Favourite Hour (Live) Elvis Costello

earth and quicklime [Chorus:] So stay the hands, arrest the time Till I am captured by your touch Blessings I don't count Small mercies and such The flags may lower as we approach the favorite hour

My Funny Valentine Elvis Costello

My funny valentine, sweet comic valentine You make me smile with my heart Your looks are laughable, unphotographable But you're my favourite work of art Is your figure less than Greek

Clubland (Live) Elvis Costello

With a handful of backhanders and a bevy of beautyYou're going off limitsGoing off dutyGoing off the railsGoing off with bootyThey tell tales of fiction found on all the criminal typesLead to a hig...

Pads, Paws And Claws Elvis Costello

knows that he never would dare She could be in pictures if she wasn't all covered in fur He's coming home now and here's the surprise You wouldn't believe the lies that he tries She cut him down to her favourite

Hora Decubitus (Live) Elvis Costello

Siren is bending, the radio hummingSun is breaking through and the storm is comingThe score is obscure, the melody fracturedIt went by my window, refused to be capturedI hope that I wake up in time...

Almost Blue (Live) Elvis Costello

Almost blueAlmost doing things we used to doThere's a girl here, and she's almost youAlmost all the things that your eyes once promisedI see in hers tooNow your eyes are red from cryingAlmost blueF...

Roadette Song (Live) Elvis Costello

She can roll her shoulder, she can roll her assAin't no doubt about it, she's a gamely lassJerking with her elbow, clever with her kneesWhen she move it over, does the best to pleaseDiction very ba...

Veronica Elvis Costello

picture of Veronica On the "Empress of India" And as she closed her eyes upon the world and picked upon the bones of last week's news She spoke his name outloud again Chorus Veronica sits in her favourite

Satellite Elvis Costello

should have been her biggest night The satellite looks down on her as she begins to cry All over the world at the very same time people sharing the same sorrow As the satellite looks down her darkest hour

One Bell Ringing Elvis Costello

"Raining slapping on the window pane An hour or more of teeming Storm punching like a hurricane That tore him out of dreaming Air screaming through the slightest gap Rattling between the frame and the

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.

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 ...

Episode Of Blonde (Live) Elvis Costello

rain Though she had the attention span of warm cellophane Her lovers fell like skittles in a 10-pin bowling lane But nothing could compare with the explosion of fame So you jumped back with alarm Every Elvis

Dissolve Elvis Costello

child keeps beating on a toy drum And the tablets dropped on your tongue Dissolve "So salute me in moving frame" "I might not be there when you look again" The mourning border card behind the clock The hour

Petals Elvis Costello

The thorn is blunted And the perfume will fade I stand where sun is set I crave the shade Down in the tavern with Mary and Joe Palms reached for alms as they throw Fifteen petals One for every hour

15 Petals Elvis Costello

One for every hour that were apart Tears and useless battles Ill never start Mussolini highway Theres a frankincense tree I picked some up there to carry with me You take me to places where Id

15 Petals (Album Version) Elvis Costello

The thorn is blunted And the perfume will fade I stand where sun is set I crave the shade Down in the tavern with Mary and Joe Palms reached for alms as they throw Fifteen petals One for every hour

My Little Blue Window Elvis Costello

card Maybe it will be a farewell note The poison fountain pen now requires the antidote But if I avert your gaze And I should become a shrinking flower Just punch me on the arm This could be our finest hour

Can You Be True? (Live) Elvis Costello

Can you be true? Can this possibly be real? I knew quite suddenly Do you sense how I feel? I long to hear you whisper my name 'Til you tell me "My Darling, you may be my man." There will be days wh...

Speak Darkly My Angel (Live) Elvis Costello

Speak darkly, my angelOr do I have to plead?The sweetness has gone out of itAnd all that's left is bitter barren greedA needy lover with her almost vanished liarEntangled as the gloom is strangled ...

Put Away Forbidden Playthings (Live) Elvis Costello

Put away forbidden playthingsAmusements and distractionsAnd dismantle the contraption and carry it awayIn time as beauty dissolves into glamorIt slips from your heart and falls under the hammerPut ...

God Give Me Strength (Live) Elvis Costello

Now I have nothing, so God give me strength'Cause I'm weak in her wakeAnd if I'm strong I might still breakAnd I don't have anything to shareThat I won't throw away into the airThat song is sung ou...

Mystery Dance (Live At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

Romeo was restless, he was ready to kill He jumped out the window 'cause he couldn't sit still Juliet was waiting with a safety net He said, "Don't bury me 'cause I'm not dead yet" Why don't you te...

Lip Service (Live At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

You left the motor running But I know you're so attractive Getting in some sharp practice You better not do anything reckless But everybody is going through the motions Everybody is going through t...

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

No Action (Live At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

I don't want to kiss you, I don't want to touch I don't want to see you 'cause I don't miss you that much I'm not a telephone junkie I told you that we were just good friends But when I hold you li...

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.

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...

Lipstick Vogue (Live At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

Get to the slot machine almost dead on arrival Just hit me one more time with that live wire Maybe they told you you were only a girl in a million You say I've got not feelings; this is a good way

Miracle Man (Live At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

Miracle Man Elvis Costello My Aim is True (1977) You never asked me what I wanted. You only asked me why.

Kinder Murder Elvis Costello

down South It's a kinder murder (x2) She could have kept her knees together Could have kept her mouth shut It's a kinder murder (x2) Jimmy took her down to the perimeter fence He was back in half an hour

...This Town... Elvis Costello

made love while she was changing her dress She wiped him off, she wiped him out and then she made him confess A little amused by the belief in her power You must remember this it was the fetish of the hour

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

This Year's Girl (Live At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

This Year's Girl Elvis Costello This Years Model (1978) See her picture in a thousand places 'cause she's this year's girl You think you all own little pieces of this year's girl Forget your fancy

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 fl...

That's How You Got Killed Before (Live) Elvis Costello

Well, you're standing on the corner, flagging all the girls you seeNow do like EC and let those ladies beYou know that's wrong, man, you know that's wrongBoy, you better get control, that's how you...

Upon A Veil Of Midnight Blue (Live) Elvis Costello

Upon a veil of midnight blueThere hung a crescent moonTo light the viewBut you didn't whisper the wordsWhen the moment aroseI wonder how she knowsYou find your tongue is tiedYour words escape and h...

My Flame Burns Blue (Blood Count) (Live) Elvis Costello

As the last light glimmersAnd the evening hours dimMaybe I'm too proud to utter it out loudEven though my flame burns blueAs the night's descendingOnce again I find I'll tarry and pretendMy confide...

Accidents Will Happen (Live At Hollywood High/1978) Elvis Costello

Accidents Will Happen - Elvis Costello Oh I just don't know where to begin Though he says he'll wait forever It's now or never But she keeps him hanging on The silly champion She says she can't go

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 ...

(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea (Live) Elvis Costello

Photographs of fancy tricks to get your kicks at sixty-sixHe thinks of all the lips that he licksAnd all the girls that he's going to fixShe gave a little flirt, gave herself a little cuddleBut the...

I'm In The Mood Again Elvis Costello

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 on fine linens and satin Away from the mad-hatters who live

Lipstick Vogue Elvis Costello

not just anouther mouth in the lipstick vogue It's you, not just anouther mouth in the lipstick vogue Oh yeah Get to the slot machine, almost dead on arrival Just hit me one more time with that live

Tear Off Your Own Head ( It's A Doll Revolution) Elvis Costello

can pull and pinch him 'Til he cries and squeals You can twist his body 'til it faces backwards Those plastic features You could make somebody a pretty little wife But don't let anybody tell you how to live

Tear Off Your Own Head (It's A Doll Revolution) Elvis Costello

can pull and pinch him `Til he cries and squeals You can twist his body `til it faces backwards Those plastic features You could make somebody a pretty little wife But don`t let anybody tell you how to live

(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes (Live At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

Oh I used to be disgusted and now I try to be amused. But since their wings have got rusted, you know, the angels wanna wear my red shoes. But when they told me 'bout their side of the bargain, tha...

(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea (Live At Hollywood High) 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...

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?

Sparkling Day Elvis Costello

man Well now I get low and I get high And if I can't get either I really try Got the wings of heaven on my shoes I'm a dancin' man and I just can't lose You know it's all right it's OK I'll live

Tramp The Dirt Down Elvis Costello

avarice coming down on that child's lips Well I hope I don't die too soon I pray the Lord my soul to save Oh I'll be a good boy, I'm trying so hard to behave Because there's one thing I know, I'd like to live