Heart Of The City (Live) Elvis Costello & The Imposters

We`re in the heart of the city Where the alligator roams I`m a little lost lamb Ain`t got no place to go I ain`t got one penny Just got a shirt on my back I left home in a hurry I ain`t never goin` back

Stella Hurt (Live) Elvis Costello, The Imposters

You should wear your red galoshes Walking o`er the city pride Streets are paved with heaven`s pennies Gutters full of suicides Teddy steadily fell from graceful Somewhere near Arcadia Once she overheard

Stella Hurt (Live) Elvis Costello & The Imposters

You should wear your red galoshes Walking o`er the city pride Streets are paved with heaven`s pennies Gutters full of suicides Teddy steadily fell from graceful Somewhere near Arcadia Once she overheard

Watching The Detectives (Live) Elvis Costello, The Imposters

watching the detectives when they shoot shoot shoot shoot They beat him up until the teardrops start But he can`t be wounded `cause he`s got no heart Long shot of that jumping sign Visible shivers

Watching The Detectives (Live) Elvis Costello & The Imposters

the detectives when they shoot shoot shoot shoot They beat him up until the teardrops start But he can`t be wounded `cause he`s got no heart Long shot of that jumping sign Visible shivers running down

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

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

Radio Radio (Live) Elvis Costello & The Imposters

I was tuning in the shine on the light night dial Doing anything my radio advised With every one of those late night stations Playing songs bringing tears to me eyes I was seriously thinking about hiding

I Want You (Live) Elvis Costello, The Imposters

Oh my baby baby I love you more than I can tell I don`t think I can live without you and I know that I never will Oh my baby baby I want you so it scares me to death I can`t say anymore than I love

I Want You (Live) Elvis Costello & The Imposters

Oh my baby baby I love you more than I can tell I don`t think I can live without you and I know that I never will Oh my baby baby I want you so it scares me to death I can`t say anymore than I love you

Mystery Dance (Live) Elvis Costello, The Imposters

me about the mystery dance I wanna know about the mystery dance Why don`t you show me `Cause I`ve tried and I`ve tried and I`m still mystified I can`t do it anymore and I`m not satisfied Well I remember

Mystery Dance (Live) Elvis Costello & The Imposters

the mystery dance I wanna know about the mystery dance Why don`t you show me `Cause I`ve tried and I`ve tried and I`m still mystified I can`t do it anymore and I`m not satisfied Well I remember when the

All Grown Up (Live) Elvis Costello, The Imposters

I`m trouble she said Spread out on the floor of her father`s house Her promise was almost undone Under her tongue dissolving her responsibilities To finally deny everyone with every unflattering

All Grown Up (Live) Elvis Costello & The Imposters

All grown up And you don`t care anymore And you hate all the people that you used to adore And you despise all the rumors and lies of the life you led before Did I hear you right You`re feeling hounded

National Ransom (Live) Elvis Costello & The Imposters

Runnin` pell mell and harum scarum Runnin` as hot as they do or dare Stick out your tongue and drink down all the venom Off Cut Throat Cuthbert and Millicent StCy From the real old Macau To the new False

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.

Episode Of Blonde (Live) Elvis Costello

I spy for the "Spirit of Curiosity" All the scandals of each vain monstrosity I gossip and I pry and I insinuate If the failure is great Then it tends to fascinate A tornado dropped a funnel cloud with

Lipstick Vogue (Live) Elvis Costello & The Imposters

Don`t say you love me when it`s just a rumor Don`t say a word if there is any doubt Sometimes I think that love is just a tumor You`ve got to cut it out You say you`re sorry for the things that you`ve

God Give Me Strength (Live) Elvis Costello, The Imposters

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

God Give Me Strength (Live) Elvis Costello & The Imposters

Now I have nothing so God give me strength `Cause I`m weak in herhiswake 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

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

Clubland (Live) Elvis Costello

With a handful 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

Everyday I Write The Book (Live) Elvis Costello & The Imposters

book Chapter one we didn`t really get along Chapter two I think I fell in love with you You said you`d stand by me in the middle of chapter three But you were up to your old tricks in Chapters four five

I Hope You're Happy Now (Live) Elvis Costello, The Imposters

He`s a fine figure of a man and handsome too With his eyes upon the secret places he`d like to undo Still he knows who knows who and where and how And I hope you`re happy now He`s got all the things

I Hope You're Happy Now (Live) Elvis Costello & The Imposters

He`s a fine figure of a man and handsome too With his eyes upon the secret places he`d like to undo Still he knows who knows who and where and how And I hope you`re happy now He`s got all the things you

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

But he can't be wounded 'cause he's got no heart Long shot of that jumping sign Visible shivers running down my spine Cut the baby taking off her clothes Close-up of the sign that says We never close

Upon A Veil Of Midnight Blue (Live) Elvis Costello

Upon a veil of midnight blue There hung a crescent moon To light the view But you didn't whisper the words When the moment arose I wonder how she knows You find your tongue is tied Your words escape and

(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding (Live) Elvis Costello, The Imposters

As i walk through This wicked world Searchin` for light in the darkness of insanity I ask myself Is all hope lost Is there only pain and hatred and misery And each time i feel like this inside There

(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding (Live) Elvis Costello & The Imposters

As i walk through This wicked world Searchin` for light in the darkness of insanity I ask myself Is all hope lost Is there only pain and hatred and misery And each time i feel like this inside There`s

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

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 [Chorus

Hora Decubitus (Live) Elvis Costello

Siren is bending, the radio humming Sun is breaking through and the storm is coming The score is obscure, the melody fractured It went by my window, refused to be captured I hope that I wake up in time

Roadette Song (Live) Elvis Costello

She can roll her shoulder, she can roll her ass Ain't no doubt about it, she's a gamely lass Jerking with her elbow, clever with her knees When she move it over, does the best to please Diction very bad

Speak Darkly My Angel (Live) Elvis Costello

The sweetness has gone out of it And all that's left is bitter barren greed A needy lover with her almost vanished liar Entangled as the gloom is strangled by the clinging brier That ventures out to gather

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

Almost Blue (Live) Elvis Costello

Almost blue Almost doing things we used to do There's a girl here, and she's almost you Almost all the things that your eyes once promised I see in hers too Now your eyes are red from crying Almost blue

The Comedians Elvis Costello

I fell under such gentle persuasion You can't refuse it's like a home from home Meanwhile in the motor car kingdom They're finding all that glitters is not chrome The social circle have these cardiac complaints

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

Mystery Dance (Live At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

me about the mystery dance I wanna know about the mystery dance Why don't you show me 'Cause I've tried and I've tried, and I'm still mystified I can't do it anymore and I'm not satisfied Well, I

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

The Other Side Of Summer Elvis Costello

From the foaming breakers of the poisonous surf The other side of Summer To the burning forests in the hills of Astroturf The other side of Summer The automatic gates close up between the shanties and

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

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?

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

(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

Tear Off Your Own Head (It's A Doll Revolution) (Live) Elvis Costello, The Imposters

Who dries your eyes when you cry real tears Who knows or cares what an imitation is Only you do You can paint his nails make him wear high heels Why waste time alterin` the hemline Or do you Tear

Tear Off Your Own Head (It's A Doll Revolution) (Live) Elvis Costello & The Imposters

Who dries your eyes when you cry real tears Who knows or cares what an imitation is Only you do You can paint his nails make him wear high heels Why waste time alterin` the hemline Or do you Tear off your

Sleep Elvis Costello

Through the sleepless nights I cry for you And wonder who Is kissing you Oh, these sleepless nights Will brake my heart in two Somehow, through the day I don't give in I hide the tears That wait within

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