Тексты песен «Elvis Costello»

Photographs of fancy tricks To get your kicks at sixty-six He thinks of all the lips that licks And all the girls he's going to fix She gave a little flirt, gave herself a little cuddle But there's no place here...

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, That's when I knew that I...

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, That\'s when I knew that...

(Elvis Costello/Aimee Mann) There's no charity in you And that surprises me I guess I thought you were a golden idol 'Cause I called you majesty On the balustrade You watched me hunt for tips I was obliged...

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 one...

You turn to the sinister when you get the boot Slidin' down the banister in your Sunday suit Lyin' on a slag heap of blankets and magazines She's only thirty-five goin' on seventeen You'd better roll over and go to...

If only dust could talk What would we hear it say? 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? If only...

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 lead down (x2)...

15 Petals One for every year I spent with you Jewels and precious metals will never do I love you twisted And I love you straight I'd write it down but I can't concentrate Words won't obey they do as the please...

[This is about Mr. Gorbachev's visit to Britain asking for money. EC saw John Major & Gorbachev at the opera (Cinderella) in London one night. -NME Feb-94] "What is your destiny?" the policewoman said The word that she...

Bells are chiming for victory There's a page back in history 45 They came back to the world that they fought for Didn't turn out just like they thought 45 [Chorus:] Here is a song to sing to do the measuring...

five gears in reverse girls looking for the big lift somebody send out for the night nurse please don't stick me on the late shift if you don't know by now nobody's going to tell you if you don't know by now the shock...

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 comb And caught...

Big nothing He stood in the road outside of town With a broken clockwork toy in his hand A graveyard for childish dreams in his palm A broken lifeline Big nothing The mechanical amusement sputtered in his fist...

Big nothing. He stood in the road outside of town With a broken clockwork toy in his hand. A graveyard for childish dreams in his palm A broken lifeline. Big nothing. The mechanical amusement sputtered to life...

(Music by Diana Krall, lyrics by Elvis Costello) The glitter on a paint and plaster face Is covering desire and disgrace We could be lovers But no one suspects at all Once you're inside that costume ball And now...

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 a chaperone...

oh I just don't know where to begin love just doesn't wait forever it's now or never but she keeps him hanging on the silly cheering her on she says she can't go home without a chaperon CHORUS: accidents will happen...

In an anonymous rendezvous Where the forbidden lovers repair They're burning down another damn candle They're melting the tables and chairs Beneath them applause from the balcony Whenever they accomplished making...

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 As I hate your guts Alibi,...