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

The Monkey Elvis Costello

another 'Til they scarcely knew who was their mother Yeah, the monkey speaks his mind And another thing you never see I monkey build a fence around the coconut tree And let another coconuts go to waste Forbidden

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

Favourite Hour (Live) Elvis Costello

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

Country Darkness Elvis Costello

burnt out filament Flies buzzing around the bulb Country darkness He thought of traveling Heard an approaching train Drown out his desperate pulse A song with no refrain Country darkness She daydreams forbidden

Name Of This Thing Is Not Love Elvis Costello

He thinks of her still Although you'd never guess He's trying so to forget her The occasional moments that he'll always bless Watching her dress For worse of better He watched her pick over her broken playthings

The Name Of This Thing Is Not Love Elvis Costello

He thinks of her still, you'd never guess He's trying hard to forget her The occasional moments that he'll always bless Watching her dress, for worse or for better He watched her pick over her broken playthings

Alison (Live At Hollywood High/1978) Elvis Costello

wedding cake you used to hold him right in your hand but it took all he could take sometimes I wish that I could stop you from talkin when I hear the silly things you say I think somebody better put

No Action (Live At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

I told you that we were just good friends But when I hold you like I hold that Bakelite in my hands There's no action, there's no action, there's no action Ev'ry time I phone you, I just want to put

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

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

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

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.

Jump Up Elvis Costello

I'll beat you in the hall There's nothing I love better than a free for all To take your pretty neck and see which way it bends But when it is all over we will still be friends Wave a white flag, put

Clubland (Live) Elvis Costello

With a handful of backhanders and a bevy of beautyYou're going off limitsGoing off dutyGoing off the railsGoing off with bootyThey tell tales of fiction found on all the criminal typesLead to a hig...

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

Pump It Up (Live At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

her All the things you bought for her, putting up your temperature Pump it up, until you can feel it Pump it up, when you don't really need it Out in the fashion show, down in the bargain bin You put

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

Dr. Watson, I Presume Elvis Costello

the land of want and plenty Now raven standing at his shoulder Stared with eyes of molten solder Dripping on a lacquer box Introducing keys to locks Seven talents there where hidden Mysterious and some forbidden

I'm In The Mood Again Elvis Costello

what's come over me But it's nothing that I'm doing wrong You took the breath right out of me Now you'll find it in the early hours In a lover's song I lay my head down on fine linens and satin Away

Hora Decubitus (Live) Elvis Costello

Siren is bending, the radio hummingSun is breaking through and the storm is comingThe score is obscure, the melody fracturedIt went by my window, refused to be capturedI hope that I wake up in time...

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...

Roadette Song (Live) Elvis Costello

She can roll her shoulder, she can roll her assAin't no doubt about it, she's a gamely lassJerking with her elbow, clever with her kneesWhen she move it over, does the best to pleaseDiction very ba...

Satellite Elvis Costello

the screen, he muttered words he'd never dare to say if she could see him All over the world at the very same time People sharing the same cheap sensation the thrill of watching somebody watching those forbidden

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

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

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

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

13 Steps Lead Down Elvis Costello

fails On fashion fingernails Her lovers have her walking 'round On instruments of torture And one of them is poisonous The other is a thief they say So what one could give to her The other cannot take away

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

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

Even though I've seen the movie I don't want to check your pulse I don't want nobody else I don't want to go to Chelsea Everybody's got new orders Be a nice girl and kiss the warders Now the teacher is away

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

Lipstick Vogue Elvis Costello

not just anouther mouth in the lipstick vogue It's you, not just anouther mouth in the lipstick vogue Oh yeah Get to the slot machine, almost dead on arrival Just hit me one more time with that live

Less Than Zero Elvis Costello

Let's talk about the future now we've put the past away. chorus

Almost Ideal Eyes (Live) Elvis Costello

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 ...

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

Church Underground Elvis Costello

Sing ""Hallelujah,"" Sister Turn up the volume, just to turn it down The trivial secrets buried with profound It's enough to put a church underground It's enough to put a church underground Deflowered

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

I was watching while you're dancing away. Our love got fractured in the echo and sway. How come everybody wants to be your friend? You know that it still hurts me just to say it.

Tramp The Dirt Down Elvis Costello

avarice coming down on that child's lips Well I hope I don't die too soon I pray the Lord my soul to save Oh I'll be a good boy, I'm trying so hard to behave Because there's one thing I know, I'd like to live

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.

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

though I've seen the movie I don't want to check your pulse I don't want nobody else I don't want to go to Chelsea Everybody's got new orders Be a nice girl and kiss the warders Now the teacher is away

Can You Be True? (Live) 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 wh...

Speak Darkly My Angel (Live) Elvis Costello

Speak darkly, my angelOr do I have to plead?The sweetness has gone out of itAnd all that's left is bitter barren greedA needy lover with her almost vanished liarEntangled as the gloom is strangled ...

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

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

The Beat (LIve At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

Elvis Costello The Beat Lyrics Though you never enjoy, such pleasure to employ.' See your friends in the state their in. See your friends getting under their skin.

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.

Green Shirt (Demo Ver.) Elvis Costello

But you tease, and you flirt And you shine all the buttons on your green shirt You can please yourself but somebody's gonna get it Better cut off all identifying labels Before they put you on the

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?

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

Upon A Veil Of Midnight Blue (Live) Elvis Costello

Upon a veil of midnight blueThere hung a crescent moonTo light the viewBut you didn't whisper the wordsWhen the moment aroseI wonder how she knowsYou find your tongue is tiedYour words escape and h...

My Flame Burns Blue (Blood Count) (Live) Elvis Costello

As the last light glimmersAnd the evening hours dimMaybe I'm too proud to utter it out loudEven though my flame burns blueAs the night's descendingOnce again I find I'll tarry and pretendMy confide...