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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 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 Anne Sofie Von Otter, Elvis Costello - For The Stars (2006) | |||||
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| from Elvis Costello - This Year's Model (1978) | |||||
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| from Elvis Costello - Elvis Costello: Il Sogno (2004) | |||||
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| from Elvis Costello - Costello: My Flame Burns Blue (2006) | |||||
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| from Elvis Costello - The River In Reverse (2006) | |||||
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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 - The River In Reverse (2006) | |||||
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| from Elvis Costello - Trust (1981) | |||||
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from Elvis Costello - When I Was Cruel (2002)
I exit through the spotlight glare I stepped out into thin air Into a perfume so rarefied "Here comes the bride" Not quite aside, they snide "She's number four" "There's number three just by the door" 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 was so much easier When I was cruel She reaches out her arms to me Imploring: "Another melody?" So she can dance her husband out on the floor The captains of industry just lie there where they fall In eau-de-nil and pale carnation creation A satin sash and velvet elevation She straightens the tipsy head-dress of her spouse While her recalls a honey house There'll be no sorrows left to drown Early in the morning in your evening gown But it was so much easier When I was cruel The entrance hall was arranged with hostesses and ushers Who turned out to be the younger wives nursing schoolgirl crushes Parting the waves of those few feint friends Fingers once offered are now too heavy to extend The ghostly first wife glides up stage whispering to raucous talkers Spilling family secrets out to flunkeys and castrato walkers See that girl Watch that scene Digging the "Dancing Queen" Two newspaper editors like playground sneaks Running the book on which of them is going to last the week One of them calls to me And he says, "I know you" "You gave me this tattoo back in '82" "You were a spoilt child then with a record to plug" "And I was a shaven headed seaside thug" "Things haven't really chang |
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from Elvis Costello - The Sweetest Punch - The New Songs of Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach (1999)
What's her name today?
What's her name today? She could be anyone I might have known you'd leave her crying What's her name again? You should be ashamed How could you treat her so unspeakably? Or did you think she was a different girl? For as the radio played in the bedroom wall What was that name you called her? Was she the one who took away your pride And your reason? Oh, why did you decide that You'd punish any girl you meet To try and make that feeling go away? What's her name today? What's her name today? Is her hair hanging down? Or maybe it's fixed with a ribbon Are her eyes still blue? Should she trust in you? Because it's a lonely world She wants to believe for a while in all the things you say But as the radio played in the bedroom wall What was that name you called her? Isn't her smile reminiscent of someone else? Well, is it or isn't it? Oh, why did you decide that You'd punish any girl you meet To try and make that feeling go away? What's her name today? Is she going to stay So you can ruin her? And soon she'll be twisted in chiffon Dress her like a doll String her like a pearl She hears peals of bells, but it's hard to tell Now that she's hung up like a chandelier What's her name? What's her name? What's her name today |
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from Elvis Costello - Painted From Memory (1998)
What's her name today? What's her name today? She could be anyone I might have known you'd leave her crying What's her name again? You should be ashamed How could you treat her so unspeakably? Or did you think she was a different girl? For as the radio played in the bedroom wall What was that name you called her? Was she the one who took away your pride And your reason? Oh, why did you decide that You'd punish any girl you meet To try and make that feeling go away? What's her name today? What's her name today? Is her hair hanging down? Or maybe it's fixed with a ribbon Are her eyes still blue? Should she trust in you? Because it's a lonely world She wants to believe for a while in all the things you say But as the radio played in the bedroom wall What was that name you called her? Isn't her smile reminiscent of someone else? Well, is it or isn't it? Oh, why did you decide that You'd punish any girl you meet To try and make that feeling go away? What's her name today? Is she going to stay So you can ruin her? And soon she'll be twisted in chiffon Dress her like a doll String her like a pearl She hears peals of bells, but it's hard to tell Now that she's hung up like a chandelier What's her name? What's her name? What's her name today |
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from Fall Out Boy - Folie A Deux (2008)
I've got troubled thoughts And self esteem to match What a catch What a catch whoa oh You'll never catch us So just let me be Instead I'll be fine Till the hospital Or american embasy Miss Flack Said I still want you back Yeah Miss flack said I still want you back I've got troubled thoughts And self esteem to match What a catch What a catch And all I can think of Is the way I'm the one who charmed The one who gave up on you Who gave up on you They say the captain goes down with the ship So when the world ends Will God go down with it Miss flack said I still want you back Yeah Miss flack said I still want you ba a ack I've got troubled thoughts And Self esteem to match What a catch What a catch And all I can think of is the way I'm the one who charmed The one who gave up on you Who gave up on you Na na nanana na na nanana Na na nanana na na What a catch what a catch what a catch I will never end up like him Behind my back I already am Keep a calender This way you will always know I've got troubled thoughts and self esteem to match What a catch what a catch And all I can think of is the way I'm the one who charmed The one who gave up on you Who gave up on you Where is your boy tonight I hope he is a gentleman maybe he wont Down down in an earlier round sugar Dance dance we're falling apart to half time dance dance these This aint a scene it's a goddamn arms race this aint a scene it's a One more night and one more time thanks for the memories even Growing up growing up I've got troubled thoughts and Self esteem to match What a catch What a catch |
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| from Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True (1977) | |||||
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| from Elvis Costello - This Year's Model (1978) | |||||
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from Elvis Costello - Costello: My Flame Burns Blue (2006)
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 [Chorus:] She is watching the detectives "Ooh, he's so cute" She is watching the detectives When they shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot They beat him up until the teardrops start But he can't be wounded 'cause he's got no heart Long shot at that jumping sign Invisible shivers running down my spine Cut to baby taking off her clothes Close-up of the sign that says "We never close" He snatches at you and you match his cigarette She pulls the eyes out with a face like a magnet I don't know how much more of this I can take She's filing her nails while they're dragging the lake [Chorus:] You think you're alone until you realize you're in it Now fear is here to stay, love is here for a visit They call it instant justice when it's past the legal limit Someone's scratching at the window, I wonder who is it? The detectives come to check if you belong to the parents Who are ready to hear the worst about their daughter's disappearance Though it nearly took a miracle to get you to stay It only took my little fingers to blow you away Just like watching the detectives Don't get cute It's just like watching the detectives I get so angry when the teardrops start But he can't be wounded 'cause he's got no heart Watching the detectives It's just like watching the detectives Watching the detectives Watching the detectives... |
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| from Elvis Costello - This Year's Model (1978) | |||||
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| from Elvis Costello - The Sweetest Punch - The New Songs of Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach (1999) | |||||
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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 - Elvis Costello: Il Sogno (2004) | |||||
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| from Elvis Costello - Costello: My Flame Burns Blue (2006) | |||||
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| from Elvis Costello - Trust (1981) | |||||
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| from Elvis Costello & The Imposters - /The Imposters - Momofuku (2008) | |||||
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| from Elvis Costello - Elvis Costello: Il Sogno (2004) | |||||
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| from Elvis Costello - Costello: My Flame Burns Blue (2006) | |||||
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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)
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 - Painted From Memory (1998)
All through the night you telephoned I saw the light blinking red Beside the cradle But you don't know how far I've gone Now I must live with the lie That I made But if I call, I know I won't have to say it You'll hear my voice - something is bound to betray it But do people living in Toledo Know that their name hasn't travelled very well? And does anybody in Ohio Dream of that Spanish citadel? But it's no use saying that I love you And how that girl really didn't mean a thing to me For if anyone should look into your eyes It's not forgiveness that they're gonna see You hear her voice - "How could you do that?" You hear her voice - "How could you do that?" So I walked outside in the bright Sunshine and lovers pass by Smiling and joking But they don't know the fool I was Why should they care what was lost What was broken? But if I call, I know I won't have to say it You'll hear my voice - something is bound to betray it But do people living in Toledo Know that their name hasn't travelled very well? And does anybody in Ohio Dream of that Spanish citadel? But it's no use saying that I love you And how that girl really didn't mean a thing to me For if anyone should look into your eyes It's not forgiveness that they're gonna see But do people living in Toledo Know that their name hasn't travelled very well? And does anybody in Ohio Dream of that Spanish citadel? But we still have Florence, Alabama We don't have Paris, and we don't have Rome |
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from Elvis Costello - The Sweetest Punch - The New Songs of Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach (1999)
All through the night you telephoned
I saw the light blinking red Beside the cradle But you don't know how far I've gone Now I must live with the lie That I made But if I call, I know I won't have to say it You'll hear my voice - something is bound to betray it But do people living in Toledo Know that their name hasn't travelled very well? And does anybody in Ohio Dream of that Spanish citadel? But it's no use saying that I love you And how that girl really didn't mean a thing to me For if anyone should look into your eyes It's not forgiveness that they're gonna see You hear her voice - "How could you do that?" You hear her voice - "How could you do that?" So I walked outside in the bright Sunshine and lovers pass by Smiling and joking But they don't know the fool I was Why should they care what was lost What was broken? But if I call, I know I won't have to say it You'll hear my voice - something is bound to betray it But do people living in Toledo Know that their name hasn't travelled very well? And does anybody in Ohio Dream of that Spanish citadel? But it's no use saying that I love you And how that girl really didn't mean a thing to me For if anyone should look into your eyes It's not forgiveness that they're gonna see But do people living in Toledo Know that their name hasn't travelled very well? And does anybody in Ohio Dream of that Spanish citadel? But we still have Florence, Alabama We don't have Paris, and we don't have Rome |
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| from Elvis Costello - This Year's Model (1978) | |||||
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| from Elvis Costello - This Year's Model (1978) | |||||
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from Elvis Costello - Painted From Memory (1998)
These rooms play tricks upon you Remember when they were always filled with laughter? But now they're quite deserted They seem to just echo voices raised in anger Maybe you will see my face Reflected there on the pane In the window of our poor Forlorn and broken home Still this house is empty now There's nothing I can do To make you want to stay So tell me how Am I supposed to live without you? These walls were lined with pictures Remember the glass we charged in celebration? But now I fill my life up With all that I can to deaden this sensation Do you recognize the face Fixed in that fine silver frame Were you really so unhappy then? You never said So this house is empty now There's nothing I can do To make you want to stay So tell me how Am I supposed to live without you? Oh, if I could just become forgetful When night seems endless Does the extinguished candle care About the darkness? It's funny how my mem?ry Will bring you so close then make you disappear Meanwhile all our friends must choose Who they will favour, who they will lose Hang the garland high or close the door And throw away the key This house is empty now There's no one living here You have to care about This house is empty now There's nothing I can do To make you want to stay So tell me how Am I supposed to live without you? This house is empty now There's no one living here You have to care about This house is empty now There's nothing I can do To make you want to stay So tell me how Am I supposed to live without you |
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from Elvis Costello - The Sweetest Punch - The New Songs of Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach (1999)
These rooms play tricks upon you
Remember when they were always filled with laughter? But now they're quite deserted They seem to just echo voices raised in anger Maybe you will see my face Reflected there on the pane In the window of our poor Forlorn and broken home Still this house is empty now There's nothing I can do To make you want to stay So tell me how Am I supposed to live without you? These walls were lined with pictures Remember the glass we charged in celebration? But now I fill my life up With all that I can to deaden this sensation Do you recognize the face Fixed in that fine silver frame Were you really so unhappy then? You never said So this house is empty now There's nothing I can do To make you want to stay So tell me how Am I supposed to live without you? Oh, if I could just become forgetful When night seems endless Does the extinguished candle care About the darkness? It's funny how my mem?ry Will bring you so close then make you disappear Meanwhile all our friends must choose Who they will favour, who they will lose Hang the garland high or close the door And throw away the key This house is empty now There's no one living here You have to care about This house is empty now There's nothing I can do To make you want to stay So tell me how Am I supposed to live without you? This house is empty now There's no one living here You have to care about This house is empty now There's nothing I can do To make you want to stay So tell me how Am I supposed to live without you |
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from Anne Sofie Von Otter, Elvis Costello - For The Stars (2006)
These rooms play tricks upon you Remember when they were always filled with laughter? But now they're quite deserted They seem to just echo voices raised in anger Maybe you will see my face Reflected there on the pane In the window of our poor Forlorn and broken home Still this house is empty now There's nothing I can do To make you want to stay So tell me how Am I supposed to live without you? These walls were lined with pictures Remember the glass we charged in celebration? But now I fill my life up With all that I can to deaden this sensation Do you recognize the face Fixed in that fine silver frame Were you really so unhappy then? You never said So this house is empty now There's nothing I can do To make you want to stay So tell me how Am I supposed to live without you? Oh, if I could just become forgetful When night seems endless Does the extinguished candle care About the darkness? It's funny how my mem?ry Will bring you so close then make you disappear Meanwhile all our friends must choose Who they will favour, who they will lose Hang the garland high or close the door And throw away the key This house is empty now There's no one living here You have to care about This house is empty now There's nothing I can do To make you want to stay So tell me how Am I supposed to live without you? This house is empty now There's no one living here You have to care about This house is empty now There's nothing I can do To make you want to stay So tell me how Am I supposed to live without you |
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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 - Elvis Costello: Il Sogno (2004) | |||||
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| from Elvis Costello - Costello: My Flame Burns Blue (2006) | |||||
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from Elvis Costello - Painted From Memory (1998)
You only saw red After I said, "How can we continue?" Hidden from your view In the blue corner that I painted myself into Then we started to fight And it changed everything Here's the ring You dropped the band, I can't understand it Not after all we've been through Words start to fly, my glass jaw and I Will find one to walk right into You knocked me out It was the sweetest punch The bell goes... I can hear it ringing, but I didn't see it coming We all say things we don't mean You can't take it back Now the room is spinning, but was I the last to notice? I can see I'll never win So if you're going Then you better go to him Then you better go to him I only saw stars I dropped my guard, and that's how it ended What was I to do In the blue corner where I seemed to hang suspended? Then with seconds to go You delivered the blow Here I go You dropped the band, I can't understand it Not after all we've been through Words start to fly, my glass jaw and I Will find one to walk right into You knocked me out It was the sweetest punch The bell goes... I can hear it ringing, but I didn't see it coming We all say things we don't mean You can't take it back Now the room is spinning, but was I the last to notice? I can see I'll never win So if you're going Then you better go to him Then you better go to him |
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from Elvis Costello - The Sweetest Punch - The New Songs of Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach (1999)
You only saw red
After I said, "How can we continue?" Hidden from your view In the blue corner that I painted myself into Then we started to fight And it changed everything Here's the ring You dropped the band, I can't understand it Not after all we've been through Words start to fly, my glass jaw and I Will find one to walk right into You knocked me out It was the sweetest punch The bell goes... I can hear it ringing, but I didn't see it coming We all say things we don't mean You can't take it back Now the room is spinning, but was I the last to notice? I can see I'll never win So if you're going Then you better go to him Then you better go to him I only saw stars I dropped my guard, and that's how it ended What was I to do In the blue corner where I seemed to hang suspended? Then with seconds to go You delivered the blow Here I go You dropped the band, I can't understand it Not after all we've been through Words start to fly, my glass jaw and I Will find one to walk right into You knocked me out It was the sweetest punch The bell goes... I can hear it ringing, but I didn't see it coming We all say things we don't mean You can't take it back Now the room is spinning, but was I the last to notice? I can see I'll never win So if you're going Then you better go to him Then you better go to him |
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| from Elvis Costello - Elvis Costello: Il Sogno (2004) | |||||
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| from Elvis Costello - Elvis Costello: Il Sogno (2004) | |||||
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| from Elvis Costello - Costello: My Flame Burns Blue (2006) | |||||
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| from Elvis Costello - The River In Reverse (2006) | |||||
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| from Elvis Costello - The River In Reverse (2006) | |||||
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| from Elvis Costello - Elvis Costello: Il Sogno (2004) | |||||
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| from Elvis Costello - Costello: My Flame Burns Blue (2006) | |||||
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| from Anne Sofie Von Otter, Elvis Costello - For The Stars (2006) | |||||
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| from Elvis Costello - Trust (1981) | |||||
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from Elvis Costello - Painted From Memory (1998)
Did somebody try to catch your eye And almost change your sad expression? Did somebody's hand linger too long? Must I now make my confession? But you'll never know What suspicion is Until you lie awake And every night you ask yourself "What am I to do?" Can it be so hard to calculate? When three goes into two There's nothing left over How's it gonna feel? This time it's real It's not a temporary fracture This is what you get, the stage is set For you and your attempted rapture Is he gonna smile That indulgent smile When you come running home? And every night you ask yourself, "What am I to do?" Can it be so hard to calculate? When three goes into two There's nothing left over What am I gonna say? You turn away And you leave me here despairing What am I going to do? I look at you You seem to be so long past caring Did somebody say, "Can we still be friends?" Only to find out now that it's a joke So ask yourself, "What am I to do?" Can it be so hard to calculate? When three goes into two There's nothing left over Did somebody say, "Can we still be friends?" Did somebody say, "Can we still be friends?" Did somebody say, "Can we still be friends?" Did somebody say, "Can we still be friends?" Did somebody say, "Can we still be friends?" Did somebody say, "Can we still be friends?" |
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from Elvis Costello - The Sweetest Punch - The New Songs of Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach (1999)
Did somebody try to catch your eye
And almost change your sad expression? Did somebody's hand linger too long? Must I now make my confession? But you'll never know What suspicion is Until you lie awake And every night you ask yourself "What am I to do?" Can it be so hard to calculate? When three goes into two There's nothing left over How's it gonna feel? This time it's real It's not a temporary fracture This is what you get, the stage is set For you and your attempted rapture Is he gonna smile That indulgent smile When you come running home? And every night you ask yourself, "What am I to do?" Can it be so hard to calculate? When three goes into two There's nothing left over What am I gonna say? You turn away And you leave me here despairing What am I going to do? I look at you You seem to be so long past caring Did somebody say, "Can we still be friends?" Only to find out now that it's a joke So ask yourself, "What am I to do?" Can it be so hard to calculate? When three goes into two There's nothing left over Did somebody say, "Can we still be friends?" Did somebody say, "Can we still be friends?" Did somebody say, "Can we still be friends?" Did somebody say, "Can we still be friends?" Did somebody say, "Can we still be friends?" Did somebody say, "Can we still be friends?" |
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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 - Elvis Costello: Il Sogno (2004) | |||||
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| from Elvis Costello - Costello: My Flame Burns Blue (2006) | |||||
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| from Elvis Costello - Elvis Costello: Il Sogno (2004) | |||||
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| from Elvis Costello - Costello: My Flame Burns Blue (2006) | |||||
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| from Elvis Costello - Elvis Costello: Il Sogno (2004) | |||||
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| from Elvis Costello - Costello: My Flame Burns Blue (2006) | |||||
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| from Elvis Costello - Elvis Costello: Il Sogno (2004) | |||||
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| from Elvis Costello - Costello: My Flame Burns Blue (2006) | |||||
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| from Elvis Costello - Elvis Costello: Il Sogno (2004) | |||||
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| from Elvis Costello - Costello: My Flame Burns Blue (2006) | |||||
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| from Elvis Costello - This Year's Model (1978) | |||||
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| from Elvis Costello - This Year's Model (1978) | |||||
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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 - 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 - 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 - Painted From Memory (1998)
Think back now when we were young There were always tears at the birthday party You know how children can be So cruel That's how it starts, but What if we never learn how to behave? I did something, and you never forgave me I never thought that it could be like this But now I see I see you share your cake with him Unwrapping presents that I should have sent What can I do? Must I watch you? Close the door, dim the lights, blow out the candles So Happy Birthday again And it's the same every year Seems that I remember it as something more, but You know how children can grow So strange I still adore you What if we never learn from our mistakes? But then, you'll never know how my heart aches I never thought that it would be like this But now I see I see you share your cake with him Unwrapping presents that I should have sent What can I do? Must I watch you? Close the door, dim the lights, blow out the candles So Happy Birthday again Close the door, dim the lights, blow out the candles So Happy Birthday again One day I know he'll forget To pay you the compliments you're after You'll hang your sad, aching head Behind a brittle smile or a shrill of laughter What if we only get what we deserve? Somehow I couldn't quite summon the nerve Upon each anniversary Then do you ever think of me? Unwrapping presents that I should have sent What can I do? Must I watch you? Close the door, dim the lights, blow out the candles So Happy Birthday again Close the door, dim the lights, blow out the candles So Happy Birthday again Close the door, dim the lights, blow out the candles So Happy Birthday again Close the door, dim the lights, blow out the candles So Happy Birthday again |
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from Elvis Costello - The Sweetest Punch - The New Songs of Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach (1999)
Think back now when we were young
There were always tears at the birthday party You know how children can be So cruel That's how it starts, but What if we never learn how to behave? I did something, and you never forgave me I never thought that it could be like this But now I see I see you share your cake with him Unwrapping presents that I should have sent What can I do? Must I watch you? Close the door, dim the lights, blow out the candles So Happy Birthday again And it's the same every year Seems that I remember it as something more, but You know how children can grow So strange I still adore you What if we never learn from our mistakes? But then, you'll never know how my heart aches I never thought that it would be like this But now I see I see you share your cake with him Unwrapping presents that I should have sent What can I do? Must I watch you? Close the door, dim the lights, blow out the candles So Happy Birthday again Close the door, dim the lights, blow out the candles So Happy Birthday again One day I know he'll forget To pay you the compliments you're after You'll hang your sad, aching head Behind a brittle smile or a shrill of laughter What if we only get what we deserve? Somehow I couldn't quite summon the nerve Upon each anniversary Then do you ever think of me? Unwrapping presents that I should have sent What can I do? Must I watch you? Close the door, dim the lights, blow out the candles So Happy Birthday again Close the door, dim the lights, blow out the candles So Happy Birthday again Close the door, dim the lights, blow out the candles So Happy Birthday again Close the door, dim the lights, blow out the candles So Happy Birthday again |
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from Elvis Costello - When I Was Cruel (2002)
Who dries your eyes when you cry real tears? Who knows or cares what an imitation is? Only you do You can paint his nails Make him wear high heels Why waste time altering the hemline? Or do you? Tear off your own head Tear off your own head It's a doll revolution You can bat your lashes You can cut your strings You can pull his hair with your moveable fingers It looks so real If one won't do it, so collect the set Dress him in pink ribbons Put him in a kitchenette How does this feel? Tear off your own head Tear off your own head It's a doll revolution What's that sound? It will turn you around It's a doll revolution They're taking over And they're tearing it down It's a doll revolution You can pull and pinch him 'Til he cries and squeals You can twist his body 'til it faces backwards Those plastic features You could make somebody a pretty little wife But don't let anybody tell you how to live your life Broken pieces Tear off your own head Tear off your own head It's a doll revolution Tear off your own head Revolution |
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from Elvis Costello - When I Was Cruel (2002)
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 Is it something you crave? And you say that you only feel bitterness When you know it's a lie, lie, lie Wild with a blackberry bush There were blossoms of cherries to crush There, at the edge of the asphalt tempting fingertips They stain your hand, press too hard They'll colour your lips But the flavour is Tart And the flavour is Tart Is it something you crave? 'Cos you say that you only feel bitterness Would it kill you to show us a little sweetness? Repeat chorus Odd, where nothing else grows It was something like love that she chose Always a creature of habit When pity would do She wore down that heel with no feeling She kept on her shoes Repeat chorus Nylon was hung from a peg And a kohl black seam ran down her leg Fishermen look for their nets And send their regrets The bug lay there broken She spoke, "Is this some kind of joke?" But the flavour is Tart |
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from Anne Sofie Von Otter, Elvis Costello - For The Stars (2006)
Phone's off the No one knows where we are It's a long time since I Drank champagne The ocean is blue As blue as your eyes I'm gonna take it with me When I go Old long since gone Now way back when We lived in Coney Island Ain't no good thing Ever dies I'm gonna take it with me When I go Far far away a train Whistle blows Wherever you're goin Wherever you've been Waving good bye at the end Of the day You're up and you're over And you're far away Always for you, and Forever yours It felt just like the old days We fell asleep on Beaula's porch I'm gonna take it with me When I go All broken down by The side of the road I was never more alive or Alone I've worn the faces off All the cards I'm gonna take it with me When I go Children are playing At the end of the day Strangers are singing On our lawn It's got to be more Than flesh and bone All that you're loved Is all you own In a land there's a town And in that town there's A house And in that house There's a woman And in that woman There's a hart I love I'm gonna take it With me when I go I'm gonna take it With me when I go |
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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 - Painted From Memory (1998)
On a hot city day When your white shirt turns to grey That's when she'll arrive When you look how you feel Someone steps upon your heel That's when she will come Listen now I'm not saying that there will be violins But don't be surprised if they appear Playing in some doorway Still I can't believe that this is happening We're such unlikely lovers Though no one seems to notice as they hurry by Ask me what I'm thinking, and I won't deny it Can you believe it's happening? Can you believe it's happening? There were no magic spells You can keep the flowers and bells They just don't seem right Can it actually be? Me and you and you and me Though we're like day and night Listen now I'm not saying that there will be violins But don't be surprised if they appear Playing in some doorway Still I can't believe that this is happening We're such unlikely lovers Though no one seems to notice as they hurry by Ask me what I'm feeling, and I won't deny it Can you believe it's happening? I am bewildered Can you believe it's happening? Somebody help me Can you believe it's happening |
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from Elvis Costello - The Sweetest Punch - The New Songs of Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach (1999)
On a hot city day
When your white shirt turns to grey That's when she'll arrive When you look how you feel Someone steps upon your heel That's when she will come Listen now I'm not saying that there will be violins But don't be surprised if they appear Playing in some doorway Still I can't believe that this is happening We're such unlikely lovers Though no one seems to notice as they hurry by Ask me what I'm thinking, and I won't deny it Can you believe it's happening? Can you believe it's happening? There were no magic spells You can keep the flowers and bells They just don't seem right Can it actually be? Me and you and you and me Though we're like day and night Listen now I'm not saying that there will be violins But don't be surprised if they appear Playing in some doorway Still I can't believe that this is happening We're such unlikely lovers Though no one seems to notice as they hurry by Ask me what I'm feeling, and I won't deny it Can you believe it's happening? I am bewildered Can you believe it's happening? Somebody help me Can you believe it's happening |
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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 - When I Was Cruel (2002)
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 won't pull on my ponytail I want a girl who has no past She's made up now But that won't last 'Cos when she sits on my knee And then she whispers to me "Can't you see I could be I could be Your spooky girlfriend" The broken toys are all scattered in the attic Newspapers play with the words of the fanatic While the greeting cards are your most poetic lyric And the flat champagne is sweet sugar syrup I want to paint you with glitter and with dirt Picture you with innocence and hurt The shutter closes Exposes the shot She says, "Are you looking up my skirt?" When you say "No" She says "Why not?" I want a girl to turn my screw To wind my watch, to buckle my shoe And if she won't her mother will do But when she does as she's told We'll all turn platinum and gold But when she sits on my knee I hear her whispers to me "Can't you see?" "I could be your spooky girlfriend" |
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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 - When I Was Cruel (2002)
Hang my head and shut my eyes What kind of justice is this? 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 make my case stop and stutter Soul comes unglued from the uppers Blood is seeping in the hole A mother's eye is weeping I see every human kind And still the truth is distant I see every evil men do and desire Got to be more then just a soul for hire When it's time to give protection To the ones who need it most, who are desperate I get distracted from my job Streams of ink and piles of paper What are the breaks? Jump out the window? Parole? Escape? Blood is seeping in the hole A mother's eye is weeping Hang my head and shut my eyes I can't see justice twisted I see every evil men do and desire Got to be more than just a soul for hire When it's time to give protection To the ones who need it most, who are desperate I get distracted from my job Streams of ink and piles of paper To hand them over to dopers and kiddie-rapers Corrupt in every twisted grudge And that is just the judge Hang my head and shut my eyes What kind of justice it this? |
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| from Elvis Costello & The Imposters - /The Imposters - Momofuku (2008) | |||||
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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 - My Aim Is True (1977) | |||||
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| from Elvis Costello - Elvis Costello: Il Sogno (2004) | |||||






