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from Elvis Costello - Get Happy (1980)
you won't take my love for tender
you can put your money where your mouth is but you're so unsure I could be a miser or a big spender but you might get much more than you bargained for check not or checkmate class not or classmate so beautiful and fortunate you're the one who hates to love but he's the one who loves to hate and he can fix you awful good because he is the neighborhood you can get money for blood blood money for doing no good better tell me now you made your selection are your ready for correction 'cause the wages of sin are an expensive infection they'll make you bankrupt better pay off now don't interrupt I'm so in love and I'm so sincere just like a well-known financier you know I've never been corrupt I'll pay you a compliment you'll think I am innocent you can total up the balance sheet and never know if I am a common thief you won't take my love for tender |
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from Elvis Costello - Get Happy (1980)
born in the middle of the second big baby boom
those noisy boys just might have spoken up too soon now I'm looking for a little girl I wonder where she's gone big money for families having more than one *opportunity, opportunity this is your big opportunity to shop around, follow you without a sound what ever you do now, don't turn around don't turn around what ever happened to the pride of the nation they say they're waiting till they break formation she was sittin' pretty on a velvet cushion but her bedroom eyes were like a button she was pushing she said when they get to dover they'll be taking over said I'll come to her defense then she'll pull me over *Repeat I'm in the foxhole I'm down in the trench I'd be a hero but I can't stand the stench the fitness institute is for the general motor man the holo house of beauty wouldn't stand a chance with them the chairman of this board'll use a compliment collector I'd like to be his funeral director *Repeat please don't turn around please don't turn around don't turn around don't turn around don't turn around |
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from Elvis Costello - Get Happy (1980)
trying to be too bad
trying to talk too tough trying to jack the lad you think you've had enough *but he's not the man you think that he can be I just don't know why you can't see that he is only the imposter that he is only the imposter never been this far always been too smart and you know how all boys are they're really girls at heart *Repeat when I said that I was lying I might have been lying never let me hear you say you're not trying this is your big decision hope you're not disappointed he's got double-vision when you want him double-jointed and he's not the man you think that he can be I just don't know why you can't see he'll only bring you souvenirs it's only going to end in tears and he is only the imposter and he is only the imposter |
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from Elvis Costello - Get Happy (1980)
this must be the place
second place in the human race down in the basement now I know what he meant secondary modern where there won't be a problem 'til the girls go home this is the hand that you never shook you never gave me the chance that I took secondary modern where there won't be a problem 'til the girls go home is it out of the question between you and me is it pleasure or business or a bag of the three nobody makes me sad like you now my whole world goes from blue to blue secondary modern where there won't be a problem 'til the girls go home secondary modern where there won't be a problem 'til the girls go home 'til the girls go home 'til the girls go home |
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from Elvis Costello - Get Happy (1980)
cheap cut satin and bad perfume
showtime is almost here tears stop by your strength caught you laughing up your sleeve sniggering in your beer seen the bottom of a lot of glasses but he's never seen love so near he'd seen love get so expensive but he'd never seen love so dear *now I know that you're all king horse between tenderness and brute force now I know that you're all king horse between tenderness and brute force she can turn a pot of sixpence in the mouth and trouser set hit the till ring the bill never spill a sip and still she knows the kind of tip she is going to get a lot of loose exchanges precious little respect but if someone else is weakened that's the best that you can expect *Repeat so fine knit a fabric so fine a fabrication from comic books to tragic to the art of conversation meanwhile back in some secluded spot he says will you please and she says stop if I ever loose this good thing that I got I never want to hear the song you dedicated tonight you see I knew that song so long before we met that it means much more than it might *Repeat |
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from Elvis Costello - Get Happy (1980)
if there's anything that you want
if there's anything that you need there's no need to be miserable it talks and it's persuasive possession, possession, possession now you're sending me your best wishes signed with love and vicious kisses you lack lust you're so lackluster is that all the strength you can muster possession, possession, possession even when we are out of touch now I know that I've seen too much seen to much so all I see is that I'm back to pack may case is closed my case is packed I'll get out before the violence or the tears or the silence possession, possession, possession |
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from Elvis Costello - Get Happy (1980)
now those newsprints all over your face
well maybe that's why I can read you like a book just when I thought I was getting my taste a bite I go and lose my appetite look at the man that you'd call uncle they'd like to sink their teeth in to you for the pride and the pleasure and the privilege of having you if I say you're the one do you think that I'm serious you get that kind of talk from older men if I say I love you then I must be delirious so why are you trying to put my temperature up again look at the man that you'd call uncle having a heart-attack 'round your ankles when you wake up with x-rated eyes when you wake up still shaking how could I apologize as your check you affects and you check your reflection I'm so affected in the face of your affection look at the man that you'd call uncle having a heart-attack 'round your ankles I could swear I could promise that I'll always be true to you but we may not live to be so old I could even say I'm going to do something new to you now the girls I see just leave me cold look at the man that you'd call uncle |
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from Elvis Costello - Get Happy (1980)
tears on your blackmail
they turn to ransom a point of the fingernail says you're so handsome *clowntime is over time to take over while others just talk and talk somebody's watching where the others don't walk clowntime is over a voice in the shadows says that his men know he don't step back as expected he's otherwise an unprotected *Repeat almost too good to be true who do you? What do you do? Why do you do? Everybody's hiding under covers who's making lovers' lane safe again for lovers *Repeat |
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from Elvis Costello - Get Happy (1980)
you're sending me tulips mistaken for lilies
you give me a look that the function is silly you turn my head till it roll down the brain-drain if I had any sense now I wouldn't want it back again new amsterdam it's become much too much 'til I have the possession of everything she touches 'til I step on the brake to get out of her clutches 'til I speak double dutch to a real double duchess down on the main spring listen to the tick-tock collect all the faces that move in your lot twice-shy and dog-tied because you've been bitten everything you say now sounds like it was ghost-written back in london they'll take you to heart after a little while though I look right at home I still feel like an exile somehow I found myself down at the dockside thinking about the old days of liverpool and rotherhide transparent people who live on the other side living a life that is almost like suicide |
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from Elvis Costello - Get Happy (1980)
Some things you never get used to even though you're
feeling like another man. There's nothing that he can do for you to shut me away as you walk through. Lovers laughing in the amateur hour, holding hands in the corridors of power, even though I'm with somebody else right now. High fidelity. Can you hear me, can you hear me, can you hear me? High fidelity. Can you hear me, can you hear me, can you hear me? There's a new kind of dedication. Maybe you'll find it down in the tunnel. Maybe I got above my station. Maybe you're only changing channels. Even though you're nowhere near me and I know you kiss him so sincerely now. Even though the signal's indistinct and you worry about what silly people think, who just can't wait to feel so frozen out? I bet he thinks that he was chosen out of millions. I suppose he'll never know about High fidelity. Can you hear me, can you hear me, can you hear me? High fidelity. Can you hear me, can you hear me, can you hear me? |
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from Elvis Costello - Get Happy (1980)
I'm the living result
I'm a man who's been hurt a little too much and I've tasted the bitterness of my own tears sadness is all my lonely heart can feel I can't stand up for falling down I can't stand up for falling down simple though love is still it confused me why I'm not loved the way I should be now I've lived with heartaches and I've roomed with fear I've dealt with despair and I've wrestled with tears I can't stand up for falling down I can't stand up for falling down the vow that we made you broke it in two but that don't stop me from loving you I can't stand up for falling down I can't stand up for falling down |
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from Elvis Costello - Get Happy (1980)
I was looking at the black and white world
it seemed so exciting if you'd only put me back to back with that girl when the night's inviting with just a little lighting there'll never be days like that again when I was just a boy and men were men you'd never go from moment to moment you're the living double of a single fiction you're the very colour poets compliment cause you feel the fingers friction it's a freeze frame, still it's real life you don't want to look cause you've seen the film and read the book I was looking at the black and white world trying to name some pin-up in those days she was just a beautiful girl now she's framed and hung up I thought she was younger until I saw her last night in close detail though they all fade away when you're so pale it's more than just a physical attraction starts with a face and ends up a fixation but you're never going to feel a fraction the way it used to work on your imagination when you were looking at a black and white world |
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from Elvis Costello - Get Happy (1980)
five gears in reverse
girls looking for the big lift somebody send out for the night nurse please don't stick me on the late shift if you don't know by now nobody's going to tell you if you don't know by now the shock will probably kill you *and if your patience is exhausted and you still cannot decide you're sitting in a garage contemplating suicide and you have no motivation you can't even catch your breath all the business and celebrations is driving you to debt five gears in reverse you think I don't know what I'm doing and at a fashionable first like walking down the road to ruin but if you're safe and sound don't let me interrupt you And if you don't go down How could I corrupt you *Repeat |
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from Elvis Costello - Get Happy (1980)
I found america had another corner of my wallet
it's a well kept secret, thought that I had better swallow it thought they'd make me spit out the truth before they find you're lying about your youth *b movie that's all you're to me just a soft-soap story don't want no woman to act on me you can't stand it when it goes to reel to reel to reel to reel I can't stand it when I go on trying, you can't feel all the time there's rule book in pretending there's no one in the wings and everybody's on the make it's not your heart I want to break turn out the lights I'm thinking that I want to go to sleep now but just give me a promise that I'm supposed to keep now I don't want some fool asking me why when I find you're finally making me cry *Repeat |
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from Elvis Costello - Get Happy (1980)
somewhere in the distance
I can hear who shot sam this is my conviction that I am an innocent man oh you say I'm unkind I'm being as nice as I can *boys everywhere fumbling with the catches I struck lucky with motel matches falling for you without a second look falling out of your open pocket book giving you away like motel matches I wake with the siren of an emergency though your mind is full of love in your eyes there is a big conceit and you know what I do when the light outside changes from red to blue *Repeat |
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from Elvis Costello - Get Happy (1980)
I know I just got to get out of this place
I can't stand any more of that mechanical grace though you say it's only an industrial squeeze it looks like luxury and feels like a disease *oh give it to me, give it to me I don't want to know much about much give it to me, give it to me I need, I need, I need - your human touch left with just a high-school hope on your way to dry dock it's easy to break up with all your senses living in a state of shock I just can't believe I'm responsible for this like a make-up eyes can be made up with a kiss *Repeat oh when I'm talking in tongues I go where you lead I go make a bet oh I need you how I'd like to fix her in a picture of rage how I'd like to catch her when she's acting her age oh but when she's lying stretched out on the floor it's no mystery to me any more *Repeat |
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from Elvis Costello - Get Happy (1980)
you say that you'll get him and you run and get your mummy
and you're almost beaten to the punch looking for the man who sold you the dummy and you're almost beaten to the punch laughing at the older guys who say it's just as well saved by the wedding bell almost beaten to the punch you're looking for somebody that you can knock-about you were almost beaten to the punch if you've got a head for figures then you better count me out you were almost beaten to the punch you pull the piece but you soon call it love you go ahead and end up almost beaten to the punch your body speaks so much louder than your voice you let it do the talking so I don't have any choice and now you find that younger guys are putting up resistance and you're almost beaten to the punch you'd better get out now because you'll never go the distance and you're almost beaten to the punch and you'll find a girl and you'll promise her anything even a wedding ring almost beaten to the punch |
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from Elvis Costello - Get Happy (1980)
who's this kid with this mumbo-jumbo
living in air-conditioned limbo though they treat him just like a guest living under threat of arrest now that he's finally trying to make some sense he drinks in self-defense give me temptation the son told contempt of authority we'll take you anytime down to the station you say that is all right by me now you're living with the ghost of sophistication now that you're shackled up to the rigmarole with absolute control I see you lying so wide awake after I've given you all that you can take so for heaven's sake give me temptation still you want to succeed so badly finding your life will not be there but you tell me you can take it or leave it sometimes I think that you really believe it you're just itching to break her secret laws as you go from clause to clause give me temptation |
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from Elvis Costello - Get Happy (1980)
girl I stand accused
people say I love you yeah, I stand accused oh but what can I do you belong to some other guy hope I never have to testify if loving you is a big crime I've been guilty a long time girl I stand accused with no more than a chance yeah I stand accused and I got no defense all I need is a touch from your hand find myself on the witness stand I'd be unable to lie girl I got a love that won't die girl tell the world that I was guilty I wouldn't stand a chance tell the world that I was a victim a victim of circumstance girl knock myself out see if I could explain girl I love you so much that I'm almost insane you disturbed my balance of mind couldn't help what I did at the time I stand accused and I'm guilty baby I always will be I need a witness baby you disturbed my balance of mind couldn't help what I did at the time I stand accused and I'm guilty baby I always will be I need a witness baby I stand accused of loving you so guilty baby, oh yeah I stand accused I s-t-a-n-d a-c-c-u-s-e-d I stand accused, loving you so guilty baby, oh yeah |
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from Elvis Costello - Get Happy (1980)
forever it doesn't mean forever anymore
I said forever but it doesn't look like I'm going to be around much anymore when the heat get so tropical and the talk gets so topical *riot act you can read me the riot act you can make me a matter of fact or a villain in a million the slip of the tongue is going to keep this civilian why do you talk such stupid nonsense when my mind could rest much easier instead of all this dumb-dumb insolence I would be happier with him pleasin' ya they say forget her now it looks like you're either gonna be be for me or against me I got your letter now they say I took it from the color that its hate mail trying to be so bad is bad enough don't make me laugh by talking tough don't put your heart out on your sleeve when your remarks are off the cuff *Repeat |
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from Elvis Costello - Get Happy (1980)
There are some things you can't cover up with lipstick and powder
I thought I heard you mention my name, can't you talk any louder ? Don't come any closer, don't come any nearer My vision of you can't get any clearer Oh, i just want to hear girls talk I got a loaded imagination being fired by girls talk But I can't say the words you want to hear I suppose you're going to have to play it by ear Right here and now Girls talk and they want to know how Girls talk and they say it's not allowed Girls talk, if they say that it's so Don't you think that I know by now That the word up on everyone's lips Stick that you're dedicated Though you may not be an old fashioned girl You're still going to get dated Was it really murder ? Were you just pretending ? Lately I have heard you are the living end Girls talk and they wanna know about her Girls talk, they wanna know if I care Girls talk and they wanna know where Girls talk girls talk |
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from Elvis Costello - Get Happy (1980)
Tears on your blackmail
A point of the fingernail Says that he's handsome Clowntime is over Time to take cover While others just talk and talk Somebody's watching where the others don't walk Clowntime is over A voice in the shadows Says that his men know He don't step back as expected He's otherwise and unprotected Chorus Almost too good to be true Who do you? why do you? what do you do? While everybody's hiding under covers Who's making lover's lane safe again for lovers? Chorus |
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from Elvis Costello - Get Happy (1980)
I'm packing up my memories
And I'm gonna move all out of your heart I'm turning in my keys And I'm gonna move all out of your heart 'Cause there ain't room enough for two In dreams that were made for me and you I'm telling you, it's getting mighty crowded Too crowded for me It's getting mighty crowded I'm gonna take these things of mine And I'm gonna move all out of your life Stop wasting my time And I'm gonna move all out of your life 'Cause there ain't room enough for three In dreams that were made for you and me So you see, it's getting mighty crowded Too crowded for me It's getting mighty crowded I'm saving you the trouble of putting me down Starting on the double, yeah yeah I'm gonna shop around I'm gonna find another heart Where I can live all by myself Gonna find another heart I don't have to share with anybody else 'Cause you don't treat me like you should And hanging around this neighborhood is no good It's getting mighty crowded Too crowded for me, getting mighty crowded I'm packing up my memories, getting mighty crowded Too crowded for me, getting mighty crowded Too crowded for me, getting mighty crowded |
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from Elvis Costello - Get Happy (1980)
Do.
Do do do do do. So young, we've discovered. Got them so confused. Don't mind putting the time in. It's shocking. That's what they all say now when we're walking hand in hand As one, you and I. Ooh yeah, ooh yeah, you said it's timed out We've got them hangin' on a string. There's no time for compromises we got that good old thing. So young, so young. (x4) It's wrong to run for cover. We've got them in a spin. You don't mind sticking the sticker in. It's too late. That's what they all say now when we're walking hand in hand As one, you and I. Chorus. Do do do do do. Do do do. Chorus, again. So young, so young. |
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from Elvis Costello - Get Happy (1980)
Layin' about, lyin' in bed
Maybe it was something that I thought I'd said With the tempo of today and the temptation of tomorrow I don't know if I could give you anything but sorrow They stay alive this late on Radio Five But the pen that I write with won't tell the truth 'Cause the moments that I can't recall Are the moments that you treasure Better take another measure for measure Losing you is just a memory Memories don't mean that much to me Losing you is just a memory Memories don't mean that much to me Now you're here, I'm here too Could be this easy for me and you Losing you is just a memory Memories don't mean that much to me Losing you is just a memory Memories don't mean that much to me Lyin' about layin' in bed Maybe it was something that I thought I'd said |
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from Elvis Costello - Get Happy (1980)
Five miles out of London on the Western Avenue
Must have been a wonder when it was brand new Talkin' 'bout the splendour of the Hoover factory I know that you'd agree if you had seen it too It's not a matter of life or death But what is, what is ? It doesn't matter if I take another breath Who cares ? Who cares ? Green for go, green for action From Park Royal to North Acton Past scrolls and inscriptions like those of the Egyptian age And one of these days the Hoover factory Is gonna be all the rage in those fashionable pages Five miles out of London on the Western Avenue Must have been a wonder when it was brand new Talkin' 'bout the splendour of the Hoover factory I know that you'd agree if you had seen it too It's not a matter of life or death But what is, what is ? It doesn't matter if I take another breath Who cares ? Who cares ? |
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from Elvis Costello - Get Happy (1980)
Maureen and Stan were looking for a job
They got songs for every occasion And a little limelight robbery No one will employ them There's nothing to decide So he autographs his overdraft While she goes out of her mind Stuck on the wall with a thousand faces Unwanted posters of the haunted places Roll up for the ghost train Non-stop through the city Step right up and show your face We only want the pretty ones Roll up for the ghost train Non-stop through the city Step right up and show your face We only want the pretty ones Maureen and Stan at the skating rink Looking for the drummer who threw up in the sink Laughing and singing, dressed up like dice Maybe they could freeze to death out there on the ice Look at the graceful way she dances One foot speaks, the other answers Roll up for the ghost train Non-stop through the city Step right up and show your face We only want the pretty ones Roll up for the ghost train Non-stop through the city Step right up and show your face We only want the pretty ones She plays the queen of the fleapit He plays a Spanish guitar He got a black eye from a waitress She's not seeing any stars You can be refused, you can be replaced You can change your name but you can't change your face While they make believe it's just another holiday They turn on each other when they hear that joker say Roll up for the ghost train Non-stop through the city Step right up and show your face We only want the pretty ones Roll up for the ghost train We only want the pretty ones |
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from Elvis Costello - Get Happy (1980)
Everything seems so tranquil
Home movies with no subtitles Don't you wish you knew what they were sayin' When the film keeps playin', playin' ? Oh, he's Doctor Luther's assistant He'll close in when he seems so distant Doctor Luther's assistant He'll get on top of you when you lower your resistance Some say he is just a lackey Changing words while the ink is still tacky He's absolutely indispensable He keeps the other boys in suspense Oh, he's Doctor Luther's assistant He'll close in when he seems so distant Doctor Luther's assistant He'll get on top of you when you lower your resistance Luther is locked in a broken-down cinema Watches his wife with his video camera Sees his best boy makin' her grin Out of the kitchen, she's gone with the wind Oh, Doctor Luther's assistant He'll close in, when he seems so distant Doctor Luther's assistant He'll get on top of you when you lower your resistance |
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from Elvis Costello - Get Happy (1980)
I was looking at the black and white world
it seemed so exciting if you'd only put me back to back with that girl when the night's inviting with just a little lighting there'll never be days like that again when I was just a boy and men were men you'd never go from moment to moment you're the living double of a single fiction you're the very colour poets compliment cause you feel the fingers friction it's a freeze frame, still it's real life you don't want to look cause you've seen the film and read the book I was looking at the black and white world trying to name some pin-up in those days she was just a beautiful girl now she's framed and hung up I thought she was younger until I saw her last night in close detail though they all fade away when you're so pale it's more than just a physical attraction starts with a face and ends up a fixation but you're never going to feel a fraction the way it used to work on your imagination when you were looking at a black and white world |
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from Elvis Costello - Get Happy (1980)
forever it doesn't mean forever anymore
I said forever but it doesn't look like I'm going to be around much anymore when the heat get so tropical and the talk gets so topical CHORUS: riot act you can read me the riot act you can make me a matter of fact or a villain in a million the slip of the tongue is going to keep this civilian why do you talk such stupid nonsense when my mind could rest much easier instead of all this dumb-dumb insolence I would be happier with him pleasin' ya they say forget her now it looks like you're either gonna be be for me or against me I got your letter now they say I took it from the color that its hate mail trying to be so bad is bad enough don't make me laugh by talking tough don't put your heart out on your sleeve when your remarks are off the cuff chorus |
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from Elvis Costello - Almost Blue (1981)
Why don't you love me like you used to do?
How come you treat me like a worn out shoe? My hair is still curly and my eyes are still blue Why don't you love me like you used to do? Ain't had no lovin' like a-huggin' and a-kissin' in a long, long while We don't get nearer, further, closer than a country mile Why don't you be the sort you used to be? How come you find so many faults with me? I'm the same old trouble that you've always been through Why don't you love me like you used to do? Ain't had no lovin' like a-huggin' and a-kissin' in a long, long while We don't get nearer, further, closer than a country mile Why don't you spark me like you used to do? Say sweet nothings like you used to coo Somebody's changed, so let me give you a clue Why don't you love me like you used to do? |
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from Elvis Costello - Almost Blue (1981)
Sweet dreams of you, every night I go through
I should hate you girl the whole night through Instead I'm having sweet dreams all about you You don't love me it's plain I should have known you'd never share my name Why can't I forget you girl, start loving someone new? Instead I'm having sweet dreams all about you Why can't I forget my past, start loving someone new? Instead I'm having sweet dreams all about you Sweet dreams of you, every night I go through I should hate you girl the whole night through Instead I'm having sweet dreams all about you |
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from Elvis Costello - Almost Blue (1981)
We used to go out walkin' hand in hand
You told me all the big things you had planned It wasn't long till all your dreams came true Success put me in second place with you You have no time to love me anymore Since fame & fortune knocked upon our door I spend all my evenings all alone Success has made a failure of our home If we could spend an evening now & then Perhaps we'd find true happiness again You never hold me like you used to do It's funny what success has done for you You have no time to love me anymore Since fame & fortune knocked upon our door I spend all my evenings all alone Success has made a failure of our home |
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from Elvis Costello - Almost Blue (1981)
You may be sweet and nice
That won't keep you warm at night 'Cause I'm the one who taught you how To do the things you're doing now He may feel all your charms He may hold you in his arms But I'm the one who let you in I was right beside you then Once upon a time You let me feel you deep inside And nobody knew, nobody saw Do you remember the way you cried? I'm your toy, I'm your old boy But I don't want no one but you to love me Oh I wouldn't lie You know I'm not that kind of guy Once upon a time You let me feel you deep inside And nobody knew, nobody saw Do you remember the way you cried? I'm your toy, I'm your old boy But I don't want no one but you to love me Oh I wouldn't lie You know I'm not that kind of guy Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down Tonight the bottle let me down It let your memory come around The one true friend I thought I'd found Tonight the bottle let me down I've always had a bottle I could turn to And lately I've been turnin' every day But the wine don't take effect the way it used to And I'm hurtin' in old familiar ways Tonight the bottle let me down It let your memory come around The one true friend I thought I'd found Tonight the bottle let me down Each night I leave the bar room when it's over Not feeling any pain at closing time But tonight your memory found me much too sober I can't drink enough to keep you off my mind Tonight the bottle let me down It let your memory come around The one true friend I thought I'd found Tonight the bottle let me down |
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from Elvis Costello - Almost Blue (1981)
Tonight the bottle let me down
It let your memory come around The one true friend I thought I'd found Tonight the bottle let me down I've always had a bottle I could turn to And lately I've been turnin' every day But the wine don't take effect the way it used to And I'm hurtin' in old familiar ways Tonight the bottle let me down It let your memory come around The one true friend I thought I'd found Tonight the bottle let me down Each night I leave the bar room when it's over Not feeling any pain at closing time But tonight your memory found me much too sober I can't drink enough to keep you off my mind Tonight the bottle let me down It let your memory come around The one true friend I thought I'd found Tonight the bottle let me down |
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from Elvis Costello - Almost Blue (1981)
We stood there in the courthouse room so close but far apart
You brought along the lawyer and I brought a broken heart The judge pronounced the words the way you wanted him to do You changed your name from Brown to Jones and mine from Brown to Blue I couldn't help my tears from falling on the courtroom floor My love, they took away my right to love you anymore My world just seemed to stop as I stood there so close to you You changed your name from Brown to Jones and mine from Brown to Blue The judge forgot to tell me how I'd live my life alone What I would do without you after loving you so long He didn't seem to care that I'm still in love with you You changed your name from Brown to Jones and mine from Brown to Blue I couldn't help my tears from falling on the courtroom floor My love, they took away my right to love you anymore My world just seemed to stop as I stood there so close to you You changed your name from Brown to Jones and mine from Brown to Blue |
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from Elvis Costello - Almost Blue (1981)
I can hardly bear the sight of lipstick
On the cigarettes there in the ashtray Lyin' cold the way you left 'em, But at least your lips caressed them While you packed Or the lip-print on a half-filled cup of coffee That you poured and didn't drink But at least you thought you wanted it, Tat's so much more than I can say for me What a good year for the roses Many blooms still linger there The lawn could stand another mowin' Funny I don't even care As you turn to walk away As the door behind you closes The only thing I have to say It's been a good year for the roses After three full years of marriage, It's the first time that you haven't made the bed I guess the reason we're not talkin', Tere's so little left to say we haven't said While a million thoughts go racin' through my mind I find I haven't said a word From the bedroom the familiar sound Of a baby's cryin' goes unheard What a good year for the roses Many blooms still linger there The lawn could stand another mowin' Funny I don't even care As you turn to walk away As the door behind you closes The only thing I have to say It's been a good year for the roses |
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from Elvis Costello - Almost Blue (1981)
I got loaded last night on a bottle of gin
And I had a fight with my best girlfriend When I'm drinkin' I am nobody's friend So please baby wait for me until they let me out again I know the same thing has happened before And each time it happens, I hate it more & more When I'm drinkin' I am nobody's friend So please baby wait for me until they let me out again I spent a whole lotta time sittin' & thinkin' Sittin' & just thinkin' 'bout you If I didn't spend so much time sittin' & drinkin' We'd still have the love I thought we knew I won't promise the same thing won't happen again But I can promise, it'll be a long, long time till then 'Cause when I'm drinkin' I am nobody's friend So please baby wait for me until they let me out again |
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from Elvis Costello - Almost Blue (1981)
Up above me are the skies
Like the twinkle in your eyes Blue must be the colour of the blues In the mail, the letters came But you can't pay for love the same Blue must be the colour of the blues The bluebird singin' in the trees Seems to sympathize with me 'Cause he's not singin' like he used to do Pretty waters in the sea Feel as cold as you left me Blue must be the colour of the blues Blue days come and blue days go The way I feel, nobody knows Life is finally empty without you There's a blue note in each song That I sing since you've been gone Blue must be the colour of the blues |
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from Elvis Costello - Almost Blue (1981)
I can tell somewhere there's someone you love more than me
Someone you love more than me And it hurts to say it that you have a right to be free I know that's the way it should be Oh but I'm too far gone Too far gone I know I've loved you too much for too long And I'm too far gone If ever your new love should hurt you or make you feel blue Hurt you or make you feel blue Just remember your old love will still be around loving you I'll be around loving you Oh 'cause I'm too far gone Too far gone I know I've loved you too much for too long And I'm too far gone |
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from Elvis Costello - Almost Blue (1981)
Come into this house and stop that yakity yak
'Cause your sugar-daddy don't want no talkin' back You keep on babblin', talkin' 'bout this and that I got news for ya baby, you ain't nothin' but an alley cat Turn off the waterworks baby, they don't move me no more I'm leavin' this town, ain't comin' back no more Honey hush Come into this house and stop that yakity yak You're makin' me nervous and I'm holdin' a baseball bat Hi-ho, hi-ho silver Hi-ho, hi-ho silver away |
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from Elvis Costello - Almost Blue (1981)
Darling, there is one thing I must tell you, you must know
It's so hard to say the words I feel This fancy that I'm on's been going on too long It's time to stop pretending things are real 'Cause I've been living deep in sin, I've been living blind And I just don't know what's right or wrong To take a chance on losing you is such a silly thing to do A chance I might wake up and find you gone Blue, so blue, my love is burning blue Any private flame could be a lie Blue, so blue, my love still burns for you But I know I'll only make you cry A thief can only steal from you He cannot break your heart He can never touch the precious things inside Someone like you should surely be Miles and miles away from me Then you'd never care how much I lied So try to understand the pain It takes so long when I explain Please don't you forget how much I lied How much I lied |
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from Elvis Costello - Almost Blue (1981)
I got the picture that you gave to me
And it's signed with love, just like it used to be The only thing different, the only thing new I got the picture, he's got you I got the records that we used to share And they still sound the same, as when you were here The only thing different, the only thing new I got the records, he's got you I got your memory, or has it got me? I really don't know, but I know it won't let me be I got your class ring that proves you care And it still looks the same as when you gave it dear The only thing different, the only thing new I got these little things, he's got you I got your memory, or has it got me? I really don't know, but I know it won't let me be I got the picture that you gave to me And it's signed with love, just like it used to be The only thing different, the only thing new I got these little things, he's got you |
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from Elvis Costello - Almost Blue (1981)
Everybody knows where you go when the sun goes down
They say you only live to see the lights of town I wasted my time when I would try, try, try 'Cause when the lights have lost their glow, you'll cry, cry, cry Soon your sugar-daddies will all be gone And you'll wake up some cold day and find you're alone You'll come to me but I'm gonna tell you bye, bye, bye When I turn around and walk away, you'll cry, cry, cry You're gonna cry, cry, cry and you'll cry alone When everyone's forgotten and you're on your own You're gonna cry, cry, cry I lie awake at night and wait till you come in You stay a little while and then you're gone again Every question that I ask, I get a lie, lie, lie For every lie you tell, you're gonna cry, cry, cry When your fickle little love gets old, no one will care for you You'll come back to me for a little love that's true I'll tell you no and you're gonna ask me why, why, why When I remind you of all of this, you'll cry, cry, cry You're gonna cry, cry, cry and you'll want me there It'll hurt when you think of the fool you've been You're gonna cry, cry, cry |
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from Elvis Costello - Almost Blue (1981)
Don't wait for the telephone if you want a call from me
There won't be anymore, there won't be anymore And don't wait for the mailman if you want a letter from me There won't be anymore, there won't be anymore All the love we had until you turn back And it broke my lovin' heart in two When you're heart is breakin' and you want some lovin' from me There won't be anymore, it won't be like before It won't be like before, there just won't be anymore All the love we had until you turn back And it broke my lovin' heart in two When you're heart is breakin' and you want some lovin' from me There won't be anymore, it won't be like before It won't be like before, there just won't be anymore |
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from Elvis Costello - Almost Blue (1981)
I got loaded last night on a bottle of gin
And I had a fight with my best girlfriend When I'm drinkin' I am nobody's friend So please baby wait for me until they let me out again I know the same thing has happened before And each time it happens, I hate it more & more When I'm drinkin' I am nobody's friend So please baby wait for me until they let me out again I spent a whole lotta time sittin' & thinkin' Sittin' & just thinkin' 'bout you If I didn't spend so much time sittin' & drinkin' We'd still have the love I thought we knew I won't promise the same thing won't happen again But I can promise, it'll be a long, long time till then 'Cause when I'm drinkin' I am nobody's friend So please baby wait for me until they let me out again |
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from Elvis Costello - Almost Blue (1981)
Who do you see when you turn your eyes down?
Who do you see when I'm not seeing you? The news is out all over town and all these girls Are taking turns at being you Chorus: Well, well, well You'd better make up your mind Honey, are you straight or are you blind? She's coming in between us you know that she is I'm not holding on to her but one of us is My hands are in my pocket, my face is in a book She could walk 'round naked and I wouldn't sneak a look Chorus Honey are you straight or are you blind? She walked in and your eyes flew out the door You squeezed my hand 'til the circulation ceases She's just a doll like so many more She's the kind of doll that you'd like to pull to pieces Chorus Well, well, well You'd better make up your mind Honey are you straight or are you blind? |
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from Elvis Costello - Almost Blue (1981)
Can Mary fry some fish, mama
I'm as hungry as can be Oh lord, how I wish, mama You could stop the baby cryin' 'Cause my head is killing me I saw my ex again last night mama She was at the dance at Miller's store She was with that Jackie White mama I killed them both And they're buried under Jacob's sycamore You think I'm psycho don't you mama I didn't mean to break your cup You think I'm psycho don't you mama You better let 'em lock me up Oh, don't hand me Johnny's pup mama As I might squeeze him too tight I'm havin' crazy dreams again mama So let me tell you 'bout last night I woke up in Johnny's room mama Standing right there by his bed With my hands around his throat mama Wishing both of us were dead You think I'm psycho don't you mama I just killed Johnny's pup You think I'm psycho don't you mama You'd better let 'em lock me up Oh you recall that little girl mama I believe her name was Betty Clark Oh don't tell me that she's dead mama 'Cause I just saw her in the park We were sitting on a bench mama Thinking of a game to play Seems I was holding a wrench mama Then my mind just walked away You think I'm psycho don't you mama I didn't mean to break your cup You think I'm psycho don't you mama Mama why don't you get up? |
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from Elvis Costello - Almost Blue (1981)
You tell me you married an angel
She's made heaven out of your home You say there couldn't be rainbows in heaven 'Cause she's brought you happiness that you've never known You may hate me for what I've to tell you But you'll thank me for setting you right While you work to keep angels in heaven Your angel steps out of heaven each night Her heaven's not the same as you're living in It's any place where there's music and a free drink from him So call her your angel, I won't say you're not right But your angel steps out of heaven each night |
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from Elvis Costello - Almost Blue (1981)
Here I am late again for the last time
And like I promised, I just told her goodbye Please believe me 'cause this time, it's really over And darling, you know I wouldn't lie Didn't I come and tell you about her How temptation lured she and I Now I know it was only fascination And darling, you know I wouldn't lie I had to let her down easy as slow as I could After all, she's got feelings too But it took a little longer than I thought it would But this time, she knows we're really through She wanted to hold me forever And this lipstick shows her final try And these tears on my shoulder are proof that she failed And darling, you know I wouldn't lie |
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from Elvis Costello - Almost Blue (1981)
I might say that I don't care
Hold my head up in the air Even tell my friends I'm glad that you don't call But when the day is through That's when my heartaches start anew And that's when I miss you most of all And my arms keep reaching for you And my eyes keep searching for you And my lips keep calling for you And my shoes keep walking back to you No matter how much I pretend I wish I had you back again 'Cause nothin' means half as much as you My world just seemed to die The day you said goodbye And I can't forget no matter what I do And my arms keep reaching for you And my eyes keep searching for you And my lips keep calling for you And my shoes keep walking back to you |
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from Elvis Costello - Almost Blue (1981)
I know the name on the tip of your tongue
And I know that accusing look Everybody knows I've been so wrong That's the problem and here's the hook Tears before bedtime There'll be trouble tonight I don't want to talk about it anymore I don't want to have another fight I don't want to talk I don't want to fight How wrong can I be before I am right For the tears that you boo hoo hoo hoo There can be no defence You say you'll forgive and forget But it's only a pretence Either you can leave the past behind Or give me something to disconnect my mind I sleep with my fists clenched tight When I don't lie awake all night I guess time gave up the ghost too late And the balance of our love Very soon turns to hate Darling your suspiciousness Tortures me at night But I can't excuse the cruel words That I use whenever we fight (chorus) |
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from Elvis Costello - Almost Blue (1981)
You may be sweet and nice
That won't keep you warm at night 'Cause I'm the one who taught you how To do the things you're doing now He may feel all your charms He may hold you in his arms But I'm the one who let you in I was right beside you then Once upon a time You let me feel you deep inside And nobody knew, nobody saw Do you remember the way you cried? I'm your toy, I'm your old boy But I don't want no one but you to love me Oh I wouldn't lie You know I'm not that kind of guy Once upon a time You let me feel you deep inside And nobody knew, nobody saw Do you remember the way you cried? I'm your toy, I'm your old boy But I don't want no one but you to love me Oh I wouldn't lie You know I'm not that kind of guy Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down Tonight the bottle let me down It let your memory come around The one true friend I thought I'd found Tonight the bottle let me down I've always had a bottle I could turn to And lately I've been turnin' every day But the wine don't take effect the way it used to And I'm hurtin' in old familiar ways Tonight the bottle let me down It let your memory come around The one true friend I thought I'd found Tonight the bottle let me down Each night I leave the bar room when it's over Not feeling any pain at closing time But tonight your memory found me much too sober I can't drink enough to keep you off my mind Tonight the bottle let me down It let your memory come around The one true friend I thought I'd found Tonight the bottle let me down |
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from The Family Man (패밀리 맨) by Danny Elfman [ost] (2000)
There is a place
Underneath the staircase Where I keep the evidence Of what once would offer peace In a deep blue velvet box filled with joy and pride Should I pick the locks? Should I peek inside? Can I stand the sight of those happy days? Should I strike a match, burn them all away? Cos you stole my bell And you broke my chime And the clock spins round but it won't keep time There are many lovely girls in this cold and loveless world But not one is the equal of you, heaven knows how much I love you (x2) So here we are But it's not quite like we thought Those things were priceless then Now I know they can't be bought In a deep blue velvet box fastened with a pin Should I lift the lid? Should I look within? Was it my last chance or my first mistake? Is it just a step that we'll never take? Cos you stole my bell And you broke my chime And the clock spins round but it won't keep time There are many lovely girls in this cold and loveless world But not one is the equal of you, heaven knows how much I love you (x3) |
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from Notting Hill (노팅 힐) [ost] (1999)
She may be the face I can't forget
The trace of pleasure or regret May be my treasure or the price I have to pay She may be the song that summer sings May be the chill that autumn brings May be a hundred different things Within the measure of a day She may be the beauty or the beast May be the famine or the feast May turn each day in to a heaven or a hell She may be the mirror of my dreams Her smile reflected in a stream She may not be what she would seem Inside her shell She would always seem so happy ln a crowd Whose eyes can be so bright and so proud No one's allowed to see them when they cry She may be the love that cannot hope to last May come to me from shadows of the past But I'll remember 'til the day I die She may be the reason I survive The why and where for I'm alive The one I'll care for through the rough and ready years Me, I'll take her laughter and her tears And make them all my souvenirs The way she goes that, got to be The meaning of my life is she She, she |
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from The Wedding Singer (웨딩싱어) by Teddy Castellucci [ost] (1998)
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 or three editions And I'm giving you a longing look Everyday, everyday, everyday I write the book Chapter One we didn't really get along Chapter Two I think I fell in love with you You said you'd stand by me in the middle of Chapter Three But you were up to your old tricks in Chapters Four, Five and Six The way you walk The way you talk, and try to kiss me, and laugh In four or five paragraphs All your compliments and your cutting remarks Are captured here in my quotation marks Don't tell me you don't know the difference Between a lover and a WRITER With my pen and my electric typewriter Even in a perfect world where everyone was equal I'd still own the film rights and be working on the sequel |
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from Weeds by Brandon Jay [ost] (2006)
Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes made of ticky-tacky, Little boxes, little boxes, Little boxes, just the same. There's a green one and a pink one And a blue one and a yellow one And they're all made out of ticky-tacky And they all look just the same. And the people in the houses All ran to the university, And they were put in boxes, And they came out all the same There's a doctor and a lawyer And a business executive, And they're all made out of ticky-tacky And they all look just the same. |
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from Elvis Costello - Elvis Costello: Il Sogno (2004)
Through the sleepless nights
I cry for you And wonder who Is kissing you Oh, these sleepless nights Will brake my heart in two Somehow, through the day I don't give in I hide the tears That wait within Oh, these sleepless nights Will break my heart again Why did you go? Oh, why did you go? Don't you know, don't you know I need you? Through the sleepless nights I cry for you And wonder who Is kissing you Oh, these sleepless nights Will break my heart in two Oh, oh, oh, oh, these sleepless nights Will break my heart in two Oh, oh, oh, oh, these sleepless nights Will break my heart in two ------------- Lyrics Powered by LyricFind Written By BOUDLEAUX BRYANT, FELICE BRYANT <i>Lyrics © HOUSE OF BRYANT PUBLICATIONS</i> |
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from Elvis Costello - Costello: My Flame Burns Blue (2006)
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 Good King Neptune came flipping up my street He was a sad case tripping up the staircase Friends and relations are laughing at my head Gathered like crows at the end of my bed I hope that I wake up in time If you can't or can't quite Think again, you can't fight That you might not be smite If it's wrong, it's not right I say it once and I'll say it again Now and forever and ever, amen Siren is bending, the radio is humming, Who do you love now and who are you damning? The score is obscure and the melody fractured The bird by my window refused to be captured I hope I wake up in time If you can or can't quite Think again, you can't fight That you might not be smite If it's wrong, it's not right I'll say it once and I'll say it again Life is a beautiful thing I've said it before I can't say it much more Life is a beautiful thing |
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from Elvis Costello - Costello: My Flame Burns Blue (2006)
Figure hanging on a leather band
Cog consults the watch he cups in his hand Bejewelled movement measures lost and vanished time Pray for the boy who makes his bed in cold earth and quicklime [Chorus:] So stay the hands, arrest the time Till I am captured by your touch Blessings I don't count Small mercies and such The flags may lower as we approach the favorite hour Now there's a tragic waste of brutal youth Strip and polish this unvarnished truth The tricky door that gapes beneath the ragged noose The crippled verdict begs again for the lamest excuse [Chorus] Put out my eyes so I may never spy Waving branches as they're waving goodbye Their vile perfume brings to my mouth a bitter taste The murmuring brooks had best speak up, it's a terrible waste [Chorus] |
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from Elvis Costello - Costello: My Flame Burns Blue (2006)
Well, you're standing on the corner, flagging all the girls you see
Now do like EC and let those ladies be You know that's wrong, man, you know that's wrong Boy, you better get control, that's how you got killed before That girl you just met who got a big guy for a pal Who'll put knots on your head for messing with his gal So take it steady, man, let those women go Well, I'm just trying to tell you, that's how you got killed before Now, you wouldn't listen, Ephrom, you got two black eyes That's what you get, Daddy, for messing with men's wives So take it steady, whoa, let those women go Well, I'm just trying to tell you, that's how you got killed before |
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from Elvis Costello - Costello: My Flame Burns Blue (2006)
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 hide But she's so patient and kind She's prepared to read your mind That's all very well till you find Because of the wine you drank Your mind is just blank You find your tongue is tied again Your words escape and hide again But she's so patient and kind She's prepared to read your mind That's all very well till you find Because of the wine you drank Your mind is just blank I wonder how she knows I guess she will wonder until You pluck up the courage to tell her how you feel So close you can feel her heart trembling You look in her eyes as they close I wonder how she knows I wonder how she knows |
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from Elvis Costello - Costello: My Flame Burns Blue (2006)
With a handful of backhanders and a bevy of beauty
You're going off limits Going off duty Going off the rails Going off with booty They tell tales of fiction found on all the criminal types Lead to a higher ranking man or a face with thin red stripes The boys next door The mums and dads New weds and nearly-deads Have you ever been had in clubland? There's a piece in someone's pocket to do the dirty work You've come to shoot the pony They've come to do the jerk They leave him half way to paradise They leave you half way to bliss The ladies' invitation never seemed like this The boys next door The mums and dads New weds and nearly-deads Have you ever been had in clubland? The long arm of the law slides up the outskirts of town Meanwhile in clubland they are ready to pull them down Hey The right to work is traded in for the right to refuse admission Don't pass out now, there's no refund (when) did you find out what you were missing The crowd is taking forty winks minus ten percent You barely get required sleep to go lingering with contemptment Thursday to Saturday Money's gone already Some things come in common these days Your hands and work aren't steady The boys next door The mums and dads New weds and nearly-deads Have you ever been had in clubland? |
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from Elvis Costello - Costello: My Flame Burns Blue (2006)
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 Flirting with this disaster became me It named me as the fool who only aimed to be Almost blue It's almost touching; it will almost do There's a part of me that's always true, always Not all good things come to an end now; it is only a chosen few I've seen such an unhappy couple Almost me Almost you Almost blue |
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from Elvis Costello - Costello: My Flame Burns Blue (2006)
Speak darkly, my angel
Or do I have to plead? 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 in the gloom That perfect mouth is ruined now For as you turn down the corners of your smile And cloud your dim corrupted eyes Just before the concertina wrecks your noble brow The fatal flaw I can't allow Depart now, my angel The gaoler of my youth Sends fifty thousand reasons Why I never ever try to tell the truth The season's over And it's time for either one of us to go Stand by the window But don't lean so temptingly into the drop that calls below For if you tumble back I look so good in black |
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from Elvis Costello - Costello: My Flame Burns Blue (2006)
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 dear You can't come out here in those stolen clothes Telling me all about some mystery I hope she isn't one, I hope she isn't one of those [Chorus] Almost ideal eyes Viewed through a rosey hue So beautiful, trusting You find liberal is an insult now and care is what you pay for Be sure of what you're wishing for, be careful what you pray for When you look into those almost ideal Love is smiles, he will hypnotize you wild He tries to analyze your dreams Fill you up with all his big ideas while he really wants to make you Scream out loud at the phony innocence And pained pretence and the dismal rage. The vacant lot that thankfully time forgot Where you never have to act, you never have to act your age [Chorus] In the spirit(?) all your friends look uglier And you find you're wearing an evening gown Weeping over some tiny broken bird While the sky is decorated Shocking pink and a dirty shade of brown And you think you need to be tranquilized A feat that may fit to your new career Whatever you invent you'll never be content with [Chorus] |
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from Elvis Costello - Costello: My Flame Burns Blue (2006)
Can You Be True? - Elvis Costello
Can you be true? Can this possibly be real? I knew quite suddenly Do you sense how I feel? I long to hear you whisper my name 'Til you tell me "My Darling, you may be my man." There will be days when you must go from my sight There may be nights when clouds deny us starlight Only time will tell us I hope that it speaks gently if it isn't meant to be Then again By then we might not be listening so attentively I will be there If the days bring torments and trials To close the distances only measured in miles I long to hold you all through the night And to tell you "My Darling, you make everything seem right" And then I'll hear you calling in my name And I'll answer "My Darling, I may be your man" |
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from Elvis Costello - Costello: My Flame Burns Blue (2006)
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 away forbidden playthings Put away forbidden playthings And never return to pluck out that jewel Or find the thrill that lingers still While suffering the dream of disobeying Put away forbidden playthings Put away forbidden playthings Put away forbidden playthings |
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Subject : Elvis Costello - Favourite hour / God give me strength
