Peace In Our Time Elvis Costello

Out of the aeroplane stepped Chamberlain with a condemned man's stare But we all cheered wildly a photograph was taken As he waved a piece of paper in the air Now the disco machine lives in Munich And

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

As I walk through This wicked world Searchin' for light in the darkness of insanity. I ask myself Is all hope lost? Is there only pain and hatred, and misery?

Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4 Elvis Costello

I saw a girl who'd found her consolation She said "One day my Prince of 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

Monkey To Man Elvis Costello

Bartholomew And now the world is full of sorrow and pain And it's time for us to speak up again You're slack and sorry Such an arrogant brood The only purpose you serve is to bring us our food We

Joe Porterhouse Elvis Costello

them see you crying that way [Chorus:] Please don't wake him let him sleep It's a moment she can keep Like an old bus ticket or a photograph Resting on the mantlepiece While for the wicked there is no peace

Bullets For The New-Born King Elvis Costello

"No one looks in this place for motive or any hope But for the dead shot of an amber glass The blue light of a votive Rain obscured the window As the pain was dulled by the grains Absolved by spoons in

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

National Ransom Elvis Costello

Cyr From the real old Macau To the new false Americas In the liberated territories Unusual suspects shake down, shake down, shake down Various dubious characters Mother's in the kitchen picking bones

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

Church Underground Elvis Costello

"She stood spotlit in a plain print dress Came howling out of the wilderness There beat a cunning and murderous heart Beneath that calm exterior ""You know my name You don't know my mind Don't doubt my

There's A Story In Your Voice Elvis Costello

"Once upon another time If you had the need I'd step right in your shoes that you've been walking 'Cause someone put the hurt in you For everyone to see And you only have to speak to tell your fortune

Poor Fractured Atlas Elvis Costello

He's out in the woods with his squirrel gun To try to recapture his anger He's screaming some words at the top of his lungs Until he begins to feel younger But back at his desk in the city we find Our

Hora Decubitus (Live) Elvis Costello

Siren is bending, the radio humming Sun is breaking through and the storm is coming The score is obscure, the melody fractured It went by my window, refused to be captured I hope that I wake up in time

No Action Elvis Costello

you, I don't wanna touch I don't wanna 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 like I hold that bakelite in

No Action (Live At Hollywood High) Elvis Costello

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 like I hold that Bakelite in

When It Sings Elvis Costello

All the words you say to me Have music in them All the sorrows and the joys like magnetism And a selfish boy looks through a prism And says what is But never asks what isn't But a voice contains

A Slow Drag With Josephine Elvis Costello

"The snitch, the snoop, the tattletale Lead a threadbare up stairs Adieu, my little ballyhoo You broke my heart in two And now I haunt the bars and scent those trite affairs She went home to gather her

Complicated Shadows Elvis Costello

Well you know your time has come and you're sorry for what you've done You should've never have been playing with a gun In those Complicated Shadows Well there's a line that you must toe and it'll soon

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 [Chorus

The Deportees Club Elvis Costello

In the Arrivederci Roma nightclub bar and grill Standing in the fibreglass ruins watching time stand still All your troubles you confess to another faceless backless dress Schnapps Chianti Porter and Ouzo

Veronica Elvis Costello

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

Needle Time Elvis Costello

made them some cents Now they want me fingerprinted Like I was smuggling drugs While the government does deals with the most convenient thugs Sometimes I feel just like committing a crime It's Needle Time

Blame It On Cain Elvis Costello

Once upon a time, I had a little money. 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.

My Little Blue Window Elvis Costello

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 be our

Coal-Train Robberies Elvis Costello

Yesterday's coal train came to rest in the bitter cutting And as the signals took an age to change it was easy pickings So you go to the movies where they smash it up You want to feel your heart pumping

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

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?"

Soul For Hire Elvis Costello

Fool I was, I thought that you fought fire with fire Got to me more than just a soul for hire Speaking for myself I wouldn't take the fame, the fees, the glory For whoring in the practice of the law I

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

Smile (Japanese A-Side) Elvis Costello

Smile tho' your heart is aching Smile even tho' it's breaking When there are clouds in the sky You'll get by if you smile through Your fear and sorrow smile and maybe Tomorrow you'll see the

Stations Of The Cross Elvis Costello

blows up from a squall Past the Cape of Bad Conscience Into the Gulf of the Cauldron Roars over the coastline to batter and flatten Exposing the roots like the dyed hair of slattern Scrapper and mauler in

Five Small Words Elvis Costello

"Maybe you'll recognize in time Maybe one day you will discover All the pain that lies behind You and your unfortunate love Somebody might be more Unsuitable and strange With eyes that offer everything

Satellite Elvis Costello

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 burst in

Put Away Forbidden Playthings (Live) Elvis Costello

Put away forbidden playthings Amusements and distractions And dismantle the contraption and carry it away In time as beauty dissolves into glamor It slips from your heart and falls under the hammer Put

Let's Misbehave Elvis Costello

'Cause, that fateful moment's comin' at last We're all alone, no chaperone Can get our number, the world's in slumber Let's misbehave There's something wild about you, child That's so contagious, let's

Lipstick Vogue Elvis Costello

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 feel just like a human being It's you, not just anouther mouth in

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.

Can You Be True? Elvis Costello

" There will be days when you must go from my sight There may be nights when clouds deny us starlight Only time will tell us I hope that it speaks gently if it isn't meant to be Then again

Can You Be True? (Live) Elvis Costello

There will be days when you must go from my sight There may be nights when clouds deny us starlight Only time will tell us I hope that it speaks gently if it isn't meant to be Then again By then we

Speak Darkly My Angel (Live) Elvis Costello

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 in

Roadette Song (Live) Elvis Costello

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 your hustle bustle You can take your time

The Monkey Elvis Costello

Yeah, the monkey speaks his mind Now, three monkey sittin' in a coconut tree Discussin' things as they all say it to be Said one to the other, now, listen you two There's a certain rumor that can't be

The Delivery Man Elvis Costello

Elvis In a certain way he feels like Jesus Everyone dreams of him just as they can But he's only the humble delivery man Geraldine blushes and brushes away The cigarette ashes that Vivian scatters Stares

Delivery Man Elvis Costello

Abel 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

Let Him Dangle Elvis Costello

verdict, and Craig had shot him dead The gallows were for Bentley and still she never said Let him dangle Let him dangle Well it's hard to imagine it's the times that have changed When there's a murder in

(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding (Live) Elvis Costello, The Imposters

As i walk through This wicked world Searchin` for light in the darkness of insanity I ask myself Is all hope lost Is there only pain and hatred and misery And each time i feel like this inside There

(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding (Live) Elvis Costello & The Imposters

As i walk through This wicked world Searchin` for light in the darkness of insanity I ask myself Is all hope lost Is there only pain and hatred and misery And each time i feel like this inside There`s

Jimmie Standing In The Rain Elvis Costello

"Third-class ticket 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

(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes Elvis Costello

Our love got fractured in the echo and sway. How come everybody wants to be your friend? You know that it still hurts me just to say it.