Тексты песен «Elvis Costello And The Attractions»

Darlin', there is one thing I must tell you, you must know It's so hard to say the words I feel This fancy that I'm on is been going on too long It's time to stop pretending things are real 'Cause I've been livin'...

I've been talking to the wall and it's been answering me Oh, darling how I miss you I'm just the mere shadow of my former selfishness I crave the silhouette of your kiss With only the blue light of the TV on Lip...

I know, I've just gotta get out of this place I can't stand any more of that mechanical grace Though you say, it's only industrial squeeze It looks like luxury and feels like a disease Oh, give it to me, give it to...

Sometimes I try so hard to resist You say you will and I say you won't Sometimes I think that you don't exist And sometimes you don't Pinch me 'cause I don't believe it Kiss me 'cause it feels like a hit I turn...

We play these parlor games, we play at make believe When we get to the part where I say that I'm going to leave Everybody loves a happy ending but we don't even try We go straight past pretending to the part where...

The children sit upon the stairs High above a valley of tears Don't let them see you crying that way, oh no Oh no, Joe Porterhouse Is not gone forever, he'll be back another day Don't let them see you crying that...

Layin' about, lyin' in bed Maybe it was something that I thought I'd said With the tempo of today and the temptation of tomorrow I don't know if I could give you anything but sorrow They stay alive this late on...

He saw no tears in her eyes Say you wouldn't kid about it She's telling all of those lies She swore she'd never told before But I doubt it So he bit his tongue And tried hard to capture his breath When she said...

I had forgotten all about 'The Case Of The Three Pins' They said, I must be cracked Until the brown paper parcel Landed on my welcome mat Even the pretty secretaries who wouldn't even Let me hang my hat All...

You can take a powder, you can take a drink You can keep the shrink and the kitchen sink You can write my name in Heaven in invisible ink But just leave me feeling when there's no time to think Little goody two...

I would have waited all my life Just to make love out of something other than spite But the beauty is the beast you're baiting Should really be worth the waiting You do something very special to Mr. Average Now...

Oh, I've looked at it every way I can from under and above And every chance I've had, my love went mad Love went mad, love went mad, do you feel like I feel? Do you have a heart? Do you have a heart of iron and...

I won't walk with my head bowed Beyond caution where lovers walk Your love walks where three's a crowd Beyond caution where lovers walk Lovers walk, lovers scramble Beyond caution where the lovers walk Lovers...

Dressed up like a dog's dinner The butter wouldn't melt on your paws If this is dog's life then you're the cat's clothes They hire out your sons and hire out your daughters The man from abroad says he's already...

Now there's newsprint all over your face Well, maybe that's why I can read you like a book Just when I thought I was getting my taste to bite I go and lose my appetite Look at the man that you'd call Uncle They'd...

This town belongs to you and your tricks of confidence All the pavements for miles around are littered with your footprints Now every girl I get close to seems to be wearing your perfume And the clock strikes the...

Bad lovers face to face in the morning Shy apologies and polite regrets Slow dances that left no warning of Outraged glances and indiscreet yawning Good manners and bad breath get you nowhere Even presidents have...

Wait until the light goes out, I don't wanna be seen about Maybe we could find a place to go Find a crowded place where they don't care about your face Or if your name is even Santa Claus or Joe I'll be right at...

There's a young girl with her old man Who's too sick to mention She'll be turning twenty-seven As she draws her widow's pension But he couldn't catch a common cold He couldn't get arrested Too terrified to answer...

They talked to the sister, the father and the mother With a microphone in one hand and a check book in the other And the camera noses in to the tears on her face The tears on her face, the tears on her face You can...