Everthere Elbow

All my saints have taken bribes Singing going going gone All the angels taken dives Leaving you the only one If I loose a sequin here and there More salt than pepper in my hair Can I rely on you

The Everthere Elbow

All my saints have taken bribes Singing going going gone All the angels taken dives Leaving you the only one If I lose a sequin here and there More salt than pepper in my hair Can I rely on you when all

the birds Elbow

The birds are the keepers of our secret as they saw us where we lay In the deepest grass of springtime in a reckless guilty haze And they wove a sweet indifference and it settled on our skin Til the

The Stops Elbow

I can't undo the day It won't go, won't go under the rug I pull all the stops And you, you pull the plug These are soberer days And I know it can't be But I'll miss you the way You miss the sea [Incomprehensible

The River Elbow

I walked with the river in kind of a dream Hand in hand, the all-knowing river and me To the clammer of rushes and deeply barren trees A drunk making blossom, the blush to be seen I told him my sorrows

mcgreggor Elbow

Oohhhh There was lying at the table Crying on the stairs A raven on the gables singing 'Jesus doesn't care' A woman at the window With her hands on her hips Staring out across the ocean Like the

Mercy Street Elbow

looking down on empty streets, all she can see are the dreams all made solid are the dreams all made real all of the buildings, all of those cars were once just a dream in somebody's head she pictures

This Blue World Elbow

This blue world and its countless sisters And all that came before that day Our atoms straining to a line Was the universe in rehearsal for us When all the world is sucking on it's sleeve You'll hear an

The Blanket Of Night Elbow

Paper cup of the boat Even chest of the sea Carry both of us Carry her, carry me From the place we were born To the land of the free Carry both of us Carry her, carry me The ocean That bears us from our

Real Life (Angel) Elbow

If you wake in the quake in the roll of the heartbroken Pounding the ground in a sawn off ballet Bring us in an indigo dawn with the lovelorn and renegade You always found peace in the grip of the beat

the night will always win Elbow

I throw this to the wind But what if I was right Well, did you trust your noble dreams And gentle expectations to the mercy of the night?

Fugitive Motel Elbow

Lost in a lullaby Side of the road Melt in a memory Slide in a solitude Not \'til I can read by the moon Am I going anywhere Not \'til I can read by the moon I blow you a kiss It should reach you tomorrow

The Take Off And Landing Of Everything Elbow

on you You kiss the wrist of the hand that has twisted itself all into your hair You close the blinds and doors behind me and clear all obstacles on the stair You are an open book I’m on the bathroom

New York Morning Elbow

The first to pour a simple truth in words Binds the world in a feeling all familiar 'Cause everybody owns the great ideas And it feels like there's a big one round the corner A tenner, up and out into

buffalo ghosts Elbow

Deadlines pass year on year, Whisper grass, the falling tears, Whisper grass, wish you were here.

Weather To Fly Elbow

Are we having the time of our life? Are we having the time of our lives? Are we coming across clear? Are we coming across fine? Are we part of the plan here? Are we having the time of our lives?

Forget Myself Elbow

They’re pacing Piccadilly in packs again And moaning for the mercy of a never come rain The suns had enough and the simmering sky Has the heave and the hue of a woman on fire Shop shutters rattle

every bit the little girl Elbow

It's cooler now An opening of the senses She's snowy wise Lined and kind Pen in her mouth Hair in pencils It's cooler now An opening of the senses It's cooler now It's cooler now And

Little Beast Elbow

The whole towns slippin down a hill. Like the spine of something dead. Slide in shadow cobble-creep. Burn your mark and leave. ...

Honey Sun Elbow

I live and die by the hot and cold in strangers' eyes But danger lies behind the tape across my door I know a place where angels lace the lemonade And I cannot stay where all the broken plans were made

Leaders Of The Free World Elbow

I’m sick of working for a living I’m just ticking off the days till I die I miss you Louise And the sickest little pleasures keep me going in between pulling teeth Periscope up I’ve been looking

Imagined Affair Elbow

A sky as black as regret Is rolling aside for the blue Impossible face to forget These feelings belong in a zoo She brings the morning She, she brings the morning sun So lost in the sound of her

An Imagined Affair Elbow

A sky as black as regret Is rolling aside for the blue Impossible face to forget These feelings belong in a zoo She brings the morning She, she brings the morning sun So lost in the sound of her voice

Picky Bugger Elbow

Drinking In order to feel Thinking Reinventing the wheel Kicking up mischief And feeding the fire Kicking up mischief And walking the wire Little fish you count for nothing Do your thing until

An Audience With The Pope Elbow

Sweet Jesus, I'm on fire She has the sweetest, darkest eyes And when it comes into her eyes I know iron and steel couldn't hold me Good God, I'm easily bruised So often in love to her flame And the things

Fugitive Motel (album version) Elbow

Lost in a lullaby Side of the road Melt in a memory Slide in a solitude Not 'til I can read by the moon Am I going anywhere Not 'til I can read by the moon Chorus I blow you a kiss It should reach you

the birds (reprise) Elbow

The birds are the keepers of our secret As they saw us where we lay In the deepest grass of springtime In a reckless guilty haze Did they sing a million blessings As they watched us slowly part?

snowball Elbow

Tied this letter to the red balloon Flew this letter off across the ruse Along with all the plans I made Ooh Over crippled cranes and twisted steel Deadlines overgrown and missing wheels I told you

Switching Off Elbow

Switching Off Last of the men in hats hops off the coil And a final scene unfolds inside Deep in the rain of sparks behind his brow Is a part replayed from a perfect day Teaching her how to whistle

Fly Boy Blue / Lunette Elbow

on the box A chinless prefect gone Godzilla My newest friends have forgotten my name But so have I, so far so good and home You and me trampoline and oceans of crash site love What can be said of the

Newborn Elbow

I'll be the corpse in your bathtub Useless I'll be as stiff as a post If you hold me like a newborn Whisper what you feel My badly strung declaration To you You'll spend the end of your days Gently

Newborn (Album ver.) Elbow

I'll be the corpse in your bathtub Useless I'll be as deaf as a post If you hold me like a newborn Whisper what you feel My badly strung declaration To You You'll spend the end of your days Gently

Newborn (Single Edit) Elbow

to moonn6pence from shootigstar I'll be the corpse in your bathtub Useless I'll be as deaf as a post If you hold me like a newborn Whisper what you feel My badly strung declaration To You You'll

My Very Best Elbow

just did And would you tell her I'm from a long line of survivors And I'll be swinging with the kids Keep your sympathy Don't need the healing to start You've gone Gone and made a beautiful hole

Not A Job Elbow

Pull the final splinters Of missing picture winters You have to give yourself a break What's the fascination With lovers at the station You have to tear yourself away Chorus: The dream again nobody

Switching Off (album version) Elbow

Last of the men in hats hops off the coil And a final scene unfolds inside Deep in the rain of sparks behind his brow Is a part replayed from a perfect day Teaching her how to whistle like a boy Love's

the long war shuffle Elbow

The times they are a changing back You know the heat is rising I heard a million knuckles crack Is it so surprising?

high ideals Elbow

There's a ladder tear in my high ideals Like I took a chair on the battlefield Anyd any noble friend that was burning in my chest Is acid in my belly at the very best There's a bayonnette in my family

Colour Fields Elbow

clear Good Lord Did well to be ignored Your falling temperature Like cooling kisses All through your head A made-up water’s edge A summer gone on tabling fabled blisses I’d love to see you waving From the

Not A Job (album version) Elbow

Pull the final splinters Of missing picture winters You have to give yourself a break What's the fascination With lovers at the station You have to tear yourself away Chorus The dream again nobody understands

Buttons and Zips (album version) Elbow

Al had the guile and the sideways smile Bad boy and god Beck knew how to push a boy to blush Known as The Fox Tom came out in June to a crowded room No one was shocked Ed had the hair, the shoes and the

Buttons And Zips Elbow

Buttons And Zips Al had the guile and the sideways smile Bad boy and god Beck knew how to push a boy to blush Known as The Fox Tom came out in June to a crowded room No one was shocked Ed had the

Mirrorball Elbow

I plant the kind of kiss That wouldn't wake a baby On the self-same face The wouldn't let me sleep And the street is singing with my feet And dawn gives me a shadow I know to be taller All down to you

The Bones Of You Elbow

So I'm there charging around with a juggernaut brow Overdraft, speeches and deadlines to make Cramming commitments like cats in a sack Telephone burn and a purposeful gait When out of a doorway The tentacles

Great Expectations Elbow

exchanged a vow I love you I always will A call girl with yesterday eyes Was our witness and priest Stockport supporters club kindly supplied us a choir Your vow was your smile As we move down the

Whisper Grass Elbow

you Is with me now A freeze of you With knitted brow A freeze of you Asking how I could A fury climb To prove myself A fury climb To a whisper grass shelf With God above And not much else The

Fallen Angel Elbow

Fallen Angel All the fallen angels Roostin’ in this place Count back the weeks on worried fingers Virgin mother whats’erface You don’t need to sleep alone You bring the house down Choose your favourite

Fallen Angel (album version) Elbow

All the fallen angels Roostin' in this place Count back the weeks on worried fingers Virgin mother whats'erface Chorus You don't need to sleep alone You bring the house down Choose your favourite shoes

Ribcage Elbow

We blew the doors didn't we? Pissed in their champagne And did a real thing didn't we?

Scattered Black And Whites Elbow

Been climbing trees I've skinned my knees My hands are black the sun is going down She scruffs my hair in the kitchen steam She's listening to the dream I weaved today Crosswords through the bathroon