Still (Feat. The Brodsky Quartet) Elvis Costello

These few lines I'll devote To a marvellous girl covered up with my coat Pull it up to your chin I'll hold you until the day will begin Still Lying in the shadows this new flame will cast Upon everything

Still Elvis Costello

These few lines I'll devote To a marvelous girl covered up with my coat Pull it up to your chin I'll hold you until the day will begin Still Lying in the shadows this new flame will cast Upon

Almost Ideal Eyes (Live) Elvis Costello

Here she comes with her almost ideal eyes And her flawless skin and her petulant pout The memory of such a long blond alibi Still makes me want to shout out loud You ** when you clear your head my

All The Rage Elvis Costello

1-2-3,2-3,3 The twitching impulses to speak your mind I'll lend you my microscope and maybe you will find it Is it in that ugly place that's just behind your face Where you keep my picture still despite

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

Smile (Japanese A-Side) Elvis Costello

Smile tho' your heart is aching Smile even tho' it's breaking When there are clouds in the sky You'll get by if you smile through Your fear and sorrow smile and maybe Tomorrow you'll see the

The Birds Will Still Be Singing Elvis Costello

Summertime withers as the sun descends He wants to kiss you. Will you condescend?

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

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.

You Hung The Moon Elvis Costello

"The homecoming fanfare is echoing still Now tapping on tables And sensing a chill Poor families expecting loved one's return Only summon some charlatan spectre Oh, when will they learn?

Let Him Dangle Elvis Costello

Bentley said to Craig "Let him have it Chris" They still don't know today just what he meant by this Craig fired the pistol, but was too young to swing So the police took Bentley and the very next thing

The Deportees Club Elvis Costello

In the Arrivederci Roma nightclub bar and grill Standing in the fibreglass ruins watching time stand still All your troubles you confess to another faceless backless dress Schnapps Chianti Porter and Ouzo

Put Away Forbidden Playthings (Live) Elvis Costello

Put away forbidden playthings Amusements and distractions And dismantle the contraption and carry it away In time as beauty dissolves into glamor It slips from your heart and falls under the hammer Put

Name Of This Thing Is Not Love Elvis Costello

"There's a part of this feeling That I just cannot kill But the name of this thing is not love And I can't take a potion And I won't take a pill So it tortures me still But the name of this thing is not

The Name Of This Thing Is Not Love Elvis Costello

There's a part of this feeling that I just cannot kill But the name of this thing is not love And I can't take a potion, and I won't take a pill So it tortures me still, but the name of this thing is not

Complicated Shadows Elvis Costello

Complicated Shadows Well there's a line that you must toe and it'll soon be time to go but it's darker than you know in those Complicated Shadows All you gangsters and rude clowns Who were shooting up the

Impatience ( Bonus Track ) Elvis Costello

Before I can tell you the things I've been wanting to say How long must I hesitate?

Impatience Elvis Costello

Before I can tell you the things I've been wanting to say How long must I hesitate?

I'm In The Mood Again Elvis Costello

Hail to the taxis They go where I go Farewell the newspapers that know more than I know Flung under a street-lamp still burning at dawn I'm in the mood again I walk the damp streets rather than

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

Sneaky Feelings Elvis Costello

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.

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

Either Side Of The Same Town Elvis Costello

Nothing will ever be the same All of the promises we made seem hollow But there are still streets in this town Marked with your shadow So if you see me, look surprised If you don't then pass me by And

Everyday I Write The Book Elvis Costello

FIND STRANGE HANDS IN YOUR SWEATER When your dreamboat turns out to be a footnote I'm a man with a mission in two or three editions And I'm giving you a longing look Everyday, everyday, everyday I write the

Less Than Zero Elvis Costello

Calling Mister Oswald with the swastika tattoo, there is a vacancy waiting in the English voodoo, carving "v" for vandal on the guilty boy's head.

Stalin Malone Elvis Costello

I'm going to make you even fear the dream you dream So don't even think about it don't make a wish You think that I don't see you as you trawl those young weak fish Hooked on those poor wonders, 'til they

Welcome To The Working Week Elvis Costello

Now that your picture's in the paper being rhythmically admired and you can have anyone that you have ever desired, all you gotta tell me now is why, why, why, why. Welcome to the workin' week.

Love Field Elvis Costello

You lie so unfolded in a love field With your contempt for any modesty In a love field In a love field in a love field You yield with your lips still sealed In a love field Lost in a sea of imaginary women

Blame It On Cain Elvis Costello

Still, you are the only one. Now I can't let it slip away. So if the man with the ticker tape, he tries to take it, well this is what I'm gonna say. Blame it on Cain. Don't blame it on me.

Home Truth Elvis Costello

I hung up the phone tonight Just as you said I love you Once this would have been coincidence Now these things start to bother me You still close your eyes when I kiss you And I close mine too But we didn't

National Ransom Elvis Costello

Cyr From the real old Macau To the new false Americas In the liberated territories Unusual suspects shake down, shake down, shake down Various dubious characters Mother's in the kitchen picking bones

Peace In Our Time Elvis Costello

Out of the aeroplane stepped Chamberlain with a condemned man's stare But we all cheered wildly a photograph was taken As he waved a piece of paper in the air Now the disco machine lives in Munich And

Jump Up Elvis Costello

Take off your shoes, hang up your wings Stack up the chairs, roll up the rug Savor the things that sobriety brings Drain in the last from a jug But when I hit the bottle, there's no tellin' what

Radio Silence Elvis Costello

Signal fading, listen to what I'm saying Testing, testing This better be worth all of the breath I'm wasting Maintaining radio silence from now on Barricaded in the talk radio station Hostage taken The

Let's Misbehave Elvis Costello

'Cause, that fateful moment's comin' at last We're all alone, no chaperone Can get our number, the world's in slumber Let's misbehave There's something wild about you, child That's so contagious, let's

This Year's Girl Elvis Costello

'cause she's this year's girl You think you all own little pieces of this year's girl Forget your fancy manners Forget your English grammar 'Cause you don't really give a damn about this year's girl Still

This Year's Girl (Alternate Eden Studios Ver.) Elvis Costello

she's this year's girl You think you all own little pieces of this year's girl Forget your fancy manners Forget your English grammar 'Cause you don't really give a damn about this year's girl Still

(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes Elvis Costello

But since their wings have got rusted, you know, the angels wanna wear my red shoes. But when they told me 'bout their side of the bargain, that's when I knew that I could not refuse.

Miracle Man Elvis Costello

I never thought that so much trouble was restin' on my reply, I could say it was the nights when I was lonely and you were the only one who'd come.

(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes (Live At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

But since their wings have got rusted, you know, the angels wanna wear my red shoes. But when they told me 'bout their side of the bargain, that's when I knew that I could not refuse.

The Other Side Of Summer Elvis Costello

From the foaming breakers of the poisonous surf The other side of Summer To the burning forests in the hills of Astroturf The other side of Summer The automatic gates close up between the shanties and

Soul For Hire Elvis Costello

Fool I was, I thought that you fought fire with fire Got to me more than just a soul for hire Speaking for myself I wouldn't take the fame, the fees, the glory For whoring in the practice of the law I

All This Useless Beauty Elvis Costello

If she wasnt so ladylike She imagines how she might have lived Back when legends and history collide So she looks to her prince finding hes so charmingly Slumped at her side Those days are recalled on the

That's Not The Part Of Him You're Leaving Elvis Costello

"I have a friend She's just a friend I tried to comfort and defend I gave her what you might call advice But nothing like that comes without a price The rumor was a cruel surprise And she dissolved before

Veronica Elvis Costello

What goes on in that place in the dark?

God Give Me Strength Elvis Costello

Now I have nothing So God give me strength 'Cos I'm weak in her wake And if I'm strong I might still break And I don't have anything to share That I won't throw away into the air That song is sung out

God Give Me Strength (Live) Elvis Costello

Now I have nothing, so God give me strength 'Cause I'm weak in her wake And if I'm strong I might still break And I don't have anything to share That I won't throw away into the air That song is sung out

Delivery Man Elvis Costello

Elvis In a certain way he feels like Jesus Everyone dreams of him just as they can But he's only the humble Delivery Man Geraldine blushes and brushes away The cigarette ashes that Vivian scatters Stares

Deep Dark Truthful Mirror Elvis Costello

One day you're going to have to face A deep dark truthful mirror And it's going to tell you things that I still love you too much to say The sky was just a purple bruise the ground was iron And

This Year's Girl (Live At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

This Year's Girl Elvis Costello This Years Model (1978) See her picture in a thousand places 'cause she's this year's girl You think you all own little pieces of this year's girl Forget your fancy