Elvis Costello piosenki

I hate these flaming curtains they're not the color of your hair I hate these strip lights they're not so undoing as your stare I hate the buttons on your shirt when all I wanna do is tear I hate this bloody big bed of mine when you're not here [Chorus:] Well...

Yes it's still lonely having Just her picture here with me And I know I just can't stand it anymore I'm gonna leave right now And go back where I ought to be Goin' home to the girl that I adore Well it's so very hard to have To leave the one you love And you g...

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 slumber Along the fine windows of shameless and plunder But none...

You're upstairs with the boyfriend while i'm left her to listen i hear you calling his name, i hear teh stutter of ignition i could hear you whispering as i crept by your door so you found some other joker who would please you more i'm not angry i'm not angry...

You may be sweet and nice That won't keep you warm at night 'Cause I'm the one who taught you how To do the things you're doing now He may feel all your charms He may hold you in his arms But I'm the one who let you in I was right beside you then Once upon a...

The night we met The night that I won't forget You've seen what I've been waiting for But baby, I've been wrong before You held me tight And everything seemed just right I couldn't ask for more But baby, I've been wrong before She used to smile at me And hol...

So you're trying to make connection, you heard whispers in the hall She'll be out again this evening, when you come around to call So, you dodge the lady-killer, who came creepin' 'cross the floor Then you caught up in a whirlwind, you got blown right out the...

How long do I have to wait? Before I can tell you the things I've been wanting to say How long must I hesitate? I know it makes sense but it's hard for me to stay away But if this is how it has to be Maybe it's just a feeling That I could name But I'd probabl...

Everyone agreed that she looked delightful Except for her sister, who was hateful and spiteful Blushing bright red from her head to her feet But rushing into her bridal suite The imperial bedroom, the regal boudoir This casual acquaintance led to an intimate...

You can take a powder You can take a drink You can keep the shrink And the kitchen sink Write my name in heaven in invisible ink I just woke up from dreaming, I think You can take me over You can give me a lip You can take me under You can give me the slip Ta...

We play these parlour games We play at make believe When we get to the part I say that I'm going to leave Everybody loves a happy ending But we don't even try We go straight past pretending To the part where everybody loves to cry Indoor fireworks Can still...

The bats are in the belfry The dew is on the moor Where are the arms that held me And pledged her love before And pledged her love before [Chorus:] It's such a sad old feeling The fields are soft and green It's memories that I'm stealing But you're innocent w...

Now that you set everybody free What are you going to do about me? Don't want to be treated like some poor grateful clown I'd rather go back to the sweet underground Where I can tell the time by the colour of my skin And I know my neighbour 'cause he's the on...

Why do I do, just as you say Why must I just, give you your way Why do I sigh, why don't I try to forget It must have been, that something lovers call fate Kept me saying: "I have to wait" I saw them all, just couldn't fall 'til we met It had to be you,...

I see you walk with him I see you talk to him It tears me up, oh, it tears me up And I can't stop crying Oh, baby, I can't stop crying I see you kiss his lips And squeeze his fingertips It tears me up, oh, baby, it tears me up And there's nothing I can do abo...

When we first met I didn't know what to do My old love lines were all worn out on you And the world walked 'round at my mouth They lit me up and they snuffed me out And I was everybody's boy But soon that thrill just fades To be the love of one true heart Or...

Sister 4 and brothers 3 Hanging off the family tree Practising for getting old Do you want your fortune told? They're looking for you high and low Now there's nowhere for you to go So you'll just have to come out and face the music Jacksons, Monk and Rowe Lo...

Third-Class ticket in his pocket Punching out the shadows underneath the sockets Tweed coat 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 lone...

The children sit upon the stairs High above a valley of tears Don't let them see you crying that way oh no Oh no Joe Porterhouse Is not gone forever He'll be back another day Don't let them see you crying that way Chorus Please don't wake him let him sleep I...

The accused will rise to be torn in two Guilty of nothing but loving you This is the judgment And I'm willing to plead How you don't want me Hoping this torment will cease Will I be released There'll be lies, there'll be tears A jury of your peers With a pit...