Someone Took The Words Away Elvis Costello

I'd blame all the things I feel but can't quite place Perhaps they're written on my face Someone took the words away Why don't you speak up and say what you mean?

I Lost You Elvis Costello

in this tragedy You're just an apparition in a haunting mystery I fear that you've passed over me And there's nothing I can do because I lost you Just like a rich man who is careless of his change I took

She's Pulling Out The Pin Elvis Costello

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

Monkey To Man Elvis Costello

took the credit It's been headed this way since the world began When a vicious creature took the jump from Monkey to Man Monkey to Man Every time man struggles and fails He makes up some kind of

When It Sings Elvis Costello

All the words you say to me Have music in them All the sorrows and the joys like magnetism And a selfish boy looks through a prism And says what is But never asks what isn't But a voice contains

Kinder Murder Elvis Costello

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

God Give Me Strength Elvis Costello

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

God Give Me Strength (Live) Elvis Costello

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

I'm In The Mood Again Elvis Costello

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

Watching The Detectives Elvis Costello

She is watching the detectives. "ooh, he's so cute!" She is watching the detectives when they shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot.

Last Boat Leaving Elvis Costello

Hush my little one don't cry so You know your daddy's bound to go They took his pride They took his voice Don't upset him now, don't make a noise They said "You're lucky son you've still got a choice"

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

They beat him up until the tear-drops start.

The Birds Will Still Be Singing Elvis Costello

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

Complicated Shadows Elvis Costello

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

Five Small Words Elvis Costello

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

Watching The Detectives (Live) Elvis Costello

Watching the Detectives Elvis Costello My Aim is True (1977) Nice girls not one with a defect, cellophane shrink-wrapped, so correct. Red dogs under illegal legs.

Sour Milk Cow Blues Elvis Costello

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

Satellite Elvis Costello

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

Blame It On Cain Elvis Costello

Government burglars took it long before I could mail it to you. Still, you are the only one. Now I can't let it slip away.

American Without Tears 2 (Twilight Version) Elvis Costello

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

Lipstick Vogue Elvis Costello

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

Lipstick Vogue (Live At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

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

A Slow Drag With Josephine Elvis Costello

"The snitch, the snoop, the tattletale Lead a threadbare up stairs Adieu, my little ballyhoo You broke my heart in two And now I haunt the bars and scent those trite affairs She went home to gather her

There's A Story In Your Voice Elvis Costello

"Once upon another time If you had the need I'd step right in your shoes that you've been walking 'Cause someone put the hurt in you For everyone to see And you only have to speak to tell your fortune

Nothing Clings Like Ivy Elvis Costello

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

Stations Of The Cross Elvis Costello

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

Upon A Veil Of Midnight Blue (Live) Elvis Costello

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

Impatience ( Bonus Track ) Elvis Costello

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

Impatience Elvis Costello

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

Alison (Elvis Costello) Hitomi Shimazaki

Alison (Elvis Costello) - Hitomi Shimazaki (시마자키 히토미/島崎ひとみ) Oh it's so funny to be seeing you after so long, girl. And with the way you look i understand That you are not impressed.

Still Elvis Costello

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

Still (Feat. The Brodsky Quartet) Elvis Costello

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

Let Him Dangle Elvis Costello

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

Chewing Gum Elvis Costello

they're yours to cut out and keep So you can dress them up maybe They don't know just who they are, or who they're supposed to be You can make them happy or sad Or assume their identity So here they are in the

Miracle Man (Live At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

Miracle Man Elvis Costello My Aim is True (1977) You never asked me what I wanted. You only asked me why.

Put Away Forbidden Playthings (Live) Elvis Costello

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

Days Elvis Costello

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

Scarlet Tide Elvis Costello

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

The Scarlet Tide Elvis Costello

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

Alison (Live At Hollywood High/1978) Elvis Costello

Well, it's so funny to be seein ya after so long girl by the way look, I understand that you are not impressed I heard you let that little friend of mine take off your party dress I'm not gonna get

Alison (Album Version) Elvis Costello

Well, it's so funny to be seein ya after so long girl by the way look, I understand that you are not impressed I heard you let that little friend of mine take off your party dress I'm not gonna get too

Worthless Thing Elvis Costello

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

Either Side Of The Same Town Elvis Costello

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

Night Rally Elvis Costello

I would send out for assistance but there's someone on the signal wire And the corporation logo is flashing on and off in the sky They're putting all your names in the forbidden book I know what they're

Alison Elvis Costello

And with the way you look I understand that you are not impressed. But I heard you let that little friend of mine take off your party dress.

I Wanna Be Loved Elvis Costello

find room for me In your heart somehow I wanna be loved I just wanna be loved I guess I'm a victim of loneliness But why should this be my destiny A foolish man for a lot of my life Shouldn't there be someone

Stranger In The House Elvis Costello

This never was one of the great romances But I thought you'd always have those young girl's eyes But now they look in tired and bitter glances At the ghost of a man who walks 'round in my disguise

Dr. Watson, I Presume Elvis Costello

cawing Pecking at carrion of the fallen Battalion Thawing On frozen mooring Blackbird in a crust no more They fell down 4 and 20 Bloodstained the land of want and plenty Now raven standing at his shoulder

The Great Unknown Elvis Costello

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

Petals Elvis Costello

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