Declan Patrick MacManus (born 25 August 1954), known by the stage name Elvis Costello, is an English English people singer-songwriter of Irish Irish people heritage. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock Pub rock (UK) scene in the mid-1970s and later became associated with the New Wave New Wave music musical genre. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader than that of most... [read more] - I Want You
Oh my baby baby I love you more than I can tellI don't think I can live without youAnd I know that I never willOh my baby baby I want you so it scares me to deathI can't say anymore than "I love you"Everything else is...
- I Hope You're Happy Now
He's a fine figure of a man and handsome tooWith his eyes upon the secret places he'd like to undoStill he knows who knows who and where and howAnd I hope you're happy nowHe's got all the things you need and some that...
- Sunday's Best
Elvis Costello - Sunday's BestSunday's BestTimes are tough for English babies Send the army and the navy Beat up strangers who talk funny Take their greasy foreign money Skin shop, red leather, hot line Be prepared...
- Big Boys
Elvis Costello - Big BoysI am starting to functionIn the usual wayEverything is so provocativeVery very, temporaryI shall walk (I shall walk)Out of this place (out of this place)I shall walkOut on you'Cause you go...
- Party Girl
Elvis Costello - Party GirlThey say you're nothing but a party girlJust like a million more all over the worldI know I shouldn't be raising my hopes so highBut I have seen the hungry look in their eyesThey'd settle...
- Senior Service
Elvis Costello - Senior ServiceChorus:Senior serviceJunior dissatisfactionIt's a breath you took too lateIt's a death that's worse than fateSenior serviceJunior dissatisfactionThough it may be second handIt's by no...
- Busy Bodies
Elvis Costello - Busy BodiesSo you think that you have seen herWhen you're lying in between herAnd you tell me that you don't careBusy bodies getting nowhereEv'rybody's getting meanerBusy bodiesCaught in the...
- Green Shirt
Elvis Costello - Green ShirtThere's a smart young woman on a light blue screenWho comes into my house every night.And she takes all the red, yellow, orange and greenAnd she turns them into black and white.But you...
- Chemistry Class
Elvis Costello - Chemistry ClassShe throws back her hair [hands] and she shows you her mouthThe breath that I waste trying to ruin your lifeBeauty's on a budget but you take it on the chin'Cause you have to do your...
- Accidents Will Happen
Elvis Costello - Accidents Will HappenOh, I just don't know where to beginLove doesn't wait foreverIt's now or neverBut she keeps 'em hangin' onYou said you're so aloneShe says she can't go home without a...
- Two Little Hitlers
Elvis Costello - Two Little HitlersWhy are we racing to be so old?I'm up late pacing the floorI won't be toldYou have your reservationsI'm bought and soldI'll face the musicI'll face the factsEven when we walk in...
- Goon Squad
Elvis Costello - Goon SquadMother, Father, I'm here in the zooI can't come home 'cause I've grown up too soonI got my sentenceI got my commandThey said they'd make me major if I met all their demandsI could be a...
- Moods For Moderns
Elvis Costello - Moods For ModernsMoods for moderns (x4)I get hit looking for a missI never thought that it would come to thisMoods for moderns (x4)Though we may never be the same againI am so proud that you've been...
- Different Finger
Please put your rings on a diff'rent finger if you meet me tonight'cause I can't stand those suspicious glances'cause I know the things they're saying are rightThey're saying why don't you straighten upAnd see what...
- Pretty Words
I ask you nicelyGet my face slapped under wrapsWhat's going on preciselyIs there something wrong perhaps?Surprise, surprise (surprise, surprise)It's more like a booby trap than a booby prizeCivil disobedience from a...
- Time To Play
I could send you back to schoolyou've got the time to learn the rulesto make it work you need the toolsIt's time to go back to schoolYou think that your computer's realI just never liked the feelwhat about the sounds...
- You Were Right
Take itGo on and take what you want nowI don't need a lotTake itNo need to know what you're up toWe don't need to talkBreak itYou know that I'm gonna be thereTell me when to stopBrake itI'm sure that you'll do the...
- Fish 'n' Chip Paper
When Sunday morning dandruff turns out to be confettiAnd the cost of living in sin would make a poor man out of Paul GettyThe girl in your dreams would have you up on an under age chargeAnd the man of the moment is...
- It's Your Life
I wonder why you care so muchwhen you don't wanna do itwe always put you through itEvery day we ask a lotwe know you're gonna do it[chorus]It's your lifeDon't think twiceIt's your lifeDon't think twiceIt's your...
- Strict Time
There's a hand on a wire that leads to my mouthI can hear you knocking but i'm not coming outDon't want to be a puppet or a ventriloquist'cause there's no ventilation on a critical listFingers creeping up my spine are...
- On The Other Side
So there you areYou've travelled so farbreaking rules never meant to be brokenliving like there's no tomorrowYou've spent most of your timecriss-crossing the linespeaking words never meant to be spoken'cos you feel...
- Back To The Shadows
How do you know?We've all bin looking for youYou didn't give a clueNow I'm confusedSo what has happened to you?There is so much you could do[bridge]Forget about meYou can't see meForget about itYou know that I'm not...
- Luxembourg
Dressed up like a dog's dinnerButter wouldn't melt in your mouthIf this is a dog's lifeThen you're the cat's clothesThey hire out your sonsAnd hire out your daughtersThe man from abroad says he's already bought herAnd...
- Lover's Walk
I won't walk with my head bowed(be on) beyond caution where lovers walkMy love walks where three's a crowdBeyond caution where lovers walkLovers walk, lovers scrambleBeyond caution where the lovers walkLovers step,...
- My Friend
The winter now is finally passedI'm re-acquainted with my dreamsall that was done yesterdaythe things that I believedI feel a new strength restored in meI wonder what you're thinking nowor if you even seeYou wish that...
- From A Whisper To A Scream
Oh it's not easy to resist temptationWalking around looking like a figment of somebody else's imaginationTaking ev'ry word she says just like an open invitationBut the power of persuasion is no match for...
- Big Sister's Clothes
Sheep to the slaughter oh I thought this must be loveAll your sons and daughters in a strangle hold with a kid gloveShe's got eyes like saucers oh you think she's a dishShe is the blue chip that belongs to the big...
- White Knuckles
White knuckles came down to put the frighteners onI believe she's the one that he's got his heart set onIt doesn't matter if your face doesn't fitThere's no charge for changing itOooh oohWhat are you doingYou see...
- That's As Far As I'll Go
You're running scared, you're not preparedthat's undeniableShows you how much I knowI will admit to bein' a bitless than reliableThat's as far as I'll, goJust look at me, I thought my dreamswere unachievableShows how...
- New Lace Sleeves
Bad lovers face to face in the morningShy apologies and polite regretsSlow dances that left no warning ofOutraged glances and indiscreet yawningGood manners and bad breath get you nowhereEven presidents have newspaper...
- Watch Your Step
Don't say a wordDon't say anythingDon't say a wordI'm not even listeningI read in the paper about their escapeThey're just two bitter kids with a bunch of sour grapesYou better watch your stepWatch who's knocking on...
- Trust
TrustYou find it hard not to give it outTrustYou find it hardertryin' to live it out day after dayTrustYou spend your life tryin' to get itTrustBut when you do you can betthere's a price that you'll payTrustWhat we...
- You'll Never Be A Man
You need protection from the physical art of conversationThough the fist is mightier than the lip, it adds the aggravationI got the ***I got persuasionA proposition for invasion of your privacyGive yourself away...
- Clubland
With a handful of backhanders and a bevy of beautyYouÂ’re going off limitsGoing off dutyGoing off the railsGoing off with bootyThey tell tales of fiction found on all the criminal typesLead to a higher ranking man or...
- Shot With His Own Gun
How does it feel now you've been undressedby a man with a mind like the gutter pressSo disappointed to find it's no big sinLying skin to skinShot with his own gunNow dad is keeping mumShot with his own gunNow somebody...
- I'm OK
Some days are like all the restfor all the wrong reasonsbut some days they stand alonefor all the wrong reasonsThese are the days I like the bestfor all the wrong reasonsThese are the ones I carve in stone[bridge]I...
- Ice In The Rain
It's not easyIt's hard to please meIf you're angry - turn it upGetting olderHere's my shoulderNow go on and - turn it up[bridge]Everything that you're feelingYes, time has been healing andif you only do one thing...
- Footsteps In The Hall
The sound is getting closerThe footsteps in the hallI can hear them talkingI listen through the wallIt sounds to me like someone isheading for a fallMaybe I should followthe footsteps in the hall[chorus]Do what you...
- Miracle Man
You never asked me what I wantedYou only asked me whyI never thought that so much troubleWas restin' on my replyI could say it was the rights when I was lonelyAnd you were the only one who'd comeI could tell you that...
- Alison
Oh, it's so funny to be seeing you after so long, girlAnd with the way you look, I understand that you were not impressedBut I heard you let that little friend of mineTake off your party dressI'm not gonna get too...
- Radio Sweetheart
My head is spinning and my legs are weakGoose step dancing, can't hear myself speakHope in the eyes of the ugly girlsThat settle for the lies of the last chancersWhen slow motion drunks pick wallflower dancersYou come...
- No Dancing
Oh, I know that she has made a fool of himLike many girls have done so many times beforeTime and time againBut he's so strange, I don't know whyBut somebody, somebody has to cryThere's gonna be no dancing when they...
- Blame It On Cain
Once upon a time, I had a little moneyGovernment burglars took it alongBefore I could mail it to youStill you are the only oneNow I can't let it slip awaySo if the man with the ticker tape, he tries to take itWell,...
- Pay It Back
Stop thief! You're gonna come to griefIf you don't take a little more careYou're gonna get more than the family planFrom this one shoestring affairI may be crazy buy I can't contemplateBeing trapped between the doctor...
- (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
Oh, I used to be disgustedAnd now I try to be amusedBut since their wings have got rustedYou know, the angels wanna wear my red shoesBut when they told me 'bout their side of the bargainThat's when I knew that I could...
- Mystery Dance
Romeo was restless, he was ready to killHe jumped out the window 'cause he couldn't sit stillJuliet was waiting with a safety netHe said, "Don't bury me 'cause I'm not dead yet"(CHORUS) Why don't you tell me about the...
- Watching The Detectives
Nice girls, not one with a defectCellophane shrink-wrapped, so correctRed dogs under illegal legsShe looks so good that he gets down and begs(CHORUS) She is watching the detectives"Ooh, he's so cute"She is watching...
- Poison Moon
Cut loose in a nightmare, cast off in my dreamsIf home is anywhere that I can hang my hatThen it's coming apart at the seamsMy luck is hanging upside downI try to hold on tightBut money's rolling out of townAnd love...
- Welcome To The Working Week
Now that your picture's in the paper being rhythmically admiredAnd you can have anyone that you have ever desiredAll you gotta tell me now is why, why, why, why?(CHORUS) Welcome to the working weekOh, I know it don't...
- Sneaky Feelings
Now, everybody's breakin' up somebody else's homeBefore somebody else starts breaking up their ownI got you in my dreams, you should hear the things you sayIt's not that it's so much fun, but it's safer that...
- Waiting For The End Of The World
The man from the television crawled into the trainI wonder who he's gonna stick it in this timeEveryone was looking for a little entertainmentSo they'll probably pull his hands off when they find out his nameAnd then...
- I'm Not Angry
You're upstairs with the boyfriend while I'm left here to listen (Angry)I hear you calling his name, I hear the stutter of ignition (Angry)I could hear you whispering as I crept by your doorSo you found some other...
- Less Than Zero
Calling Mr. Oswald with the swastika tattooThere is a vacancy waiting in the English voodooCarving "V" for "vandal" on the guilty boy's headWhen he's had enough of that, maybe you'll take him to bedTo teach him he's...
- Crawling To The USA
I thought I would go to the sea and shrink down very tinyAnd slide inside the telephone wire that runs under the brinyTill I found there is a way of crawling to the U.S.A.You had better not go too farThere's one way...
- The Beat
We're all going on a summer holidayVigilantes coming out to follow meHeard somebody say they're out to collar meAnybody wanna swallow me?It takes two to tumble, it takes two to tangoSpeak up--don't mumble if you're in...
- You Belong To Me
What are you girls gonna tell your mother?I don't wanna hear another word about young loversOr hiding your boyfriend in the cupboardShe's been to see the doctor, so you hope that she recoversYou act dumb, you say...
- Living In Paradise
I don't like those other guys looking at your curvesI don't like you walking 'round with physical jerksEverything they say and do is getting on my nervesSoon they will be lucky to be picking up the perks'Cause when...
- Lip Service
You left the motor runningBut I know you're so attractiveGetting in some sharp practiceYou better not do anything recklessBut everybody is going through the motionsEverybody is going through the motionsAre you really...
- Little Triggers
Little triggers that you pull with your tongueLittle triggers, I don't wanna be hung up, strung upWhen you don't call up(CHORUS) Little sniggers on your lipsLittle triggers in your gripLittle triggers--my hand on your...
- Night Rally
I would send out for assistance but there's someone on the signal wireAnd the corporation logo is flashing on and off in the skyThey're putting all your names in the forbidden bookI know what they're doing but I don't...
- Pump It Up
I've been on tenterhooks, ending in dirty looksList'ning to the Muzak, thinking 'bout this 'n' thatShe said, "That's that, I don't wanna chitter-chat"Turn it down a little bit or turn it down flatPump it up, when you...
- Radio Radio
I was tuning in the shine on the light night dialDoing anything my radio advisedWith every one of those late night stationsPlaying songs bringing tears to my eyesI was seriously thinking about hiding the receiverWhen...
- Running Out Of Angels
They say they're running out of angelsThey say I'm running out of timeOh you don't have to be luckyIt is easier than trying, now they're bringing down aHammer on anything that sellsI suppose you're a winnerBecause...
- Lipstick Vogue
Don't say you love me when it's just a rumourDon't say a word if there is any doubtSometimes I think that love is just a tumourYou've got to cut it outYou say you're sorry for the things that you've doneYou say you're...
- This Year's Girl
See her picture in a thousand places 'cause she's this year's girlYou think you all own little pieces of this year's girlForget your fancy mannersForget your English grammar'Cause you don't really give a damn about...
- No Action
I don't wanna kiss you, I don't wanna touchI don't wanna see you 'cause I don't miss you that muchI'm not a telephone junkieI told you that we were just good friendsBut when I hold you like I hold that bakelite in my...
- Hand In Hand
No, don't ask me to apologizeI won't ask you to forgive meIf I'm gonna go down, you're gonna come with meYou say, "Why don't you be a man about itLike they do in the grown-up movies?"But when it comes to the other way...
- Big Tears
Everyone is busy with the regular routineThe sniper just takes his aimEveryone is window shopping, no one is amazedEven if he hit you, you'd still think it's just a grazeYou go to a movie, you go to a showYou think...
- 45
Bells are chiming for victoryThere's a page back in history45They came back to the world that they fought forDidn't turn out just like they thought45Here is a song to sing to do the measuringWhat you lose, what you...
- Tear Off Your Own Head (It's A Doll Revolution)
Who dries your eyes when you cry real tears?Who knows or cares what an imitation is?Only you doYou can paint his nailsMake him wear high heelsWhy waste time altering the hemline?Or do you?Tear off your own headTear...
- 15 Petals
15 PetalsOne for every year I spent with youJewels and precious metals will never doI love you twistedAnd I love you straightI'd write it down but I can't concentrateWords won't me obey they do as they pleaseAnd all I...
- My Little Blue Window
This is a calling cardMaybe it will be a farewell noteThe poison fountain pen now requires the antidoteBut if I avert your gazeAnd I should become a shrinking flowerJust punch me on the armThis could be our finest...
- Dissolve
Sugar cube drop into a yellow cupWhat makes the world just waking upResolve?DissolveWho knows where on earth it's going to stop?I can't hear you 'cos we're breaking upDissolveAnd the stones in the track make work for...
- Daddy Can I Turn This
There is a button and there's a switchThere is a needle and there's a dialThere is a lever I want to liftAnd still you treat me like I'm a childDaddy can I turn this?Daddy can I turn this?Will it be very dangerous?Or...
- Dust 2...
If dust could only talkWhat would we hear it say?Before it's brushed asideJust as it's swept awayIt's just the evidenceIt's of no consequenceIt's only flesh and boneWhy don't you leave it alone?If dust could only...
- Spooky Girlfriend
I want a girl to make a messTo do no wrong she must confessAnd then perhaps hitch up her dress'Cos when the flashbulbs explodeShe's such a sensitive soul...I want a girl who is helpless and frailWho won't pull on my...
- Tart
Hear silver trumpets will trill in the Arabic streets of SevilleOranges roll in the gutterAnd you pick them upAnd peel back the skinTo the red fruit withinBut the flavour is..TartAnd the flavour is...TartIs it...
- Alibi
You did it 'cause you wantedAlibi, alibiAnd you took itCause you need itAlibi, alibiBut if I've done something wrong there's no "ifs and buts"'Cause I love you just as much as I hate your gutsAlibi, alibi, alibi...And...
- ...Dust
If dust could only talkWhat would we hear it say?before it's brushed asideJust as it's swept awayIt's just the evidenceIt's of no consequenceIt's only flesh and boneWhy don't you leave it alone?If dust could only...
- Episode Of Blonde
I spy for the "Spirit of Curiousity"All the scandals of each vain monstrosityI gossip and I pry and I insinuateIf the failure is greatThen it tends to fascinateA tornado dropped a funnel cloud with twenty tons of...
- When I Was Cruel (No.2)
I exit through the spotlight glareI stepped out into thin airInto a perfume so rarefied"Here comes the bride"Not quite aside, they snide, "She's number four""There's number three just by the door"Those in the know,...
- Soul For Hire
Hang my head and shut my eyesWhat kind of justice is this?Fool I was, I thought that you fought fire with fireGot to be more than just a soul for hireSpeaking for myself I wouldn't take the fame,the fees, the gloryFor...
- Radio Silence
Signal fading, listen to what I'm saying.Testing, testing,this better be worth all of the breath I'm wasting.Maintaining radio silence from now on.Barricaded in the talk radio stationHostage takenThe red 'On Air'...
- Olivers Army
Don't start me talkingI could talk all nightMy mind goes sleepwalkingWhile I'm putting the world to rightCalled careers informationHave you got yourself an occupationCHORUS:Oliver's army is here to stayOliver's army...
- Monkey To Man
A long time ago, our point of viewWas broadcast by Mr. BartholomewAnd now the world is full of sorrow and painAnd it's time for us to speak up againYou're slack and sorrySuch an arrogant broodThe only purpose you...
- Shipbuilding
Is it worth it?A new winter coat and shoes for the wifeAnd a bicycle on the boy's birthdayIt's just a rumour that was spread around townBy the women and childrenSoon we'll be shipbuilding.......Well I ask youThe boy...
- God Give Me Strength (Live)
Now I have nothin',So God give me strength.'Cus 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.This bell is...
- Veronica
Is it all in that pretty little head of yours?What goes on in that place in the dark?Well I used to know a girl and I would havesworn that her name was VeronicaWell she used to have a carefree mind of herown and a...
- Brilliant Disguise
I hold you in my armsas the band playsWhat are those words whispered babyjust as you turn awayI saw you last nightout on the edge of townI wanna read your mindTo know just what I've got in this new thing I've foundSo...
- I Wanna Be Loved
Why must I be so lonely? When so many people pass me byIÂ’ve been waiting for oh so long nowAnd yet IÂ’m unable to answer whyI canÂ’t be made to give up nowCan you find room for meIn your heart somehow? I wanna be...
- I'll Never Fall In Love Again
(burt bacharach/hal david)What do you get when you fall in love?A guy with a pin to burst your bubbleThatÂ’s what you get for all your troubleIÂ’ll never fall in love againIÂ’ll never fall in love againWhat do you get...
- She
She may be the face I can't forget The trace of pleasure or regret Maybe my treasure or the prize I have to pay She may be the song that summer sings Maybe the children autumn brings Maybe a hundred different things...
- My Mood Swings
She was smitten from the firstBy a curious fellowShe said I love the way you talkAnd with a flounce she then announcesI love the way that you pronounce it: "Marshmallow"So she liked to sing alongTo her favourite...
- For Other Eyes
I don't know what I would do If this letter should fall into Other hands than it should pass throughFor other eyes He said,"It was nothing...it's over and done"But the rotten worm was burrowing still It's invades me...
- Why?
Why is Daddy not here?Are you crying ?Why?Does he still love me?Will you take care of me ?If you both love me so Why don't you love eachotherMummy's gone missing Daddy's on fireDaddy's on fireDaddy's on fire
- This Offer Is Unrepeatable
Don't send any money!Fate has no price Ignore at your peril this splendid adviceAn invaluable link in an infinite chain An offer like this will just not come againYou wish you had women to charm and bewitch Power of...
- Little Savage
I would have waited all my lifeJust to make love out of something other than spiteBut the beauty is the beast you're baitingShould really be worth the waiting[Chorus:]You do something very special toMr. AverageNow the...
- Boy With A Problem
I feel like a boy with a problemI can't believe what we've forgottenAnd I even slapped your face and made you cryIt's the last thing I want to doPull the curtains on me and youPull the carpet from under lovePull out...
- Pidgin English
Theres a young girl with her old man whos too sick to mentionShell be turning twenty seven as she draws her widows pensionBut he couldnt catch a common cold he couldnt get arrestedToo terrified to answer backToo tired...
- Town Cryer
I'm the town crierAnd everybody knowsI'm a little downWith a lifetime to goMaybe you don't believe my heart is in the right placeWhy don't you take a good look at my faceOther boys use the splendour of their trembling...
- Kid About It
He saw no tears in her eyesSay you wouldn't kid about itShe's telling all of those liesShe swore she'd never told beforeBut I doubt itSo he bit his tongueAnd tried hard to capture his breathWhen she said I waited all...
- Beyond Belief
History repeats the old conceitsThe glib replies the same defeatsKeep your finger on important issuesWith crocodile tears and a pocketful of tissuesIÂ’m just the oily slickOn the windup world of the nervous tickIn a...
- Human Hands
I've been talking to the wall and it's been answering meOh darling how I miss youI'm just the mere shadow of my former selfishnessI crave the silhouette of your kissWith only the blue light of the TV onLip reading...
- You Little Fool
Daddy's best girl in the world is not supposed to have a boyfriendBut she's never wanted at homeOther girls are allowed to wear their makeupShe sneaks out her lipstick powder and combShe surrounds his name with hearts...
- Broken
If im frightened then I can hide itIf I'm crying, I'll call it laughterIf I am haunted, I'll call it my imaginary friendIf I am bleeding I'll call it wineBut if you leave me then I am brokenAnd If i'm broken then only...
- Eisenhower Blues
Hey everybody I'm a talking to youI ain't telling you jealousIt's just the natural truthOh oh oh I got the Eisenhower BluesThinking about me and you and what on earth are we gonna do?My money's gone, the fun is...
- Shoes Without Heels
This love of mine is packed with stepping stoneThese shoes are made for walking in reverseIn the dead of night, you tiptoe out and leave me all alonePutting on your satin slip-ons and your sultry French cologne.She's...
- Suit Of Lights
While Nat King Cole sings "Welcome To My World"You request some song you hate you sentimental foolAnd it's the force of habitIf it moves then you *** itIf it doesn't move you stab itAnd I thought I heard "The Working...
- Suffering Face
Well, there's an old man's fantasyPut in a young girl's mouthLike cheap pink lipstickSmeared on her wedding dressWill you look what you've done to herWill you look at this disgraceWell, it's all overYour suffering...
- The Big Light
Well I had a little feeling to have a big nightAnd woke up feeling small and not so brave and not quite rightI had to face the who am I and where is she and what did I doBut worst of all I had to face the big...
- I'll Wear It Proudly
I hate these flaming curtains they're not the color of your hairI hate these striplights they're not so undoing as your stareI hate the buttons on your shirt when all I wanna do is tearI hate this bloody big bed of...
- American Without Tears
Outside in New Orleans the heat was almost frighteningBut my hotel room as usual was freezing and unkindOn TV they prosecute anyone who's excitingSo I put on my overcoat and went down to findIn Revlon and Crimpelene...
- Poisened Rose
The poisoned roseThat you gave to meIt left me half aliveAnd half in ecstasyBut if half of your loveIs all I can winGive me just a fractionBut no more medicineThe poisoned roseOn a Valentine cardThat you take straight...
- Our Little Angel
This is the place where I made my best mistakesThis is the place even angels don't understandI've seen the disappointment in her faceAnd the collection of engagement rings on her right handShe sits alone apart from...
- Jack Of All Parades
When we first met I didn't know what to doMy old love lines were all worn out on youAnd the world walked round at my mouthThey lit me up and they snuffed me out[chorus]And I was everybody's boyBut soon that thrill...
- Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
Baby can you understand me nowSometimes I feel a little madDon't you know that no one alive can always be an angelWhen things go wrong I seem to be mad(Chorus)I'm just a soul whose intentions are goodOh Lord please...
- Glitter Gulch
Enter Madam X painted in a shocking pink spangled dressHer teeth are perfect but her mouth is looseRubbing their hands together she persuades them that it's better to confessWhich unpleasant fate they'd like to...
- Sleep Of The Just
The soldier asked my name and did I come here very oftenWell I thought that he was asking me to danceIn my HOLEY coat and hat and him in his red bonnetWe'd have made a lovely couple but we never had the...
- Little Palaces
In Chocolate Town all the trains are painted brownOn the silver paper of the wrapperThere's a dapper little manAnd he wears a wax moustacheThat he twists with nicotine fingersAs he drops his cigarette ashAnd someone...
- Lovable
(chorus)It's going round the townIt's going round the townIt's going round the townYou're so lovableMy baby gave me notice to quitI just can't get used to itShe broke my little heart in twoNow somebody else is being...
- Brilliant Mistake
He thought he was the King of AmericaWhere they pour Coca Cola just like vintage wineNow I try hard not to become hystericalBut I'm not sure if I am laughing or cryingI wish that I could push a buttonAnd talk in the...
- Indoor Fireworks
We play these parlour gamesWe play at make believeWhen we get to the part where I say that I'm going to leaveEverybody loves a happy ending but we don't even tryWe go straight past pretendingTo the part where...
- King Of Confidence
She had her mind made up just like her faceShe painted in the lines and shadowsShe shaded color in that would expressThe lonely mood that followsLove, short and painful and tidy lies in self-defenseShe just told a...
- The People's Limousine
It's a chilly Florentine eveningTwo men in evening hatsTelling tales of the underground andfishing for RedsPolicemen armed with Uzisstand guard but they don't speakAin't seen no Michaeangelohe'll be here next week.The...
- They'll Never Take Her Love From Me
If today the sun should set on all my hopes and caresThere is one who's smiling face the gods would seeFor she'll walk along beside me up the golden stairsOh, they'll never, never take her love from meWhat a fool I...
- Let's Misbehave
You could have a great career, And you should; Yes you should. Only one thing stops you dear: You're too good; Way too good! If you want a future, darlin', Why don't you get a past? 'Cause that fateful moment's comin'...
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