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.

The Beat (LIve At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

Till a man comes along and he says, 'Have you been a good boy, never played with your toy? Elvis Costello The Beat Lyrics Though you never enjoy, such pleasure to employ.'

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

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.

Mystery Dance (Live At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

Romeo was restless, he was ready to kill He jumped out the window 'cause he couldn't sit still Juliet was waiting with a safety net He said, "Don't bury me 'cause I'm not dead yet" Why don't you te...

Lip Service (Live At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

Don't act like you're above me Just look at your shoes But everybody is going through the motions Everybody is going through the motions Are you really only going through the motions?

Goon Squad (LIve At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

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

No Action (Live At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

I don't want to kiss you, I don't want to touch I don't want to see you 'cause I don't miss you that much I'm not a telephone junkie I told you that we were just good friends But when I hold you li...

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...

Lipstick Vogue (Live At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

Get to the slot machine almost dead on arrival Just hit me one more time with that live wire Maybe they told you you were only a girl in a million You say I've got not feelings; this is a good way

Miracle Man Elvis Costello

But don't you think that I know that walking on the water won't make me a miracle man? Baby's gotta have the things she wants. You know she's gotta have the things she loves.

Living In Paradise (Live At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

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

This Year's Girl (Live At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

This Year's Girl Elvis Costello This Years Model (1978) See her picture in a thousand places 'cause she's this year's girl You think you all own little pieces of this year's girl Forget your fancy

Pump It Up (Live At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

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

Accidents Will Happen (Live At Hollywood High/1978) Elvis Costello

Accidents Will Happen - Elvis Costello Oh I just don't know where to begin Though he says he'll wait forever It's now or never But she keeps him hanging on The silly champion She says she can't go

Waiting For The End Of The World (Live At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

Waiting for the End of the World Elvis Costello My Aim is True (1977) The man from the television crawled into the train. I wonder who he's gonna stick it in this time?

Roadette Song (Live) Elvis Costello

it over, does the best to please Diction very bad, friction double rich Brazen little hussy, rock 'n' rolling bitch When it comes to business take off like a jet Rocking's her vocation, she's a very high

(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea (Live At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

Photographs of fancy tricks to get your kicks at sixty-six He thinks of all the lips that he licks And all the girls that he's going to fix She gave a little flirt, gave herself a little cuddle But

(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes (Live At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

Oh I used to be disgusted and now I try to be amused. But since their wings have got rusted, you know, the angels wanna wear my red shoes. But when they told me 'bout their side of the bargain, tha...

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.

Clubland (Live) Elvis Costello

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

Sparkling Day Elvis Costello

now you can tell by the way I use my walk I'm a woman's man no time to talk Music loud and women warm I've been kicked around since I was born now it's all right it's OK And you may look the

Hora Decubitus (Live) Elvis Costello

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

Delivery Man Elvis Costello

was able, so Vivian said Her shoulders flung forward Her lips in a purse She talks like the beauty that she never was Of the fabulous wild nights that she never has In a certain light he looked like Elvis

Can You Be True? (Live) Elvis Costello

I long to hear you whisper my name 'Til you tell me "My Darling, you may be my man."

God Give Me Strength (Live) Elvis Costello

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 This bell is rung out She was the light that I'd bless She took my last chance at

That's How You Got Killed Before (Live) Elvis Costello

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

The Delivery Man Elvis Costello

In a certain way he feels like Jesus Everyone dreams of him just as they can But he's only the humble delivery man Geraldine blushes and brushes away The cigarette ashes that Vivian scatters Stares out

Episode Of Blonde (Live) Elvis Costello

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

Jimmie Standing In The Rain Elvis Costello

turned up against the fog Slow coaches rolling o'er the moor Between the very memory And approaches of war Stale bread curling on a luncheon counter Loose change lonely, not the right amount Forgotten man

Almost Ideal Eyes (Live) Elvis Costello

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

She's Pulling Out The Pin Elvis Costello

starts to pull away And the lights begin to dim Is she thinking of me Or is she thinking of him She's pulling out the pin She's slipping off the hook Unbuttoning her dress There's just enough to make some man

Monkey To Man Elvis Costello

now the world is full of sorrow and pain And it's time for us to speak up again You're slack and sorry Such an arrogant brood The only purpose you serve is to bring us our food We sit here staring at

Watching The Detectives Elvis Costello

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.

Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4 Elvis Costello

Peace will come" Above her head a portrait of her father The wilted favour that he gave her still fastened to the frame "They've got his bones and everything he owns I've got his name" Well you can laugh at

The Beat Elvis Costello

It takes two to tumble, it takes two to tango Speak up--don't mumble if you're in the combo On the beat, on the beat Till a man comes along and he says "Have you been a good boy, never played with

Poor Fractured Atlas Elvis Costello

He's out in the woods with his squirrel gun To try to recapture his anger He's screaming some words at the top of his lungs Until he begins to feel younger But back at his desk in the city we find Our

(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea (Live) Elvis Costello

Photographs of fancy tricks to get your kicks at sixty-six He thinks of all the lips that he licks And all the girls that he's going to fix She gave a little flirt, gave herself a little cuddle But there's

The Great Unknown Elvis Costello

he sinks just like a stone Footprints set in sentimental cement Now burden down his bones Lest we forget Here lies the Great unknown My my my Delilah Who's the butcher that you harbour Take the rich man

Favourite Hour (Live) Elvis Costello

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 [Choru...

Almost Blue (Live) Elvis Costello

Almost blueAlmost doing things we used to doThere's a girl here, and she's almost youAlmost all the things that your eyes once promisedI see in hers tooNow your eyes are red from cryingAlmost blueF...

Tear Off Your Own Head ( It's A Doll Revolution) Elvis Costello

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 (It's A Doll Revolution) Elvis Costello

Only you do You can paint his nails Make him wear high heels Why waste time altering the hemline? Or do you?

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

Out Of Time (Live) Elvis Costello & The Imposters

So this is where he came to hide When he ran from you In a private detective`s overcoat And dirty dead man`s shoes The pretty things of Knightsbridge Lying for a minister of state Are a far cry from the

The Monkey Elvis Costello

monkey speaks his mind Now, three monkey sittin' in a coconut tree Discussin' things as they all say it to be Said one to the other, now, listen you two There's a certain rumor that can't be true That man

Room With No Number Elvis Costello

endless days and nights Hiding something they can't show Something no one else must know There's a room without a number While the sign outside says There's no vacancy As you take your key They smile at

Home Is Anywhere You Hang Your Head Elvis Costello

Misery He's tearing out his hair again He's crying over her again He's standing in the super-market shouting at the customers Here comes Mr.

Man Out Of Time (Live) Elvis Costello, The Imposters

So this is where he came to hide When he ran from you In a private detective`s overcoat And dirty dead man`s shoes Incomprehensible Knightsbridge For a minister of state Is a far cry from the nod

Man Out Of Time (Live) Elvis Costello & The Imposters

So this is where he came to hide When he ran from you In a private detective`s overcoat And dirty dead man`s shoes Incomprehensible Knightsbridge For a minister of state Is a far cry from the nod and wink

Veronica Elvis Costello

And all the time she laughs at those who shout her name and steal her clothes Veronica Veronica Did the days drag by? Did the favours wane? Did he roam down the town all the time?