Тексты песен «Elvis Costello And The Attractions»

Can Mary fry some fish, mama I'm as hungry as can be Oh Lord, how I wish, mama You could stop the baby cryin' 'Cause my head is killing me I saw my ex again last night, mama She was at the dance at Miller's store...

I've been on tenterhooks Ending in dirty looks Listening to the music Thinking 'bout this and that She said that's that I don't wanna chitter-chat Turn it down a little bit Or turn it down flat Pump it up...

This must be the place, second place in the human race Down in the basement, now, I know what he meant Secondary modern but there won't be a problem Till the girls go home This is the hand that you never shook You...

Giving you more of what for Always worked for me before Now I'm a shabby doll What's going on behind The green elevator door With just a shabby doll There's a hit man facing A compromising situation With just...

Is it worth it A new winter coat and shoes for the wife And a bicycle on the boy's birthday It's just a rumor that was spread around town By the women and children Soon, we'll be shipbuilding Well, I ask you...

How does it feel now? You've been undressed By a man with a mind like a gutter press So disappointed to find it's no big sin Lying skin to skin Shot with his own gun Now, dad is keeping mum Shot with his own gun...

So young We've discovered Got them so confused Don't mind puttin' the time in "It's shockin'" That's what they all say now When we're walkin' hand in hand As one, you and I Ooh yeah, ooh yeah, you said, it's...

There's a hand on a wire that leads to my mouth I can hear you knockin' but I'm not comin' out Don't want to be a puppet or a ventriloquist 'Cause there's no ventilation on a critical list Fingers creepin' up my...

Sweet dreams of you, every night I go through I should hate you, girl, the whole night through Instead I'm having sweet dreams all about you You don't love me, it's plain I should have known you'd never share my...

I know the name on the tip of your tongue And I know that accusing look Everybody knows I've been so wrong That's the problem and here's the hook Tears before bedtime There'll be trouble tonight I don't wanna...

Muscle baby won't let go Weekend baby won't say no Is she an active beauty? I should say so Wooden bones and pretty lashes Iodine for your baby's gashes Little tombs for your baby's ashes If something goes wrong...

And the sky fell over cheap Korean monster movie scenery And spilled into the mezzanine Of the crushed capsule hotel Between the Disney abattoir And the chemical refinery And I knew I was in trouble But I...

Tonight the bottle let me down It let your memory come around The one true friend I thought I'd found Tonight the bottle let me down I've always had a bottle I could turn to And lately I've been turning every day...

I can tell that somewhere, someone you love more than me Someone you love more than me And it hurts to say it that you have a right to be free I know that's the way it should be Oh, but I'm too far gone Too far...

I'm the town crier and everybody knows I'm a little down with a lifetime to go Maybe you don't believe my heart is in the right place Why don't you take a good look at my face Other boys use the splendor of their...

Blood and Chocolate I hope you're satisfied what you have done You think it's over now But we've only just begun I asked for water And they gave me rose wine A horse that knows arithmetic And a dog that tells...

Don't say a word, don't say anything Don't say a word, I'm not even listening I read in the papers about their escape There've been two bit of kids from a bunch of sour grapes You better watch your step Watch...

White knuckles came down to put the frighteners on I believe she's the one that he's got his heart set on It doesn't matter if your face doesn't fit There's no charge for changing it Ooh ooh, what are you doing?...

Why don't you love me like you used to do? How come you treat me like a worn out shoe? My hair is still curly and my eyes are still blue Why don't you love me like you used to do? Ain't had no lovin' like a-huggin'...

Daddy's best girl in the world Is not supposed to have a boyfriend But she's never wanted at home Other girls are allowed to wear their makeup She sneaks out her lipstick powder and comb She surrounds his name...