Elvis Costello piosenki

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 and clear When you clear your head my dear You can't come out here in those stolen clothes Tel...

Outside in New Orleans, the heat was almost frightening But my hotel room as usual was freezing and unkind On TV, they prosecute anyone who's exciting So I put on my overcoat and went down to find In Revlon and Crimpelene, they captured my heart To the s...

You're a fine one, oh yes you are You're a fine one just like me And we're friends now, oh wouldn't you say? We've been friends now, oh haven't we? Stay at home tonight if you know what's good for you I can't say more it would be telling For if you don't what...

Hey fellow with a million smackers And nervous indigestion Rich fellow, eats milk and crackers I'll ask you one question You silly so and so With all your dough Are you havin' any fun? What y'gettin' out o' livin'? What good is what you've got If you're not h...

(Sha, la, la, la...) It's not the way you look that touched my heart. It's not the way you kissed me, baby, that tears me apart. Many, many nights I tried. I sit alone at home and I cried over you. What can I do? I can't help myself, cause baby, it's you. You...

Bama Lama Bama Loo Gotta girl named Lucinda They call her the great pretender Gotta girl named Lucinda They call her the great pretender And when she talks She says a Bama Lama Loo Bama Lama Bama Loo Bama Lama Bama Loo Bama Lama Bama Loo Bama Lama Bama Loo We...

Lucy Grace can't show her face down in the North End Road For in Bellgravia Rumours have been whispered and suggestions have been made Did you sell your friends out when the heat got too intense? You say you need the danger, but it's only a pretence You say...

Every day is so wonderful And suddenly, it's hard to breathe Now and then, I get insecure From all the pain, I'm so ashamed I am beautiful no matter what they say Words can't bring me down I am beautiful in every single way Yes, words can't bring me down So d...

I am starting to function In the usual way Everything is so provocative Very very, temporary I shall walk (I shall walk) Out of this place (out of this place) I shall walk Out on you 'Cause you go silly If she's willing Trying so hard to be like the big boys...

Sheep to the slaughter oh I thought this must be love All your sons and daughters in a strangle hold with a kid glove She's got eyes like saucers oh you think she's a dish She is the blue chip that belongs to the big fish Chorus: But it's easier to say "I lov...

Everyone is busy with the regular routine The sniper just takes his aim Everyone is window shopping, no one is amazed Even if he hit you, you'd still think it's just a graze You go to a movie, you go to a show You think that you're living, you don't really kno...

I was looking at the black and white world It seemed so exciting If you'd only put me back to back with that girl When the night's inviting With just a little lighting There'll never be days like that again When I was just a boy and men were men You never go f...

Vain boys are gonna have to swallow their pride this time So let the punishment fit the crime It's under the table Under your skin Into the cable Is this the death of the glory you're in? Chorus: Black sails in the sunset White noise going yakety-yak All the...

Once upon a time, I had a little money. 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. So if the man with the ticker tape, he tries to take it, well this is what I'm gonna say....

I feel like a boy with a problem I can't believe what we've forgotten And I even slapped your face and made you cry It's the last thing I want to do Pull the curtains on me and you Pull the carpet from under love Pull out like young lovers do You swore you w...

Alone in the crowd Simply taking up space You would never admit to tears Till they're rolling down your face One day, love, long from now Maybe you'll leave that we Live in bright blue times Alone in the dark There's a voice in your head You would never admi...

I hold you in my arms There's a band playing What are those words whispered, baby Just as you turn away? Well, I saw you last night Out on the edge of town I wanna read your mind and know Just what I got in this new thing I found So tell me what I see W...

He thought he was the King of America Where they pour Coca Cola just like vintage wine Now I try hard not to become hysterical But I'm not sure if I am laughing or crying I wish that I could push a button And talk in the past and not the present tense And wat...

If I am frightened then I can hide it If I am crying, I'll call it laughter If I am haunted, I'll call it my imaginary friend If I am bleeding, I'll call it my wine But if you leave me then I am broken And if I'm broken then only death remains If I am drifti...

No one looks in this place for motive or any hope But for the dead shot of an amber glass, the blue light of a votive Rain obscured the window as the pain was dulled by the grains Absolved by spoons in flames and fear in time dissolving It's not for the faint...