Тексты песен «Elvis Costello»

I was hell-bent on destroying my powers of concentration While you were living like a saint And all the time the very one you trusted was washing off somebody else's paint Now you've got yourself a brand new...

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 just got to get out of this place I can't stand any more of that mechanical grace though you say it's only an industrial squeeze it looks like luxury and feels like a disease CHORUS: oh give it to me, give it...

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 and other...

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 and other...

Words: Mac Manus/M.P. Thomas Music: M. Thomas/Mac Manus (3:53) Thank you for the flowers I threw them on the fire And I burned the photographs that you had enclosed GOD they were ugly children So you're the little...

(WRITTEN BY H. BANKS & A. JONES) I'm the living result I'm a man who's been hurt a little too much and I've tasted the bitterness of my own tears sadness is all my lonely heart can feel I can't stand up for falling...

I'm the living result I'm a man who's been hurt a little too much And I've tasted the bitterness of my own tears Sadness is all my lonely heart can feel I can't stand up for falling down I can't stand up for...

I dreamed of my old lover last night I wonder if I spoke out loud And if by chance my husband overheard He put my face back in the crowd His eyes were clear and gentle then He kissed the troubles from my brow I long to...

I dreamed of my old lover last night I wonder if I spoke out loud And if by chance my lover overheard He put my face back in the crowd His eyes were clear and gentle then He kissed the troubles from my brow I...

Well, there's a difference in the way that you kissed me And there's a sadness in your eyes that you can't hide Why do you tremble when I hold you? I wonder if you feel the same I felt the chill before the winter...

It's easy to do, it's not so easy to say I was talking to you when you took my tongue away I hear a melody and I feel so ashamed I got nothing you'd need and you're so hard to blame I hear a melody, I hear a melody...

He's a fine figure of a man and handsome too With his eyes upon the secret places he'd like to undo Still he knows who knows who and where and how And I hope you're happy now He's got all the things you need and some...

(Burt Bacharach/Hal David) I just don't know what to do with myself I just don't know what to do with myself I'm so used to doing everything with you Planning everything for two And now that we're through I just...

(WRITTEN BY T. COLTON & R. SMITH) girl I stand accused people say I love you yeah, I stand accused oh but what can I do you belong to some other guy hope I never have to testify if loving you is a big crime I've been...

I have to say that we should finish it now Before we weaken 'cause we already know this is wrong I could give in, sometimes I think that I will Despite the temptation I try to be very strong In my reluctance seems a...

Words & Music: Mac Manus (4:08) I thought I'd write to Juliet, for she would understand And when someone is already dead they can no longer let you down Instead I find myself talking to you, as my oldest friend Tell me...

I once held her In my arms She said she would always stay But I was cruel And I treated her like a fool I threw it all away Once I had mountains In the palm of my hand And rivers to drink through everyday But I...

I've got no time for fairy stories I'm not a little girl So you can leave me all alone And turn off the lights as well If you were frightened Then listen: But I don't think you'd like it Such a nice kid...

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