Тексты песен «Elvis Costello & The Imposters»

One, two, three, four Somewhere downtown a pretty girl kneels Offers her soft lips and a handful of pills Peels off her dress and then the rest of her skills Buys what she wants and the rest she just steals He speaks...

Maybe we're nothing but skin and bone Blare and rubber, eyes that blubber Teeth that bite, hands that slide And I'm trying to do the best I can But I'm a limited, primitive kind of man Maybe we're nothing but skin and...

If dust could only 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 you leave it alone? If dust could...

Last rays of sunlight die Full moon begins to rise Reflected in your eyes I can't believe that this is happening You make the motor in me Flutter and wow The crowd was gathering The clock struck five, then ten My...

Are we rolling? One, two, one, two, three, four Here in my little spy movie With my garter and dagger And my gag and my cuff And my gunslinger swagger You used to be my hand-painted villain You used to be so thrilling...

They looked at her this way ever since she was a girl Mr. Feathers, Mr. Feathers The echo in every smile that would curl into a leer Oh my dear, Mr. Feathers is near The counter is falling, something is spoiling, it's...

In the not very distant future When everything will be free There won't be any cute secrets Let alone any novelty You can say anything you want to In your fetching cloak of anonymity Are you feeling out of breath now?...

Between last breaths and first regrets The days dragged on like cigarettes In the distance martyrs and martinets Dally, dancing with the empty silhouettes of threats So, where but heaven does love end And where on...

You should wear your red galoshes Walking o'er the city pride Streets are paved with heaven's pennies Gutters full of suicides Teddy steadily fell from grace Somewhere near Arcadia Once she overheard a voice That she...

I can't tell if this is real or if I am sleeping I'll embroider the truth and that's so I shall reap I took things that didn't belong to me I didn't mean to do you wrong Looking back on all that stolen time Back when I...