You Left Me In The Dark Elvis Costello

See how the elements obey?

Deep Dark Truthful Mirror Elvis Costello

you fell all around the town until you looked the same The same eyes the same lips the same lie your tongue trips Deep dark deep dark truthful mirror Deep dark deep dark truthful mirror The

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

Sulky Girl Elvis Costello

She wears a wedding ring her sister lent To throw them off the scent Just let them guess; it's what they expect Who in the world has bitten her neck?

I Want To Vanish Elvis Costello

I want to vanish This is my fondest wish To go where I cannot be captured Laid on a decorated dish Even in splendor this curious fate Is more than I care to surrender Now it's too late Whether in wonder

When Did I Stop Dreaming? Elvis Costello

You appeared when I was lost in reverie If this is not a dream, it's my mistake And now I lie in wait for dawn to break I'm fairly sure I'm wide awake Pardon me, if I seem distant and strange Just

When Did I Stop Dreaming Elvis Costello

You appeared when I was lost in reverie If this is not a dream, it's my mistake And now I lie in wait for dawn to break I'm fairly sure I'm wide awake Pardon me, if I seem distant and strange Just tell

Lip Service Elvis Costello

You left the motor running But I know you're so attractive Getting in some sharp practice You better not do anything reckless But everybody is going through the motions Everybody is going through

Lip Service (Live At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

You left the motor running But I know you're so attractive Getting in some sharp practice You better not do anything reckless But everybody is going through the motions Everybody is going through

Nothing Clings Like Ivy Elvis Costello

Frightened by the dark Though she cuts deep It never leaves a mark No one quite like Ivy Ever gets it straight What she believes She won't negotiate All the words of tenderness That never quite got through

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

Five Small Words Elvis Costello

"Maybe you'll recognize in time Maybe one day you will discover All the pain that lies behind You and your unfortunate love Somebody might be more Unsuitable and strange With eyes that offer everything

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 (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

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.

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

Living In Paradise (Live At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

Living in Paradise Elvis Costello This Years Model (1978) I don't like those other guys looking at your curves I don't like you walking round with physical jerks Everything they say and do is getting

15 Petals Elvis Costello

as they please And all I am left with are these... 15 Petals One for every year I spent with you Jewels and precious metals will never do The thorn is blunted The perfume will fade I stand

Living In Paradise Elvis Costello

the perks 'Cause when they pull the shutters down and throw up in the dark They'll find that all the dogs outside bite much worse than they bark (CHORUS) Here we are living in paradise, living in

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

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

My Little Blue Window Elvis Costello

This is a calling card Maybe it will be a 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

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

Veronica Elvis Costello

Is it all in that pretty little head of yours? What goes on in that place in the dark?

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

Sour Milk Cow Blues Elvis Costello

You like coffee and you like tea Much more than you like me And everybody says watch out yeah For the sour milk cow blues You like your coffee just a little too sweet Without your sugar life is incomplete

When I Was Cruel No. 2 Elvis Costello

Those in the know, don't even flatter her, They go one better "She was selling speedboats in a tradeshow when he met her" Look at her now She's starting to yawn She looks like she was born to it But it

Days Elvis Costello

Thank you for the days Those endless days those sacred days you gave me I'm thinking of the days I won't forget a single day believe me I bless the light I bless the light that shines on you believe me

(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.

(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.

Episode Of Blonde Elvis Costello

twenty tons of rain Though she had the attention span of warm cellophane Her lovers fell like skittles in a 10-pin bowling lane But nothing could compare with the explosion of fame So you jumped back

Episode Of Blonde (Live) Elvis Costello

twenty tons of rain Though she had the attention span of warm cellophane Her lovers fell like skittles in a 10-pin bowling lane But nothing could compare with the explosion of fame So you jumped back

Joe Porterhouse Elvis Costello

The children sit upon the stairs High above a valley of tears Don't let them see you crying that way oh no Oh no Joe Porterhouse Is not gone forever He'll be back another day Don't let them see you crying

Big Boys (Demo Ver.) Elvis Costello

"I am starting to function In the usual way Everything is so provocative Very very, temporary I shall walk (I shall walk) Out of this place (out of this place) I shall walk Out on you 'Cause

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

Heart Shaped Bruise Elvis Costello

Tell me now Or are you teasing? I felt the cold hard facts of life Five degrees from freezing Does it amuse you to always Hurt me so? It try my best it's not enough Should I give up and let you?

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

Edith And The Kingpin Elvis Costello

The big man arrives Disco dancers greet him Plainclothes cops greet him Small town, big man Fresh lipstick glistening Sophomore jive From victims Of typewriters The band sounds Like typewriters The big

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?"

Alibi Elvis Costello

And you don't need anybody Alibi, alibi But you are the only one that knows this Alibi, alibi You deserve it 'cause you're special Alibi, alibi Maybe Jesus wants you for a sunbeam Alibi, alibi

Everyday I Write The Book Elvis Costello

Don't tell me you don't know what love is When you're old enough to know better WHEN YOU FIND STRANGE HANDS IN YOUR SWEATER When your dreamboat turns out to be a footnote I'm a man with a mission in two

The Beat Elvis Costello

We're all going on a summer holiday Vigilantes coming out to follow me Heard somebody say they're out to collar me Anybody wanna swallow me?

Inch By Inch Elvis Costello

You can take a powder you can take a drink You can keep the shrink and the kitchen sink Write my name in heaven in invisible ink I just woke up from dreaming I think You can take me over you can give me

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

Goon Squad (LIve At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

Goon Squad Elvis Costello & the Attractions Armed Forces (1979) Mother, Father, I'm here in the zoo I can't come home 'cause I've grown up too soon I got my sentence I got my command They said they'd

The Beat (LIve At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

Speak up; don't mumble if you're in the combo. On the beat, on the beat. Till a man comes along and he says, 'Have you been a good boy, never played with your toy?

Lipstick Vogue Elvis Costello

Don't say you love me when it's just a rumour Don't say a word if there is any doubt Sometimes I think that love is just a tumour You've got to cut it out You say you're sorry for the things that

Lipstick Vogue (Live At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

You say you're sorry for the things that you've done. You say you're sorry but you know you don't mean it. I wouldn't worry. I had so much fun.

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