by Elvis Costello on album Girls +£÷ Girls =$& Girls: The Songs of Elvis Costello / The Sounds of Elvis Costello & The Attractions

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 Girls +£÷ Girls =$& Girls: The Songs of Elvis Costello / The Sounds of Elvis Costello & The Attractions

I was looking at the black and white world It seemed so exciting If you'd only put me back to back with that girl When the night's inviting With just a little lighting There'll never be days like that

by Elvis Costello on album Girls +£÷ Girls =$& Girls: The Songs of Elvis Costello / The Sounds of Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Oh, I used to be disgusted 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 That's when I

by Elvis Costello on album Girls +£÷ Girls =$& Girls: The Songs of Elvis Costello / The Sounds of Elvis Costello & The Attractions

History repeats the old conceits The glib replies, the same defeats Keep your finger on important issues With crocodile tears and a pocketful of tissues I'm just the oily slick On the windup world of

by Elvis Costello on album Girls +£÷ Girls =$& Girls: The Songs of Elvis Costello / The Sounds of Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Oh, I just don't know where to begin Love doesn't wait forever It's now or never But she keeps 'em hangin' on You said you're so alone She says she can't go home without a chaperon Accidents will hap

by Elvis Costello on album Girls +£÷ Girls =$& Girls: The Songs of Elvis Costello / The Sounds of Elvis Costello & The Attractions

He thought he was the King of America Where they pour Coca Cola just like vintage wine Now I try hard not to become hysterical But I'm not sure if I am laughing or crying I wish that I could push a b

by Elvis Costello on album Girls +£÷ Girls =$& Girls: The Songs of Elvis Costello / The Sounds of Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Don't say you love me when it's just a rumour Don't say a word if there is any doubt. Sometimes I think that love is just a tumour; you've got to cut it out. You say you're sorry for the things that

by Elvis Costello on album Girls +£÷ Girls =$& Girls: The Songs of Elvis Costello / The Sounds of Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Alan Parsons Project I Robot I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You Lead vocal: lenny zakatek If i had a mind to I wouldn't want to think like you And if i had time to I wouldn't want to talk to you I don't

by Elvis Costello on album Girls +£÷ Girls =$& Girls: The Songs of Elvis Costello / The Sounds of Elvis Costello & The Attractions

It's going 'round the town It's going 'round the town It's going 'round the town You're so lovable My baby gave me notice to quit I just can't get used to it She broke my little heart in two Now some

by Elvis Costello on album Girls +£÷ Girls =$& Girls: The Songs of Elvis Costello / The Sounds of Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Some things you never get used to Even though you're feeling like another man There's nothing that he can do for you To shut me away as you walk through Lovers laughing in the amateur hour Holding ha

by Elvis Costello on album Girls +£÷ Girls =$& Girls: The Songs of Elvis Costello / The Sounds of Elvis Costello & The Attractions

He's a fine figure of a man and handsome too With his eyes upon the secret places he'd like to undo Still he knows who knows who and where and how And I hope you're happy now He's got all the things

by Elvis Costello on album The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years

We play these parlor games We play at make believe When we get to the part Where I say that I'm going to leave Everybody loves a happy ending But we don't even try We go straight past pretending To t

by Elvis Costello on album The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years

Oh my baby, baby, I love you more than I can tell I don't think I can live without you and I know that I never will Oh my baby, baby, I want you so it scares me to death I can't say anymore than I lov

by Elvis Costello on album The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years

He thought he was the King of America Where they pour Coca Cola just like vintage wine Now I try hard not to become hysterical But I'm not sure if I am laughing or crying I wish that I could push a b

by Elvis Costello on album The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years

Almost blue Almost doing things we used to do There's a girl here and she's almost you Almost all the things that your eyes once promised I see in hers too Now your eyes are red from crying Almost b

by Elvis Costello on album The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years

History repeats the old conceits The glib replies, the same defeats Keep your finger on important issues With crocodile tears and a pocketful of tissues I'm just the oily slick On the windup world of

by Elvis Costello on album The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years

Yeah, don't tell me you don't know what love is When you're old enough to know better When you find strange hands in your sweater When your dreamboat turns out to be a footnote I'm a man with a missio

by Elvis Costello on album The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years

Alan Parsons Project I Robot I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You Lead vocal: lenny zakatek If i had a mind to I wouldn't want to think like you And if i had time to I wouldn't want to talk to you I don't

by Elvis Costello on album The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years

Some things you never get used to Even though you're feeling like another man There's nothing that he can do for you To shut me away as you walk through Lovers laughing in the amateur hour Holding ha

by Elvis Costello on album The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years

Oh, I just don't know where to begin Love doesn't wait forever It's now or never But she keeps 'em hangin' on You said you're so alone She says she can't go home without a chaperon Accidents will hap