Blame It On Cain Elvis Costello

Government burglars took it long before I could mail it to you. Still, you are the only one. Now I can't let it slip away.

Complicated Shadows Elvis Costello

toe and it'll soon be time to go but it's darker than you know in those Complicated Shadows All you gangsters and rude clowns Who were shooting up the town When you should have found someone to put the blame

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

Someone Took The Words Away Elvis Costello

I'd blame all the things I feel but can't quite place Perhaps they're written on my face Someone took the words away Why don't you speak up and say what you mean?

Impatience ( Bonus Track ) Elvis Costello

I know it makes sense but it's hard for me to stay away But if this is how it has to be Maybe it's just a feeling That I could name But I'd probably best blame...impatience You can't miss - what

Impatience Elvis Costello

I know it makes sense but it's hard for me to stay away But if this is how it has to be Maybe it's just a feeling That I could name But I'd probably best blame...impatience You can't miss - what you've

Pay It Back Elvis Costello

One of these days I'm gonna pay it back, pay it back, one of these days. One of these days I'm gonna pay it back, pay it back, one of these days.

Little Triggers Elvis Costello

Little triggers that you pull with your tongue Little triggers, I don't wanna be hung up, strung up When you don't call up (CHORUS) Little sniggers on your lips Little triggers in your grip Little

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.

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.

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.

The Beat Elvis Costello

We're all going on a summer holiday Vigilantes coming out to follow me Heard somebody say they're out to collar me Anybody wanna swallow me?

The Beat (LIve At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

We're all going on a summer holiday Vigilante's coming out to follow me. Heard somebody say they're out to collar me. Anybody wanna swallow me? It takes two to tumble. It takes two to tango.

Roadette Song (Live) Elvis Costello

She can roll her shoulder, she can roll her ass Ain't no doubt about it, she's a gamely lass Jerking with her elbow, clever with her knees When she move it over, does the best to please Diction very bad

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

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

...This Town... Elvis Costello

That Charlie Sedarka was a-playing the piano like he was pawing a dirty book He bit a hole in his big bottom lip and gave his very best little boy look It was a song with a topical verse which I'm afraid

That's How You Got Killed Before (Live) Elvis Costello

Well, you're standing on the corner, flagging all the girls you see Now do like EC and let those ladies be You know that's wrong, man, you know that's wrong Boy, you better get control, that's how you

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

All This Useless Beauty Elvis Costello

spit If she wasnt so ladylike She imagines how she might have lived Back when legends and history collide So she looks to her prince finding hes so charmingly Slumped at her side Those days are recalled on

Deep Dark Truthful Mirror Elvis Costello

The flagstone streets where the newspaper shouts ring to the boots of roustabouts But you're never in any doubt something happening somewhere You chase down the road till your fingers bleed On

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

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

Running Out Of Angels (Demo Ver.) Elvis Costello

"They say they're running out of angels They say I'm running out of time Oh you don't have to be lucky It is easier than trying, now they're bringing down a Hammer on anything that sells I suppose

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

Veronica Elvis Costello

Is it all in that pretty little head of yours? What goes on in that place in the dark?

Dissolve Elvis Costello

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

Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4 Elvis Costello

clouds cover the sky the evening ends Describing a picture of eyes finally closing As you sometimes glimpse terrible faces in the fire We'll I'm the lucky goon Who composed this tune from birds arranged on

Miss Macbeth Elvis Costello

clutched as white as chalk-dust Her fingers sweated india-ink and poison-pen letters There is a hungry hanging tree, just below your bedroom window You can hear her take a broom to beat out a tattoo on

Alibi Elvis Costello

" Alibi " You did it 'cause you wanted Alibi, alibi And you took it Cause you need it Alibi, alibi But if I've done something wrong there's no "ifs and buts" 'Cause I love you just as much

Night Rally Elvis Costello

I would send out for assistance but there's someone on the signal wire And the corporation logo is flashing on and off in the sky They're putting all your names in the forbidden book I know what they're

No Dancing Elvis Costello

jackets of some paperbacks Now he's read every one He's such a drag He's not insane It's just that everybody Has to feel his pain There's gonna be no dancing when they get home He's getting down on

Less Than Zero Elvis Costello

Calling Mister Oswald with the swastika tattoo, there is a vacancy waiting in the English voodoo, carving "v" for vandal on the guilty boy's head.

Satellite Elvis Costello

excited now, she throws her hands up like a tulip She 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

Days Elvis Costello

Thank you for the days Those endless days those sacred days you gave me I'm thinking of the days I won't forget a single day believe me I bless the light I bless the light that shines on you believe me

Baby Plays Around Elvis Costello

It's not open to discussion anymore She's out again tonight and I'm alone once more She's all I have worth waiting for But baby plays around And so it seems I've always been the last to know To hold on

Chewing Gum Elvis Costello

her a picture of Maradona and child She wants to "roll and rock" As he spills his beer over her, bumps and he grinds, as he repeats "Bang-Cock" Chorus: There must be something that is better than this It

Bedlam Elvis Costello

that we survived And they were surprised to see us So they greeted us with palms They asked for ammunition, acts of contrition and small alms I might recite a small prayer If I ever said them I lay down on

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 on

Accidents Will Happen Elvis Costello

" Accidents Will Happen " 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 home Without

When I Was Cruel No. 2 Elvis Costello

the door" Those in the know, don't even flatter her, They go one better "She was selling speedboats in a tradeshow when he met her" Look at her now She's starting to yawn She looks like she was born to it

Tart Elvis Costello

silver trumpets will trill in Arabic streets of Seville Oranges roll in the gutter And you pick them up And peel back the skin To the red fruit within But the flavour is Tart And the flavour is Tart Is it

My Little Blue Window Elvis Costello

This is a calling card Maybe it will be a farewell note The poison fountain pen now requires the antidote But if I avert your gaze And I should become a shrinking flower Just punch me on the arm This could

The Judgement Elvis Costello

Objection overruled I wait for my reprieve With the trust of the deceived The wisdom of the fool It's his sorrowful face Too heavy for his head 'Cos he bowed it as something come over him It was the judgement

Name Of This Thing Is Not Love Elvis Costello

"There's a part of this feeling That I just cannot kill But the name of this thing is not love And I can't take a potion And I won't take a pill So it tortures me still But the name of this thing is not

Home Truth Elvis Costello

eyes when I kiss you And I close mine too But we didn't open them again Quite as wide as we should This is where the home truth ends This is where the home truth ends Does your touch feel the same as it

Crawling To The USA Elvis Costello

Saw it late one night on a secret channel It's farther on along the tunnel It's way beyond the final station That's the one they never mention You had better not go too far There's one way out, there's

(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding Elvis Costello

And as I walked on Through troubled times My spirit gets so downhearted sometimes So where are the strong And who are the trusted? And where is the harmony? Sweet harmony.

Imagination Elvis Costello

be out again this evening, when you come around to call So, you dodge the lady-killer, who came creepin' 'cross the floor Then you caught up in a whirlwind, you got blown right out the door Oh, yes it