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

All The Rage Elvis Costello

1-2-3,2-3,3 The twitching impulses to speak your mind I'll lend you my microscope and maybe you will find it Is it in that ugly place that's just behind your face Where you keep my picture still despite

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 tell

The Birds Will Still Be Singing Elvis Costello

heartbroken There will be tears and candles Pretty words to say Spare me lily-white lillies With the awful perfume of decay Banish all dismay Extinguish every sorrow If I'm lost or I'm forgiven The birds will still

Smile (Japanese A-Side) Elvis Costello

Light up your face with gladness Hide every trace of sadness Altho' a tear may be ever so near That's the time you must keep trying Smile what's the use of crying You'll find that life is still

Mystery Dance Elvis Costello

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 tell me 'bout the mystery dance.

Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4 Elvis Costello

I saw a girl who'd found her consolation She said "One day my Prince of 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

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

Put Away Forbidden Playthings (Live) Elvis Costello

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

Impatience ( Bonus Track ) Elvis Costello

how you started disturbing me so Sometimes - when I am all alone I lose my senses I have no defences to go But if this is how I lose my heart Then I shall just embrace that My pulse is racing still

Impatience Elvis Costello

absurd how you started disturbing me so Sometimes - when I am all alone I lose my senses I have no defences to go But if this is how I lose my heart Then I shall just embrace that My pulse is racing still

You Hung The Moon Elvis Costello

"The homecoming fanfare is echoing still Now tapping on tables And sensing a chill Poor families expecting loved one's return Only summon some charlatan spectre Oh, when will they learn?

Complicated Shadows Elvis Costello

darker than you know in those Complicated Shadows All you gangsters and rude clowns Who were shooting up the town When you should have found someone to put the blame on Though the fury's hot and hard I still

The Deportees Club Elvis Costello

In the Arrivederci Roma nightclub bar and grill Standing in the fibreglass ruins watching time stand still All your troubles you confess to another faceless backless dress Schnapps Chianti Porter and Ouzo

Name Of This Thing Is Not Love Elvis Costello

"There's a part of this feeling That I just cannot kill But the name of this thing is not love And I can't take a potion And I won't take a pill So it tortures me still But the name of this thing is not

The Name Of This Thing Is Not Love Elvis Costello

There's a part of this feeling that I just cannot kill But the name of this thing is not love And I can't take a potion, and I won't take a pill So it tortures me still, but the name of this thing is not

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

One Bell Ringing Elvis Costello

teeming Storm punching like a hurricane That tore him out of dreaming Air screaming through the slightest gap Rattling between the frame and the sill Drapes hanging from the final act When I had you still

Sneaky Feelings Elvis Costello

I'd like to get right through the way I feel for you, but I've still got a long way to go. Why don't we call it a day, and we can both confess. You can force me to use a little tenderness.

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

Stranger In The House Elvis Costello

will ever see But everybody says he looks like me And now you say you've got no expectations But I know you also miss those carefree days And for all the angry words that passed between us You still

Everyday I Write The Book Elvis Costello

captured here in my quotation marks Don't tell me you don't know the difference Between a lover and a fighter With my pen and my electric typewriter Even in a perfect world where everyone was equal I'd still

Daddy Can I Turn This? Elvis Costello

There is a button and there's a switch There is a needle and there's a dial There is a lever I want to lift And still you treat me like I'm a child Daddy can I turn this? Daddy can I turn this?

This Year's Girl Elvis Costello

'cause she's this year's girl You think you all own little pieces of this year's girl Forget your fancy manners Forget your English grammar 'Cause you don't really give a damn about this year's girl Still

This Year's Girl (Alternate Eden Studios Ver.) Elvis Costello

she's this year's girl You think you all own little pieces of this year's girl Forget your fancy manners Forget your English grammar 'Cause you don't really give a damn about this year's girl Still

Love Field Elvis Costello

You lie so unfolded in a love field With your contempt for any modesty In a love field In a love field in a love field You yield with your lips still sealed In a love field Lost in a sea of imaginary women

Let's Misbehave Elvis Costello

Let's misbehave I feel quite sure affaire d'amour Would be attractive, while we're still active Let's misbehave You know my heart is true And you say, You for me care Somebody's sure to tell But what the

Less Than Zero Elvis Costello

chorus A pistol was still smoking, a man lay on the floor. Mister Oswald said he had an understanding with the law. He said he heard about a couple living in the USA.

Stalin Malone Elvis Costello

alone Though they can't tell a cuckoo-clock from the squeals of saxophones That's when they'll fear my name Stalin Malone I'm telling you the day will come when this man gets what he merits Though people still

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

Blame It On Cain Elvis Costello

Still, you are the only one. Now I can't let it slip away. So if the man with the ticker tape, he tries to take it, well this is what I'm gonna say. Blame it on Cain. Don't blame it on me.

Welcome To The Working Week Elvis Costello

All of your family had to kill to survive, and they're still waitin' for their big day to arrive. But if they knew how I felt they'd bury me alive. Welcome to the workin' week.

(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes Elvis Costello

You know that it still hurts me just to say it. Oh, I know that she's disgusted (oh why's that) Cause she's feeling so abused.

Jump Up Elvis Costello

capitulate Beat me in the kitchen, and 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

Miracle Man Elvis Costello

Oh, I thought by now that it was gonna be easy, but she still seems to want for more. (chorus) I hear they're givin' you a bad reputation just because you've never been denied.

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

You know that it still hurts me just to say it. Oh, I know that she's disgusted (oh why's that) Cause she's feeling so abused.

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

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"

All This Useless Beauty Elvis Costello

threat Nonsense prevails, modesty fails Grace and virtue turn into stupidity While the calendar fades almost all barricades to a pale compromise And our leaders have feasts on the backsides of beasts They still

Radio Silence Elvis Costello

waste of this wonderful invention Maintaining radio silence from now on Libraries filled up with failed ideas There's nothing more for me there I trust in tender ink and gentle airs Do those drug dealers still

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

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

Home Truth Elvis Costello

I hung up the phone tonight Just as you said I love you Once this would have been coincidence Now these things start to bother me You still close your eyes when I kiss you And I close mine too But we didn't

Peace In Our Time Elvis Costello

in a victory chime And we can thank God that we've finally got Peace in our time There's a man going round taking names no Matter who you claim to be As innocent as babies a mad dog with rabies You're still

National Ransom Elvis Costello

You couldn't hold me, baby with anything but contempt Letters peel slowly from our speech The claxton attempts to preach Stretching for stars still out of reach Drowning Flailing Outside, someone's wailing

That's Not The Part Of Him You're Leaving Elvis Costello

the part of him you're leaving In time they're bound to wonder why It's just a thrill you can't deny I offered my shoulder right away Now people will talk about what I can't say And yet the whispers still

Veronica Elvis Costello

And as she closed her eyes upon the world and picked upon the bones of last week's news She spoke his name outloud again Chorus Veronica sits in her favourite chair and she sits very quiet and still

Soul For Hire Elvis Costello

, 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 Other Side Of Summer Elvis Costello

The rabid rebel dogs ransack the shampoo shop The pop princess is downtown shooting up And if that goddess if fit for burning The sun will struggle up the world will still keep turning Madman standing