by Elvis Costello on album Miscellaneous

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 make me major if I met all their demands I could be a corpora

by Elvis Costello & The Roots on album Wise Up Ghost

Now there's a crank in every crowd Sprinkling gunpowder Seems that everything is about to blow They lit the burning paper With a waxen taper Sitting up here on Viceroy's Row And they're gather

by Elvis Costello & The Imposters on album Miscellaneous

Well, I recall his parting words Must I 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'l

by Elvis Costello With Burt Bacharach on album Miscellaneous

I have to say that we should finish it now Before we weaken 'cause we already know this is wrong I could give in, sometimes I think that I will Despite the temptation I try to be very strong If my re

by Elvis Costello on album Rock & Roll Music

Cheap cut satin and bad perfume Showtime is almost here Tears stop by your strength Caught you laughing up your sleeve Sniggering in your beer Seen the bottom of a lot of glasses But he's never seen

by Elvis Costello on album Rock & Roll Music

Everyone is busy with the regular routine the sniper just takes his aim Everyone is window shopping, no one is amazed Even if he hit you, you'd still think it's just a graze You go to a movie, you go

by Elvis Costello on album Miscellaneous

I saw a newspaper picture From the political campaign A woman was kissin' a child Who was obviously in pain She spills with compassion As that young child's face in her hands she grips Can you imagin

by Elvis Costello on album Miscellaneous

Tell me now Or are you only teasing? I felt the cold hard facts of life Five degrees from freezing Does it amuse you To always hurt me so? I try my best it's not enough Should I give up and let you?

by Elvis Costello on album Miscellaneous

Girl, I stand accused People say, I love you Yeah, I stand accused Oh, but what can I do You belong to some other guy Hope I never have to testify If loving you is a big crime I've been guilty a long

by Elvis Costello on album Miscellaneous

See how the elements obey? Eyes are blue, skies are gray Nothing I'll do, will 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

by Elvis Costello on album Miscellaneous

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 bubb

by Elvis Costello on album Miscellaneous

So, you think that you have seen her When you're lying in between her And you told me that you don't care Busy bodies getting nowhere Everybody's getting meaner Busy bodies caught in the concertina

by Elvis Costello on album Miscellaneous

You push me when I'm falling And then you put me down I guess I missed my calling I should have been a clown How much more? How much more can I stand? You're pouring water on a drowning man You put

by Elvis Costello on album Miscellaneous

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 And daddy can I turn this? Daddy can I turn this?

by Elvis Costello on album Miscellaneous

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 colored tablets keep it all in place And it's so like

by Elvis Costello on album Miscellaneous

She wears a wedding ring her sister lent To throw them off the scent Just let them guess, it's what they expect Who in the world has bitten her neck? She's discovered wearing last night's dress The c

by Elvis Costello on album Miscellaneous

Hear what I say, see what I do Believe me now I'm all over you, all over you I know a place, a certain very tender spot To have and to hold, to have and have not Listening to the sad song that the ra

by Elvis Costello on album Miscellaneous

I was hell-bent on destroying my powers of concentration While you were living like a saint And all the time the very one you trusted was Washing off somebody else's paint Now you've got yourself a b

by Elvis Costello on album Miscellaneous

Don't get smart or sarcastic He snaps back just like elastic Spare us the theatrics and the verbal gymnastics We break wise guys just like matchsticks What would the loved ones say (Your pride and

by Elvis Costello on album Miscellaneous

Senior service, junior dissatisfaction It's the breath you took too late It's a death that's worse than fate Senior service, junior dissatisfaction Though it may be second hand It's by no means second