Nothing Clings Like Ivy Elvis Costello

Frightened by the dark Though she cuts deep It never leaves a mark No one quite like Ivy Ever gets it straight What she believes She won't negotiate All the words of tenderness That never quite got through

Delivery Man Elvis Costello

Abel was able, so Vivian said Her shoulders flung forward Her lips in a purse She talks like the beauty that she never was Of the fabulous wild nights that she never has In a certain light he looked like

The Delivery Man Elvis Costello

Elvis In a certain way he feels like Jesus Everyone dreams of him just as they can But he's only the humble delivery man Geraldine blushes and brushes away The cigarette ashes that Vivian scatters Stares

The Judgement Elvis Costello

trust of the deceived The wisdom of the fool It's his sorrowful face Too heavy for his head 'Cos he bowed it as something come over him It was the judgement And he falls to his knees Have mercy on me He clings

I Lost You Elvis Costello

"I lost you I lost you You slipped from your costume Like an actress in this tragedy You're just an apparition in a haunting mystery I fear that you've passed over me And there's nothing I can do because

Needle Time Elvis Costello

Least not as much as I do And squander all my contempt for A little nothing like you Liars like you are ten-a-penny Women would slap you, if you knew any Sometimes I feel just like committing a crime I've

You Turned To Me Elvis Costello

You turned to me And all at once I knew I was betrayed My eyes met yours just down the darkened path Where both of us had strayed Nothing good can come out of this I know it may not be But just

Cheap Reward Elvis Costello

With your cheap rewards, your blackmail, and your comical rage Just remember you'll only be the boss so long as you pay my wage All the sign posts on this road that point one way Don't act like you're

Pump It Up Elvis Costello

Pump it up, when you don't really need it Pump it up, until you can feel it Down in the pleasure centre, hell-bent or heaven-sent Listen to the propaganda, listen to the latest slander There's nothing

Pump It Up (Live At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

flat Pump it up, when you don't really need it Pump it up, until you can feel it Down in the pleasure center, hell-bent or heaven-sent Listen to the propaganda, listen to the latest slander There's nothing

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

Heart Shaped Bruise Elvis Costello

There's nothing else to give you, dear There's nothing more that I can lose Except this heart shaped bruise It will fade From purple to violet It will fade Just as the day dissolves into twilight Tell

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

"I have a friend She's just a friend I tried to comfort and defend I gave her what you might call advice But nothing like that comes without a price The rumor was a cruel surprise And she dissolved before

...This Town... Elvis Costello

That Charlie Sedarka was a-playing the piano like he was pawing a dirty book He bit a hole in his big bottom lip and gave his very best little boy look It was a song with a topical verse which I'm afraid

Tart Elvis Costello

Repeat chorus Odd, where nothing else grows It was something like love that she chose Always a creature of habit When pity would do She wore down that heel with no feeling She kept on her shoes Repeat

Episode Of Blonde Elvis Costello

I pry and I insinuate If the failure is great Then it tends to fascinate A tornado dropped a funnel cloud with twenty tons of rain Though she had the attention span of warm cellophane Her lovers fell like

Episode Of Blonde (Live) Elvis Costello

I pry and I insinuate If the failure is great Then it tends to fascinate A tornado dropped a funnel cloud with twenty tons of rain Though she had the attention span of warm cellophane Her lovers fell like

When Green Eyes Turn Blue Elvis Costello

Every single time It becomes too much There's nothing I can say Or I can touch But the glory is, as it comes passing through, I know I will be there When green eyes turn blue It's the same for

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

She's Pulling Out The Pin Elvis Costello

"She's pulling out the pin That lets her hair fall down She shakes her head and It goes tumbling Her smile was out of place So she swept it off her face Let me find the words and say them Like some softly

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

My Little Blue Window Elvis Costello

Nothing in this ugly world comes easily I want you to be My lovely hooligan Come by and smash my pane 'Til I can see right though My little blue window This is a fingerprint Maybe you will feel a fond

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.

The Beat Elvis Costello

Though you never enjoy, such pleasure to employ" See your friends treat me like a stranger See your friends despite all the arrangements See your friends, nothing here has changed Just the beat Just

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.

You Left Me In The Dark Elvis Costello

Eyes are blue Skies are grey Nothing I do can make you stay I'm glad it will rain today You left me standing alone Although I thought that we could not be parted But if I'd only known That this

I'm In The Mood Again Elvis Costello

the damp streets rather than slumber Along the fine windows of shameless and plunder But none of their riches could ever compare I'm in the mood again I don't know what's come over me But it's nothing

So Like Candy Elvis Costello

Here lies the powder and perfume The pretty clothes are scattered 'round the room And it's so like candy Here lies the lipstick and the face The coloured tablets keep it all in place And it's so like candy

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

When It Sings Elvis Costello

All the words you say to me Have music in them All the sorrows and the joys like magnetism And a selfish boy looks through a prism And says what is But never asks what isn't But a voice contains

Button My Lip Elvis Costello

couldn't wait 'til I get home She loves me And that's all I need to know She's part of my life Just a part I won't let go Then she said, "Love me tomorrow Won't you please, promise me Love me tomorrow like

Sour Milk Cow Blues Elvis Costello

You like coffee and you like tea Much more than you like me And everybody says watch out yeah For the sour milk cow blues You like your coffee just a little too sweet Without your sugar life is incomplete

Jump Up Elvis Costello

something deep inside me wants to turn you black and blue I can't resist you, I can't wait To twist your loving arms till you capitulate Beat me in the kitchen, and I'll beat you in the hall There's nothing

Satellite Elvis Costello

She looked like she learned to dance from a series of still pictures She's madly excited now, she throws her hands up like a tulip She looks like an illustration of a cocktail party Where cartoon bubbles

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.

Joe Porterhouse Elvis Costello

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 It's a moment she can keep Like

Radio Silence Elvis Costello

now on Mystery voices Drowned out by too much choice That's not to mention The sad waste of this wonderful invention Maintaining radio silence from now on Libraries filled up with failed ideas There's nothing

The Deportees Club Elvis Costello

Pernod vodka Sambuca I love you so deportee It's a brittle charm but she's had enough Still she wrote her number on his paper cuff You don't know where to start or where to stop All this pillow talk is nothing

Stations Of The Cross Elvis Costello

"The tempest blows up from a squall Past the Cape of Bad Conscience Into the Gulf of the Cauldron Roars over the coastline to batter and flatten Exposing the roots like the dyed hair of slattern Scrapper

Stranger In The House Elvis Costello

ghost of a man who walks 'round in my disguise I get the feeling that I don't belong here But there's no welcome in the window anyway And I look down for a number on my keychain 'Cause it feels more like

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?

Watching The Detectives Elvis Costello

Close-up of the sign that says,"We never close" You snatch a tune, you a match a cigarette, She pulls the eyes out with a face like a magnet. I don't know how much more of this I can take.

American Without Tears 2 (Twilight Version) Elvis Costello

switched off the jukebox in a "A Fool Such as I" He was a leg man who was open to offers But he couldn't get her off his mind as he passed the tourist office and as he entertained himself singing just like

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

She pulls the eyes out with a face like a magnet I don't know how much more of this I can take She filing her finger nails while they're dragging the lake She is . . .

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.

Living In Paradise Elvis Costello

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 on my nerves Soon they will be lucky to be picking up

Complicated Shadows Elvis Costello

the blame on Though the fury's hot and hard I still see that cold graveyard There's a solitary stone that's got your name on You don't have to take it from me But I know what I spake You think you're like

National Ransom Elvis Costello

Exact, perfect object Now, if you'd only genuflect They're running wild Just like some childish tantrum Meanwhile we're working every day Paying off the national ransom Woe betide all this hocus-pocus

Big Boys (Demo Ver.) Elvis Costello

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

Deep Dark Truthful Mirror Elvis Costello

trips Deep dark deep dark truthful mirror Deep dark deep dark truthful mirror So you bay for the boy in the tiger skin trunks They set him up set him up on the stool He falls down falls down like