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

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

Green Shirt (Demo Ver.) Elvis Costello

labels Before they put you on the torture table 'Cause somewhere in the ""Quisling Clinic"" There's a shorthand typist taking seconds over minutes She's listening in to the Venus line She's picking out

This Year's Girl (Alternate Eden Studios Ver.) Elvis Costello

"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 manners Forget your English grammar 'Cause you don't really

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.

(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes Elvis Costello

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, that's when I knew that I could not refuse.

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

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, that's when I knew that I could not refuse.

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

When I Was Cruel No. 2 Elvis Costello

I exit through the spotlight glare I stepped out into thin air Into a perfume so rarefied "Here comes the bride" Not quite aside, they snide "She's number four" "There's number three just by the door"

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

This Year's Girl Elvis Costello

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 manners Forget your English grammar 'Cause you don't really

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

Welcome To The Working Week Elvis Costello

All of your family had to kill to survive, and they're still waitin' for their big day to arrive. But if they knew how I felt they'd bury me alive. Welcome to the workin' week.

Watching The Detectives Elvis Costello

Long shot of that jumping sign, Visible shivers running down my spine. Cut the baby taking off her clothes.

Watching The Detectives (Live At Hollywood High/1978) Elvis Costello

But he can't be wounded 'cause he's got no heart Long shot of that jumping sign Visible shivers running down my spine Cut the baby taking off her clothes Close-up of the sign that says We never close

All These Strangers Elvis Costello

"""Mistreat me darling and I might just 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

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.

Daddy Can I Turn This? Elvis Costello

The flashing lights go running 'round and 'round It spits out money It tastes like honey So drink it down It leaves the slightest chemical taste It could be most unfortunate Earrings that jangle before

Imagination Elvis Costello

So you're trying to make connection, you heard whispers in the hall She'll be out again this evening, when you come around to call So, you dodge the lady-killer, who came creepin' 'cross the floor

God Give Me Strength Elvis Costello

This bell is rung out She was the light that I'd bless She took my last chance of happiness So God give me strength God give me strength I can't hold on to her God give me strength When the phone doesn't

She's Pulling Out The Pin Elvis Costello

"She's pulling out the pin That lets her hair fall down She shakes her head and It goes tumbling Her smile was out of place So she swept it off her face Let me find the words and say them Like some softly

Poison Moon Elvis Costello

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 out

American Without Tears Elvis Costello

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 In Revlon and Crimpelene they captured my heart To the strain of

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?

Waiting For The End Of The World Elvis Costello

Everyone was looking for a little entertainment, so they'll probably pull his hands off when they find out his name.

Sour Milk Cow Blues Elvis Costello

You like coffee and you like tea Much more than you like me And everybody says watch out yeah For the sour milk cow blues You like your coffee just a little too sweet Without your sugar life is incomplete

Episode Of Blonde Elvis Costello

twenty tons of 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

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.

Episode Of Blonde (Live) Elvis Costello

twenty tons of 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

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

Hurry Down Doomsday Elvis Costello

The man in the corner of this picture has a sinister purpose In the teeming Temple of the Railroad Kings He's planting a trashy paperback book for accidental purchase Containing all the secrets of life

Bedlam Elvis Costello

I've got this phosphorescent portrait of gentle Jesus meek and mild I've got this harlot that I'm stuck with carrying another man's child The solitary star announcing vacancy burnt out as we arrived They'd

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

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

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

Mystery Dance Elvis Costello

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 'bout the mystery dance.

...Dust Elvis Costello

Before it's brushed aside Just as it's swept away It's just the evidence It's of no consequence It's only flesh and bone Why don't we leave it alone?

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

God Give Me Strength (Live) Elvis Costello

Now I have nothing, so God give me strength 'Cause I'm weak in her wake And if I'm 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

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

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

American Without Tears 2 (Twilight Version) Elvis Costello

took his piece of the pie When he packed up the casino chips, the IOU and the abacus And switched off the jukebox in a "A Fool Such as I" He was a leg man who was open to offers But he couldn't get

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

I'm In The Mood Again Elvis Costello

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 slumber Along the fine windows of

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

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.

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

A Voice In The Dark Elvis Costello

"You can read right through a book of matches But that won't make you smart You can laugh in the face of watches But time will only break your heart Kings reign beneath umbrellas Hide pennies down in cellars

Home Is Anywhere You Hang Your Head Elvis Costello

Misery He's tearing out his hair again He's crying over her again He's standing in the super-market shouting at the customers Here comes Mr.

The Comedians Elvis Costello

car kingdom They're finding all that glitters is not chrome The social circle have these cardiac complaints Their hearts are empty when their hands are full All these new found fond acquaintances Turn out