Tramp The Dirt Down Elvis Costello

all that greed and avarice coming down on that child's lips Well I hope I don't die too soon I pray the Lord my soul to save Oh I'll be a good boy, I'm trying so hard to behave Because there's one thing

Dr. Watson, I Presume Elvis Costello

I sat in a motel room with the doctor Just before we were supposed to sing He said regarding this guardian wing This black and clipped misshapen thing Hobbling on from claw to ring Hung upside down and

Spooky Girlfriend Elvis Costello

I want a girl to make a mess To do no wrong she must confess And then perhaps hitch up her dress 'Cos when the flashbulbs explode She's such a sensitive soul I want a girl who is helpless and frail Who

Hurry Down Doomsday Elvis Costello

The man in the corner of this picture has a sinister purpose In the teeming Temple of the Railroad Kings He's planting a trashy paperback book for accidental purchase Containing all the secrets of life

The Judgement Elvis Costello

The accused will rise To be torn in two Guilty of nothin' but loving you This is the judgement And I'm willin' to plead How you don't want me Hopin' this torment will cease Will I be released?

National Ransom Elvis Costello

"Running pell-mell and harum-scarum Running as hot as they do or dare Stick out your tongue And drink down all the venom A cut-throat Cuthbert And Millicent St.

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

Scarlet Tide Elvis Costello

recall his parting words Must I accept his fate Or take myself far from this place I thought I heard a black bell toll A little bird did sing Man has no choice When he wants everything We'll rise above the

The Scarlet Tide Elvis Costello

recall his parting words must I accept his fate Or take myself far from this place I thought I heard a black bell toll A little bird did sing man has no choice when he wants everything We'll rise above the

Bedlam Elvis Costello

a small prayer If I ever said them I lay down on an iron frame Found myself in bedlam I wish that I could take something for drowning out the noise Wailing echoes down the corridors I've got this imaginary

Pump It Up Elvis Costello

I've been on tenterhooks, ending in dirty looks List'ning to the Muzak, thinking 'bout this 'n' that She said, "That's that, I don't wanna chitter-chat" Turn it down a little bit or turn it down flat

Pump It Up (Live At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

I've been on tenterhooks, ending in dirty looks List'ning to the Muzak, thinking 'bout this 'n' that She said, That's that, I don't want to chitter-chat Turn it down a little bit or turn it down flat

13 Steps Lead Down Elvis Costello

When nobody knows she puts on secret clothes And lies in the meadow with her hands tied behind her back I won't refuse if you know how to use it Just stop playing that ugly drug music Chorus: 13 steps

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

Stations Of The Cross Elvis Costello

"The tempest blows up from a squall Past the Cape of Bad Conscience Into the Gulf of the Cauldron Roars over the coastline to batter and flatten Exposing the roots like the dyed hair of slattern Scrapper

Church Underground Elvis Costello

a long night of pretend I need a pawnbroker or moneylender Why do you do me down, Mister?

The Great Unknown Elvis Costello

They took old Danny Boy for a ride From the arms of his bride to be Threw him into the murky waters By the dog biscuit factory Quick dry the tears and stifle cheers As he sinks just like a stone Footprints

She's Pulling Out The Pin Elvis Costello

"She's pulling out the pin That lets her hair fall down She shakes her head and It goes tumbling Her smile was out of place So she swept it off her face Let me find the words and say them Like some softly

Hand In Hand Elvis Costello

No, don't ask me to apologize I won't ask you to forgive me If I'm gonna go down, you're gonna come with me You say, "Why don't you be a man about it Like they do in the grown-up movies?"

Satellite Elvis Costello

air, champagne rolls off her tongue Like a second language And it should have been her biggest night The satellite looks down on her as she begins to cry All over the world at the very same time people

Running Out Of Angels (Demo Ver.) Elvis Costello

"They say they're running out of angels They say I'm running out of time Oh you don't have to be lucky It is easier than trying, now they're bringing down a Hammer on anything that sells I suppose

Poison Moon Elvis Costello

Cut loose in a nightmare, cast off in my dreams If home is anywhere that I can hang my hat Then it's coming apart at the seams My luck is hanging upside down I try to hold on tight But money's rolling

The Only Flame In Town Elvis Costello

I know a girl got my mind in a mess I never heard her say goodnight and God bless She's not the only flame in town And when we're alone we never quarrel I'm miles away now here's the moral She's not the

Petals Elvis Costello

Fifteen petals One for every year I spent with you Jewels and precious metals will never do I love you twisted And I love you straight I\'d write it down but I can\'t concentrate Words don\'t me

15 Petals Elvis Costello

15 Petals One for every year I spent with you Jewels and precious metals will never do I love you twisted And I love you straight Id write it down but I cant concentrate Words wont obey they do

15 Petals (Album Version) Elvis Costello

Fifteen petals One for every year I spent with you Jewels and precious metals will never do I love you twisted And I love you straight I\'d write it down but I can\'t concentrate Words don\'t me

Tart Elvis Costello

Hear silver trumpets will trill in Arabic streets of Seville Oranges roll in the gutter And you pick them up And peel back the skin To the red fruit within But the flavour is Tart And the flavour is Tart

Crawling To The USA Elvis Costello

> I thought I would go to the sea and shrink down very tiny And slide inside the telephone wire that runs under the briny Till I found there is a way of crawling to the U.S.A.

All These Strangers Elvis Costello

Mistreat me darling and I might just disappear"" Upon 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

American Without Tears 2 (Twilight Version) Elvis Costello

took his piece of the pie When he packed up the casino chips, the IOU and the abacus And switched off the jukebox in a "A Fool Such as I" He was a leg man who was open to offers But he couldn't get

Roadette Song (Live) Elvis Costello

She can roll her shoulder, she can roll her ass Ain't no doubt about it, she's a gamely lass Jerking with her elbow, clever with her knees When she move it over, does the best to please Diction very bad

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

A Voice In The Dark Elvis Costello

"You can read right through a book of matches But that won't make you smart You can laugh in the face of watches But time will only break your heart Kings reign beneath umbrellas Hide pennies down in cellars

Watching The Detectives Elvis Costello

She looks so good that he gets down and begs. She is watching the detectives. "ooh, he's so cute!" She is watching the detectives when they shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot.

Kinder Murder Elvis Costello

Here in the bar, the boys like to have fun There's a wager lost and an argument won There's a stone-washed damsel on a junk-food run It's a kinder murder It's a ladder to heaven from a battered stiletto

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

Nice girls, not one with a defect cellophane shrink-wrapped, so correct Red dogs under illegal legs, She looks so good that he gets down and begs She is watching the detectives, ooh - he's so cute

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

Worthless Thing Elvis Costello

How many times can you jump out of the cupboard Before someone gets suspicious or someone gets discovered You can live forever in a split second of fame Come on down the price is right what's your name

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.

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

The 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

Jimmie Standing In The Rain Elvis Costello

"Third-class ticket in his pocket Punching out the shadows underneath the sockets Tweed coat turned up against the fog Slow coaches rolling o'er the moor Between the very memory And approaches of war Stale

Fallen Elvis Costello

All the leaves are turning yellow, red and brown Soon they'll be scattered as they tumble down Although they may be swept up so invitingly I never did what I was told I trampled though the amber

Miss Macbeth Elvis Costello

All the children testified that Miss Macbeth wore a fishbone slide in her cobweb tresses Her eyes were black like first foot coal, clutched as white as chalk-dust Her fingers sweated india-ink and poison-pen

45 Elvis Costello

Bells are chiming for victory Theres a page back in history 45 They came back to the world that they fought for Didnt turn out just like they thought 45 Here is a song to sing to do the measuring What

Speak Darkly My Angel (Live) Elvis Costello

The sweetness has gone out of it And all that's left is bitter barren greed A needy lover with her almost vanished liar Entangled as the gloom is strangled by the clinging brier That ventures out to gather

Dissolve Elvis Costello

Sugar cube drop into a yellow cup What makes the world just waking up Revolve? Dissolve Who know where on earth it's going to stop?

You Turned To Me Elvis Costello

You turned to me And all at once I knew I was betrayed My eyes met yours just down the darkened path Where both of us had strayed Nothing good can come out of this I know it may not be But just

No Action Elvis Costello

you that we were just good friends But when I hold you like I hold that bakelite in my hands There's no action, there's no action, there's no action Ev'ry time I phone you, I just wanna put you down

No Action (Live At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

you that we were just good friends But when I hold you like I hold that Bakelite in my hands There's no action, there's no action, there's no action Ev'ry time I phone you, I just want to put you down