13 Steps Lead Down Elvis Costello

When nobody knows she puts on secret clothes And lies in the meadow with her hands tied behind her back I won't refuse if you know how to use it Just stop playing that ugly drug music Chorus: 13 steps

Tiny Steps Elvis Costello

I should say so Wooden bones and pretty lashes Iodine for your baby's gashes Little tombs for your baby's ashes If something goes wrong Tiny steps almost real Tiny fingers you almost feel Make her walk

45 Elvis Costello

Nine years later a child is born Theres a record, so you put it on 45 Nine years more, if were lucky now Nine-year-old puts his money down 45 Every scratch. every click, every heartbeat Every breath that

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

But Not For Me Elvis Costello

curtain I never want to hear from any cheerful Pollyannas Who tell you fate supplies a mate It's all bananas They're writing songs of love but not for me A lucky star's above but not for me With love to lead

A Slow Drag With Josephine Elvis Costello

"The snitch, the snoop, the tattletale Lead a threadbare up stairs Adieu, my little ballyhoo You broke my heart in two And now I haunt the bars and scent those trite affairs She went home to gather her

Hurry Down Doomsday Elvis Costello

purchase Containing all the secrets of life and other useless things But I can't bring myself to look Wake up Zombie write yourself another book You want to scream and shout my little flaxen lout Hurry down

Imagination Elvis Costello

to apply, Well, did I see you in the circus, in the ring without a hand Now you think that you can curse us, steal the show and stop the band Oh, you can follow your dreams, oh but please don't lead

Tramp The Dirt Down Elvis Costello

political campaign A woman was kissing a child, who was obviously in pain She spills with compassion, as that young child's face in her hands she grips Can you imagine all that greed and avarice coming down

The Judgement Elvis Costello

There'll be lies, there'll be tears A jury of your peers With a pitiful look of experience Hand down the judgement And if I done wrong And loved you too long Stand up and just testify How can you deny?

National Ransom Elvis Costello

"Running pell-mell and harum-scarum Running as hot as they do or dare Stick out your tongue And drink down all the venom A cut-throat Cuthbert And Millicent St.

Bedlam Elvis Costello

knew that we survived And they were surprised to see us So they greeted us with palms They asked for ammunition, acts of contrition and small alms I might recite a small prayer If I ever said them I lay down

One Bell Ringing Elvis Costello

Air screaming through the slightest gap Rattling between the frame and the sill Drapes hanging from the final act When I had you still One lonely bird is singing Lower the hood on his lament Dash him down

Pump It Up Elvis Costello

I've been on tenterhooks, ending in dirty looks List'ning to the Muzak, thinking 'bout this 'n' that She said, "That's that, I don't wanna chitter-chat" Turn it down a little bit or turn it down flat

Pump It Up (Live At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

I've been on tenterhooks, ending in dirty looks List'ning to the Muzak, thinking 'bout this 'n' that She said, That's that, I don't want to chitter-chat Turn it down a little bit or turn it down flat

The Scarlet Tide Elvis Costello

accept his fate Or take myself far from this place I thought I heard a black bell toll A little bird did sing man has no choice when he wants everything We'll rise above the scarlet tide That trickles down

Scarlet Tide Elvis Costello

accept his fate Or take myself far from this place I thought I heard a black bell toll A little bird did sing Man has no choice When he wants everything We'll rise above the scarlet tide That trickles down

Church Underground Elvis Costello

ever know"" And every word that I have spoken is true Except for those that were broken in two I'm trying to make peace after a long night of pretend I need a pawnbroker or moneylender Why do you do me down

Hand In Hand Elvis Costello

No, don't ask me to apologize I won't ask you to forgive me If I'm gonna go down, you're gonna come with me You say, "Why don't you be a man about it Like they do in the grown-up movies?"

Deep Dark Truthful Mirror Elvis Costello

mirror Deep dark deep dark truthful mirror The flagstone streets where the newspaper shouts ring to the boots of roustabouts But you're never in any doubt something happening somewhere You chase down

Stations Of The Cross Elvis Costello

wind is punching There's no one to hear it No one hears the bell ring Except the one who comes to fear it And they continue to brawl He's buying his way into heaven I suppose He weeps at the blows But down

Roadette Song (Live) Elvis Costello

rich Brazen little hussy, rock 'n' rolling bitch When it comes to business take off like a jet Rocking's her vocation, she's a very high roadette Young man there ain't no need to hustle Young man slow down

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

The Great Unknown Elvis Costello

arms of his bride to be Threw him into the murky waters By the dog biscuit factory Quick dry the tears and stifle cheers As he sinks just like a stone Footprints set in sentimental cement Now burden down

Running Out Of Angels (Demo Ver.) Elvis Costello

"They say they're running out of angels They say I'm running out of time Oh you don't have to be lucky It is easier than trying, now they're bringing down a Hammer on anything that sells I suppose

Satellite Elvis Costello

looks like an illustration of a cocktail party Where cartoon bubbles burst in the air, champagne rolls off her tongue Like a second language And it should have been her biggest night The satellite looks down

Poison Moon Elvis Costello

Cut loose in a nightmare, cast off in my dreams If home is anywhere that I can hang my hat Then it's coming apart at the seams My luck is hanging upside down I try to hold on tight But money's rolling

Petals Elvis Costello

Fifteen petals One for every year I spent with you Jewels and precious metals will never do I love you twisted And I love you straight I\'d write it down but I can\'t concentrate Words don\'t me

15 Petals Elvis Costello

15 Petals One for every year I spent with you Jewels and precious metals will never do I love you twisted And I love you straight Id write it down but I cant concentrate Words wont obey they do

15 Petals (Album Version) Elvis Costello

Fifteen petals One for every year I spent with you Jewels and precious metals will never do I love you twisted And I love you straight I\'d write it down but I can\'t concentrate Words don\'t me

The Only Flame In Town Elvis Costello

only flame in town She's not the only flame in town She's got to stop thinking that I'm Carrying this torch around He struck a match and it lit up her face We should have struck a match girl To burn down

Worthless Thing Elvis Costello

How many times can you jump out of the cupboard Before someone gets suspicious or someone gets discovered You can live forever in a split second of fame Come on down the price is right what's your name

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

American Without Tears 2 (Twilight Version) Elvis Costello

American without tears It was an idea that he dangled on his knee and nursed it like his coffee cup when he couldn't find any other way It always seemed to come to him while the day was dipping down

All These Strangers Elvis Costello

I never will, go back again Go back into the past The flood is rising fast You can break a window and look down Into a muddy glass It's mirror or lens to burn There was a deal done in Benghazi and Belgrade

A Voice In The Dark Elvis Costello

"You can read right through a book of matches But that won't make you smart You can laugh in the face of watches But time will only break your heart Kings reign beneath umbrellas Hide pennies down in cellars

Dr. Watson, I Presume Elvis Costello

I sat in a motel room with the doctor Just before we were supposed to sing He said regarding this guardian wing This black and clipped misshapen thing Hobbling on from claw to ring Hung upside down and

Crawling To The USA Elvis Costello

> I thought I would go to the sea and shrink down very tiny And slide inside the telephone wire that runs under the briny Till I found there is a way of crawling to the U.S.A.

Watching The Detectives Elvis Costello

She looks so good that he gets down and begs. She is watching the detectives. "ooh, he's so cute!" She is watching the detectives when they shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot.

Kinder Murder Elvis Costello

won There's a stone-washed damsel on a junk-food run It's a kinder murder It's a ladder to heaven from a battered stiletto Spitting out the words that he put into her mouth See her in silhouette going down

Bullets For The New-Born King Elvis Costello

with tears that were stinging After our assassin's work was done But bells in hands are only there for the wringing And we were bringing bullets for the new-born king Trumpet sounds lamenting Trampling down

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

Nice girls, not one with a defect cellophane shrink-wrapped, so correct Red dogs under illegal legs, She looks so good that he gets down and begs She is watching the detectives, ooh - he's so cute

Delivery Man Elvis Costello

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 Elvis

Miss Macbeth Elvis Costello

says that somebody saves, that somebody's face has just been washed off the pavement Into a puzzle where petrol will be poisoned by rain Miss Macbeth saw her reflection As confetti bled it's colours down

Fallen Elvis Costello

All the leaves are turning yellow, red and brown Soon they'll be scattered as they tumble down Although they may be swept up so invitingly I never did what I was told I trampled though the amber

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.

Jimmie Standing In The Rain Elvis Costello

platform at a Lancashire station Somebody's calling you again It's finally dawning Jimmie's standing in the rain Brilliantine glistening Your soft plaintive whistling And your wan wandering smile Died down

The Delivery Man Elvis Costello

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 Elvis

I'm In The Mood Again Elvis Costello

the mood again I don't know what's come over me But it's nothing that I'm doing wrong You took the breath right out of me Now you'll find it in the early hours In a lover's song I lay my head down

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