On Your Way Down Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint

Sunrise Sunset Since the beginning it hasn't changed yet People fly high begin to lose sight You can't see very clearly when you're in flight It's high time that you found The same people you misuse on

International Echo Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint

The streets were deserted and the house was dark Down in the basement there was the faintest spark Three boys hoping to make their mark International echo They said it was nothing but a worthless toy Sign

Ascension Day Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint

Not a bird was singing, at least not within my hearing I was five minutes past caring Standing in the road just staring Thought I heard somebody pleading I thought I heard someone apologize Some fell down

The Sharpest Thorn Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint

And it's the same most every year Ghosts of the dear departed are near We raise our glasses and we cheer Should old acquaintance disappear Just as we wipe away a tear Archangel Michael will lead the way

Broken Promise Land Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint

I swore I'd never walk away Until I saw this day It didn't turn out the way we planned Now I'm living in Broken promise land Broken promise land There's a town I know Has a strange resemblance to Jericho

All These Things Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint

The touch of your lips next to mine Gets me excited, makes me feel fine The touch of your hand, your sweet hello The fire inside you when you're holding me close Your love so warm and tender The thrill

Wonder Woman Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint

When I'm down and out she stays by me without a doubt And if I stumble like I'm gonna fall She's right there at my beck and call She's my wonder woman, wonder one What she can't do, can't be done (Make

Six-Fingered Man Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint

should be forbidden Must be something he has hidden Take what you want from what you're given Oh, it's never enough Six-fingered man Shaking his fist at everyone Couldn't even act his age If you put him on

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.

Southern Nights (2003 Remaster) Allen Toussaint

Southern nights Have you ever felt a southern night Free as a breeze Not to mention the trees Whistling tunes that you know and love so Southern skies Just as good even when closed your eyes I apologize

Big Boys (Demo Ver.) Elvis Costello

"I am starting to function In the usual way Everything is so provocative Very very, temporary I shall walk (I shall walk) Out of this place (out of this place) I shall walk Out on you 'Cause

The Delivery Man Elvis Costello

the ghost story she's reading Looks up at that face on the wall Thinking about how her father lay bleeding Shot in the back 'cause orders were misleading How a flag and a medal don't have any meaning

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

All These Strangers Elvis Costello

disappear"" Upon freighter running dark out of Algiers Put tiny grains in children's tears While taking twenty five percent of all those flashbulbs and mementos From the mechanized divisions rolling over your

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

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

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

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.

Joe Porterhouse Elvis Costello

The children sit upon the stairs High above a valley of tears Don't let them see you crying that way oh no Oh no Joe Porterhouse Is not gone forever He'll be back another day Don't let them see you crying

Deep Dark Truthful Mirror Elvis Costello

that I still love you too much to say The sky was just a purple bruise the ground was iron And you fell all around the town until you looked the same The same eyes the same lips the same lie your

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

Radio Sweetheart Elvis Costello

wallflower dancers You come here looking for the ride to glory Go back home with a hard luck story I can hardly wait around until the weekend comes to town Play one more for my radio sweetheart Hide your

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?"

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

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

Alison (Elvis Costello) Hitomi Shimazaki

Alison (Elvis Costello) - Hitomi Shimazaki (시마자키 히토미/島崎ひとみ) Oh it's so funny to be seeing you after so long, girl. And with the way you look i understand That you are not impressed.

Bedlam Elvis Costello

on an iron frame Found myself in bedlam I wish that I could take something for drowning out the noise Wailing echoes down the corridors I've got this imaginary radio, and I'm punching up the dial I've

Everyday I Write The Book Elvis Costello

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 mission in two

The Beat Elvis Costello

It takes two to tumble, it takes two to tango Speak up--don't mumble if you're in the combo On the beat, on the beat Till a man comes along and he says "Have you been a good boy, never played with

The Beat (LIve At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

On the beat, on the beat. Till a man comes along and he says, 'Have you been a good boy, never played with your toy?

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?

Dissolve Elvis Costello

Dissolve Who know where on earth it's going to stop?

Stations Of The Cross Elvis Costello

Scrapper and mauler in a rope ring this small Outside the 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

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

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

Blame It On Cain Elvis Costello

Blame it on Cain. Don't blame it on me. Oh, oh, it's nobody's fault, but we need somebody to burn.

Jimmie Standing In The Rain Elvis Costello

in his pocket Punching out the shadows underneath the sockets Tweed coat turned up against the fog Slow coaches rolling o'er the moor Between the very memory And approaches of war Stale bread curling on

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

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

Tart Elvis Costello

that you only feel bitterness When you know it's a lie, lie, lie Wild with a blackberry bush There were blossoms of cherries to crush There, at the edge of the asphalt tempting fingertips They stain your

Cheap Reward Elvis Costello

With your cheap rewards, your blackmail, and your comical rage Just remember you'll only be the boss so long as you pay my wage All the sign posts on this road that point one way Don't act like you're

Radio Silence Elvis Costello

Signal fading, listen to what I'm saying Testing, testing This better be worth all of the breath I'm wasting Maintaining radio silence from now on Barricaded in the talk radio station Hostage taken The

Miss Macbeth Elvis Costello

fishbone slide in her cobweb tresses Her eyes were black like first foot coal, clutched as white as chalk-dust Her fingers sweated india-ink and poison-pen letters There is a hungry hanging tree, just below your

Jump Up Elvis Costello

Take off your shoes, hang up your wings Stack up the chairs, roll up the rug Savor the things that sobriety brings Drain in the last from a jug But when I hit the bottle, there's no tellin' what

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

Alison (Album Version) 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 too

Miracle Man Elvis Costello

I never thought that so much trouble was restin' on my reply, I could say it was the nights when I was lonely and you were the only one who'd come.

American Without Tears 2 (Twilight Version) Elvis Costello

Davis Junior He toyed with a trip to Miami For money like that he could have sweet talk in her ear Now they don't speak any English Just American without tears It was an idea that he dangled on