-Making their TV debut as Rusty,
performing "Surrender to the Rhythm"
from their album "The Resurrection of Rust,"
here is Elvis Costello and Allan Mayes!
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-♪ Well, they danced to every tune the band could play ♪
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♪ At just about midnight, they decided to call it a day ♪
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♪ But there's one thing that's left here on their minds ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
-♪ To get a little rice ♪
♪ At any price ♪
♪ They stole the shoes and rice ♪
♪ Surrendered to the rhythm that is calling them home ♪
-Whoo!
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-♪ Well, he was dumb, he was dirty, but she was a princess ♪
♪ Custom-made it to fit right into his arms ♪
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♪ She could thrill him, she could chill him ♪
-♪ Whoo, down to the bone ♪
♪ But he was in his teens ♪
♪ Had to spill the beans ♪
♪ Still looking for ways and means ♪
♪ Surrender to the rhythm that is calling him home ♪
-♪ Well, who's to say if it's right or wrong? ♪
-♪ Not another singer in another song ♪
Whoo!
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Yeah!
♪ Whoa, we're doing alright ♪
-♪ We're doing alright ♪
-♪ Yeah, we're doing okay ♪
-♪ We're doing okay ♪
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-♪ Well, now guess what, guess what happened ♪
♪ Guess what happened next ♪
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-♪ She had to go ♪
♪ Said she was meeting up with one of her friends ♪
-♪ But it was nothing more or less
♪ Than another mess of the blues ♪
-♪ But he had more to lose ♪
♪ Started putting in clues ♪
♪ Oh, yeah, paying his dues ♪
-♪ Surrender to the rhythm that is calling him home ♪
♪ Surrender to the rhythm ♪
♪ Surrender, yeah, to the rhythm ♪
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♪ Surrender to the rhythm ♪
♪ Surrender, yeah, to the rhythm ♪
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-Oh!