Almost Blue (Live) Elvis Costello

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 blue

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

Lipstick Vogue (Live At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

Sometimes I almost feel just like a human being It's you not just another mouth in the lipstick vogue It's you not just another mouth in the lipstick vogue oh yeah.

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

Lipstick Vogue Elvis Costello

just a tumour You've got to cut it out You say you're sorry for the things that you've done You say you're sorry but you know you don't mean it I wouldn't worry, I had so much fun Sometimes I almost

Speak Darkly My Angel (Live) Elvis Costello

The sweetness has gone out of it And all that's left is bitter barren greed A needy lover with her almost vanished liar Entangled as the gloom is strangled by the clinging brier That ventures out to gather

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

As the last light glimmers And the evening hours dim Maybe I'm too proud to utter it out loud Even though my flame burns blue As the night's descending Once again I find I'll tarry and pretend My confidential

Almost Blue Diana Krall

(Elvis Costello) Almost blue Almost doing things we used to do There's a boy here and he's almost you Almost all the things that your eyes once promised I see in his too Now your eyes are red from

Tiny Steps Elvis Costello

I should say so Wooden bones and pretty lashes Iodine for your baby's gashes Little tombs for your baby's ashes If something goes wrong Tiny steps almost real Tiny fingers you almost feel Make her walk

Upon A Veil Of Midnight Blue (Live) Elvis Costello

Upon a veil of midnight blue There hung a crescent moon To light the view But you didn't whisper the words When the moment arose I wonder how she knows You find your tongue is tied Your words escape and

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...

Poor Fractured Atlas Elvis Costello

find the strength now to punish the length Of the ribbon in his little typewriter Poor fractured Atlas Threw himself across the mattress Waving his withering pencil as if it were a pirate's cutlass I'm almost

My Little Blue Window Elvis Costello

Nothing in this ugly world comes easily I want you to be My lovely hooligan Come by and smash my pane 'Til I can see right though My little blue window This is a fingerprint Maybe you will feel a fond

All This Useless Beauty Elvis Costello

All this useless beauty Good Friday arrived, the sky darkened on time Til he almost began to negotiate She held his head like a baby and said Its okay if you cry Now he wants her to dress as if you couldnt

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...

Favourite Hour (Live) Elvis Costello

Figure hanging on a leather band Cog consults the watch he cups in his hand Bejewelled movement measures lost and vanished time Pray for the boy who makes his bed in cold earth and quicklime [Choru...

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...

When Green Eyes Turn Blue Elvis Costello

Every single time It becomes too much There's nothing I can say Or I can touch But the glory is, as it comes passing through, I know I will be there When green eyes turn blue It's the same for

You Hung The Moon Elvis Costello

You hung the moon From a gallows in the sky Choked out the light In his blue lunar eye The shore is a parchment The sea has no tide Since he was taken from my side The lines of the fallen are viewed through

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.

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

Lipstick Vogue (Live) Elvis Costello & The Imposters

that love is just a tumor You`ve got to cut it out You say you`re sorry for the things that you`ve done You say you`re sorry but you know you don`t mean it I wouldn`t worry I had so much fun Sometimes I almost

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...

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...

Impatience ( Bonus Track ) Elvis Costello

I took no heed so a word might as well be deed Although - I'd really like to see you now I'm almost certain it can't be accomplished with speed So, if this how I'll bide my time Then I will set it

Impatience Elvis Costello

I took no heed so a word might as well be deed Although - I'd really like to see you now I'm almost certain it can't be accomplished with speed So, if this how I'll bide my time Then I will set it down

Big Boys (Demo Ver.) Elvis Costello

one knee Stroking her vanity I was stuck on a hammerhead I came alive and left for dead As my face returned to red Choking on my pride and pity We can talk (we can talk) Until your face is blue

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...

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.

You Left Me In The Dark Elvis Costello

Eyes are blue Skies are grey Nothing I do can 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 if I'd only known That this

American Without Tears Elvis Costello

Outside in New Orleans the heat was almost frightening But my hotel room as usual was freezing and unkind On TV they prosecute anyone who's exciting So I put on my overcoat and went down to find

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...

My Lovely Jezebel Elvis Costello

"She attracts dark rumors Travels in blue and other humors Each time she walks in the room Brings in much more than you'd assume Ooo, I looked in her eyes and out through that window I fell She's my lovely

Green Shirt (Demo Ver.) Elvis Costello

"There's a smart young woman on a light blue screen Who comes into my house every night. And she takes all the red, yellow, orange and green And she turns them into black and white.

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

Stella Hurt (Live) Elvis Costello, The Imposters

didn`t hear on the radio Velvet gloves and country clubs Were never going to hold her Ringing the necks of silly Southern belles Who wanted to scold her Don`t bring me down I`m trouble bound Blue

Stella Hurt (Live) Elvis Costello & The Imposters

That she didn`t hear on the radio Velvet gloves and country clubs Were never going to hold her Ringing the necks of silly Southern belles Who wanted to scold her Don`t bring me down I`m trouble bound Blue

Jump Up Elvis Costello

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 I'll do 'Cause something deep inside me wants to turn you black and blue