Mystery Dance (Live At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

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 tell me about the mystery

Mystery Dance Elvis Costello

Why don't you tell me 'bout the mystery dance. I wanna know about the mystery dance. Why don't you show me, 'cause I've tried and I've tried, and I'm still mystified.

Lip Service (Live At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

Don't act like you're above me Just look at your shoes But everybody is going through the motions Everybody is going through the motions Are you really only going through the motions?

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...

Lipstick Vogue (Live At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

Get to the slot machine almost dead on arrival Just hit me one more time with that live wire Maybe they told you you were only a girl in a million You say I've got not feelings; this is a good way

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.

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...

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

Someone's scratching at the window. I wonder who is it? The detectives come to check if you belong to the parents who are ready to hear the worst about their daughter's disappearance.

Mystery Dance (Live) Elvis Costello, The Imposters

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 tell me about the mystery

Mystery Dance (Live) Elvis Costello & The Imposters

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 tell me about the mystery

(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea (Live At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

Photographs of fancy tricks to get your kicks at sixty-six He thinks of all the lips that he licks And all the girls that he's going to fix She gave a little flirt, gave herself a little cuddle But

Waiting For The End Of The World (Live At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

Waiting for the End of the World Elvis Costello My Aim is True (1977) The man from the television crawled into the train. I wonder who he's gonna stick it in this time?

(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes (Live At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

Oh I used to be disgusted and 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, tha...

Almost Ideal Eyes (Live) Elvis Costello

pout The memory of such a long blond alibi Still makes me want to shout out loud You ** when you clear your head my dear You can't come out here in those stolen clothes Telling me all about some mystery

Roadette Song (Live) Elvis Costello

it over, does the best to please Diction very bad, friction double 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

Hora Decubitus (Live) Elvis Costello

It went by my window, refused to be captured I hope that I wake up in time Good King Neptune came flipping up my street He was a sad case tripping up the staircase Friends and relations are laughing at

I Lost You Elvis Costello

"I lost you I lost you You slipped from your costume Like an actress in this tragedy You're just an apparition in a haunting mystery I fear that you've passed over me And there's nothing I can do because

God Give Me Strength (Live) Elvis Costello

strong I might still break And I don't have anything to share That I won't throw away into the air That song is sung out This bell is rung out She was the light that I'd bless She took my last chance at

Country Darkness Elvis Costello

This tattered document A mystery you can solve Some burnt out filament Flies buzzing around the bulb Country darkness He thought of traveling Heard an approaching train Drown out his desperate pulse A

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...

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.

Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4 Elvis Costello

Peace will come" Above her head a portrait of her father The wilted favour that he gave her still fastened to the frame "They've got his bones and everything he owns I've got his name" Well you can laugh at

(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea (Live) Elvis Costello

Photographs of fancy tricks to get your kicks at sixty-six He thinks of all the lips that he licks And all the girls that he's going to fix She gave a little flirt, gave herself a little cuddle But there's

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...

Almost Blue (Live) Elvis Costello

Almost blueAlmost doing things we used to doThere's a girl here, and she's almost youAlmost all the things that your eyes once promisedI see in hers tooNow your eyes are red from cryingAlmost blueF...

Tear Off Your Own Head ( It's A Doll Revolution) Elvis Costello

Only you do You can paint his nails Make him wear high heels Why waste time altering the hemline? Or do you?

Tear Off Your Own Head (It's A Doll Revolution) Elvis Costello

Only you do You can paint his nails Make him wear high heels Why waste time altering the hemline? Or do you?

I'm In The Mood Again Elvis Costello

Hail to the taxis They go where I go Farewell the newspapers that know more than I know Flung under a street-lamp still burning at dawn I'm in the mood again I walk the damp streets rather than

Satellite Elvis Costello

She looked like she learned to dance from a series of still pictures She's madly excited now, she throws her hands up like a tulip She looks like an illustration of a cocktail party Where cartoon bubbles

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

Sparkling Day Elvis Costello

I've been kicked around since I was born now it's all right it's OK And you may look the other way We can try to understand The New York Times' effect on man Well now I get low and I get high

45 Elvis Costello

45 Bass and treble heal every hurt Theres a rebel in a nylon shirt But the words are a mystery, Ive heard Til you turn it down to 33 and 13 Cos it helps with the elocution Corporations turn revolutions

Radio Silence Elvis Costello

will end up dead" It's just a comedy The hostage is me So pay the ransom Beyond the run-out groove Get my wife down here A helicopter on the roof No police marksman Maintaining radio silence from now on Mystery

...This Town... Elvis Costello

Getgood moved up to Self-Made Man Row Although he swears that he's the salt of the earth He's so proud of the "kick-me-hard" sign that they hung on his back at birth He said "I appreciate beauty, if I

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...

Speak Darkly My Angel (Live) Elvis Costello

Speak darkly, my angelOr do I have to plead?The sweetness has gone out of itAnd all that's left is bitter barren greedA needy lover with her almost vanished liarEntangled as the gloom is strangled ...

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 ...

She's Pulling Out The Pin Elvis Costello

is she thinking of him She's pulling out the pin She's slipping off the hook Unbuttoning her dress There's just enough to make some man a mess She tears away the veil With her fingernails She came out high

When I Was Cruel No. 2 Elvis Costello

, they snide "She's number four" "There's number three just by 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

Tramp The Dirt Down Elvis Costello

avarice coming down on that child's lips Well I hope I don't die too soon I pray the Lord my soul to save Oh I'll be a good boy, I'm trying so hard to behave Because there's one thing I know, I'd like to live

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...

Upon A Veil Of Midnight Blue (Live) Elvis Costello

Upon a veil of midnight blueThere hung a crescent moonTo light the viewBut you didn't whisper the wordsWhen the moment aroseI wonder how she knowsYou find your tongue is tiedYour words escape and h...

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

As the last light glimmersAnd the evening hours dimMaybe I'm too proud to utter it out loudEven though my flame burns blueAs the night's descendingOnce again I find I'll tarry and pretendMy confide...

Jimmie Standing In The Rain Elvis Costello

the moor Between the very memory And approaches of war Stale bread curling on a luncheon counter Loose change lonely, not the right amount Forgotten man of an indifferent nation Waiting on a platform at