different keys
*Chorus* (Except instead of C# and F#m, just play D and C and repeat again)
from: Christian Korbanka, Cologne, Germany lyrics and chords of: The World And His Wife (LIVE!) by Elvis Costello (This is the live-version from the Punch The Clock re-issue)
Suggestions and corrections are always welcome! date: 95/10/15
The family circle gathers round from very far and near
To pass around the same remarks they passed away last year
The little girl you dangeled on your knee without mishap
Stirs something in your memory and something in your lap
The juniper berry has a very deadly kiss
I would say that something here is very much in this
But it´s a living and this is the life
For the world and his wife
The world and his wife
The kissing cousins step outside to cuddle and confess
She says sweet nothing at all it´s much more of a mess
She says our mother and someone else´s father
Went for two weeks holiday in Taramasalata
Daddy went out with the rubbish and he kept on walking
Between mum and the walls - god only knows who does the takling
The juniper berry has a very deadly kiss
I would say that something here is very much in this
But it´s a living and this is the life
For the world and his wife
The world and his wife
The conversation melts like chocolate down our open jaws
Through the loud appeal of laughter and the counting of score draws
But later on in the evening through the tears and fol de rol
Come the sentimental feelings for the lure of vitriol
Longing thoughts go hankering for the old home overseas
With a blindfold and a national anthem sung in diferent keys
The juniper berry has a very deadly kiss
I would say that something here is very much in this
