My Little Blue Window Elvis Costello

farewell note The poison fountain pen now requires the antidote But if I avert your gaze And I should become a shrinking flower Just punch me on the arm This could be our finest hour 'Til now this was my

My Lovely Jezebel Elvis Costello

"She attracts dark rumors Travels in blue and other humors Each time she walks in the room Brings in much more than you'd assume Ooo, I looked in her eyes and out through that window I fell She's my lovely

Bullets For The New-Born King Elvis Costello

"No one looks in this place for motive or any hope But for the dead shot of an amber glass The blue light of a votive Rain obscured the window As the pain was dulled by the grains Absolved by spoons in

Little Triggers Elvis Costello

Little triggers that you pull with your tongue Little triggers, I don't wanna be hung up, strung up When you don't call up (CHORUS) Little sniggers on your lips Little triggers in your grip Little

My Flame Burns Blue (Blood Count) (Live) Elvis Costello

As the last light glimmers And the evening hours dim Maybe I'm too proud to utter it out loud Even though my flame burns blue As the night's descending Once again I find I'll tarry and pretend My confidential

Hora Decubitus (Live) Elvis Costello

Siren is bending, the radio humming Sun is breaking through and the storm is coming The score is obscure, the melody fractured It went by my window, refused to be captured I hope that I wake up in time

All These Strangers Elvis Costello

freighter running dark out of Algiers Put tiny grains in children's tears While taking twenty five percent of all those flashbulbs and mementos From the mechanized divisions rolling over your frontiers I saw my

Watching The Detectives Elvis Costello

Long shot of that jumping sign, Visible shivers running down my spine. Cut the baby taking off her clothes.

Watching The Detectives (Live At Hollywood High/1978) Elvis Costello

But he can't be wounded 'cause he's got no heart Long shot of that jumping sign Visible shivers running down my spine Cut the baby taking off her clothes Close-up of the sign that says We never close

Watching The Detectives (Live) Elvis Costello

Watching the Detectives Elvis Costello My Aim is True (1977) Nice girls not one with a defect, cellophane shrink-wrapped, so correct. Red dogs under illegal legs.

You Hung The Moon Elvis Costello

You hung the moon From a gallows in the sky Choked out the light In his blue lunar eye The shore is a parchment The sea has no tide Since he was taken from my side The lines of the fallen are viewed through

Almost Blue (Live) Elvis Costello

Almost blue Almost doing things we used to do There's a girl here, and she's almost you Almost all the things that your eyes once promised I see in hers too Now your eyes are red from crying Almost blue

The Bridge I Burned Elvis Costello

I'm up here with my spying glass at the window up above For better or for worse - it's a perverse universe, my love.

My Funny Valentine Elvis Costello

My funny valentine, sweet comic valentine You make me smile with my heart Your looks are laughable, unphotographable But you're my favourite work of art Is your figure less than Greek

When Green Eyes Turn Blue Elvis Costello

Every single time It becomes too much There's nothing I can say Or I can touch But the glory is, as it comes passing through, I know I will be there When green eyes turn blue It's the same for

Speak Darkly My Angel (Live) Elvis Costello

Speak darkly, my angel Or do I have to plead?

Stranger In The House Elvis Costello

This never was one of the great romances But I thought you'd always have those young girl's eyes But now they look in tired and bitter glances At the ghost of a man who walks 'round in my disguise

Alison (Elvis Costello) Hitomi Shimazaki

Alison (Elvis Costello) - Hitomi Shimazaki (시마자키 히토미/島崎ひとみ) Oh it's so funny to be seeing you after so long, girl. And with the way you look i understand That you are not impressed.

Mystery Dance Elvis Costello

He jumped out the window cause he couldn't sit still. Juliet was waiting with a safety net. He said "Don't bury me cause I'm not dead yet". Why don't you tell me 'bout the mystery dance.

Soul For Hire Elvis Costello

Hang my head and shut my eyes What kind of justice is this?

A Voice In The Dark Elvis Costello

Hide pennies down in cellars And money pours down and yet Not everyone gets soaking wet When bores and bullies conspire To stamp out your spark Listen for A voice in the dark Not a moment too soon as we blue

Big Boys (Demo Ver.) Elvis Costello

I was caught in the suction By a face like a truncheon I was down upon one knee Stroking her vanity I was stuck on a hammerhead I came alive and left for dead As my face returned to red Choking

Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4 Elvis Costello

I saw a girl who'd found her consolation She said "One day my Prince of Peace will come" Above her head a portrait of her father The wilted favour that he gave her still fastened to the frame "They've

Hurry Down Doomsday Elvis Costello

paperback book for accidental purchase Containing all the secrets of life and other useless things But I can't bring myself to look Wake up Zombie write yourself another book You want to scream and shout my

Last Boat Leaving Elvis Costello

Hush my little one don't cry so You know your daddy's bound to go They took his pride They took his voice Don't upset him now, don't make a noise They said "You're lucky son you've still got a choice"

...This Town... Elvis Costello

That Charlie Sedarka was a-playing the piano like he was pawing a dirty book He bit a hole in his big bottom lip and gave his very best little boy look It was a song with a topical verse which I'm afraid

Imagination Elvis Costello

lady-killer, who came creepin' 'cross the floor Then you caught up in a whirlwind, you got blown right out the door Oh, yes it was a whirlwind, sweet romance was on your side If you wanna dance on my

Let's Misbehave Elvis Costello

child That's so contagious, let's be outrageous Let's misbehave When Adam won Eve's hand He wouldn't stand for teasin' He didn't care about those apples out of season They say that spring means just one little

You Left Me In The Dark Elvis Costello

Eyes are blue Skies are grey Nothing I do can make you stay I'm glad it will rain today You left me standing alone Although I thought that we could not be parted But if I'd only known That this

Green Shirt (Demo Ver.) Elvis Costello

"There's a smart young woman on a light blue screen Who comes into my house every night. And she takes all the red, yellow, orange and green And she turns them into black and white.

Needle Time Elvis Costello

Least not as much as I do And squander all my contempt for A little nothing like you Liars like you are ten-a-penny Women would slap you, if you knew any Sometimes I feel just like committing a crime I've

One Bell Ringing Elvis Costello

"Raining slapping on the window pane An hour or more of teeming Storm punching like a hurricane That tore him out of dreaming Air screaming through the slightest gap Rattling between the frame and the

Mystery Dance (Live At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

Romeo was restless, he was ready to kill He jumped out the window 'cause he couldn't sit still Juliet was waiting with a safety net He said, "Don't bury me 'cause I'm not dead yet" Why don't you tell

Don\'t Let Me Be Misunderstood (The Animals Cover) Elvis Costello

Sometimes I feel a little mad But don\'t you know that no one alive can always be an angel When things go wrong I feel real bad.

Don\'t Let Me Be Misunderstood Elvis Costello

Sometimes I feel a little mad But don\'t you know that no one alive can always be an angel When things go wrong I feel real bad.

Alison Elvis Costello

But I heard you let that little friend of mine take off your party dress.

Upon A Veil Of Midnight Blue (Live) Elvis Costello

Upon a veil of midnight blue There hung a crescent moon To light the view But you didn't whisper the words When the moment arose I wonder how she knows You find your tongue is tied Your words escape and

Chewing Gum Elvis Costello

bumps and he grinds, as he repeats "Bang-Cock" Chorus: There must be something that is better than this It starts with a slap and ends up with a kiss Begins with you bawling and it ends up in tears Oh my

(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea Elvis Costello

" (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

(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea (Live At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

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

(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea (Live) Elvis Costello

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

Blame It On Cain Elvis Costello

Once upon a time, I had a little money. Government burglars took it long before I could mail it to you. Still, you are the only one. Now I can't let it slip away.

Sneaky Feelings Elvis Costello

I get you in my dreams. You should hear the things you say. I's not that it's so much fun, but it's safer that way. Sneaky feeling, sneaky feelings, you can't let those kind of feeling show.

Alison (Live At Hollywood High/1978) Elvis Costello

Well, it's so funny to be seein ya after so long girl by the way look, I understand that you are not impressed I heard you let that little friend of mine take off your party dress I'm not gonna get

Alison (Album Version) Elvis Costello

Well, it's so funny to be seein ya after so long girl by the way look, I understand that you are not impressed I heard you let that little friend of mine take off your party dress I'm not gonna get too

The Other Side Of Summer Elvis Costello

The sun struggles up another beautiful day And I felt glad in my own suspicious way Despite the contradiction and confusion Felt tragic without reason There's malice and there's magic in every season CHORUS

American Without Tears Elvis Costello

Outside in New Orleans the heat was almost frightening But my hotel room as usual was freezing and unkind On TV they prosecute anyone who's exciting So I put on my overcoat and went down to find

A Slow Drag With Josephine Elvis Costello

"The snitch, the snoop, the tattletale Lead a threadbare up stairs Adieu, my little ballyhoo You broke my heart in two And now I haunt the bars and scent those trite affairs She went home to gather her

Pay It Back Elvis Costello

Stop thief; you're gonna come to grief if you don't take a little more care. You're gonna get more than the family plan from this one shoestring affair.

Night Rally Elvis Costello

Wait until they've got you running to the Night rally, night rally, night rally Everybody's singing with their hand on their heart About deeds done in the darkest hours That's just the sort of catchy little