Тексты песен «Elvis Costello»

you're sending me tulips mistaken for lilies you give me a look that the function is silly you turn my head till it roll down the brain-drain if I had any sense now I wouldn't want it back again chorus new amsterdam...

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...

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...

As I stepped out upon the landing my heart was already down the stairs She's in the bedroom with that boy of hers Though her face is creased and her eyes seem strange There's a second-hand emotion on battered...

I would send out for assistance but there's someone on the signal wire And the corporation logo is flashing on and off in the sky They're putting all your names in the forbidden book I know what they're doing but I...

Wait until the light goes out, I don't want to 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...

I don't wanna kiss you. I don't wanna touch. I don't wanna see you 'cause I don't miss you that much. I'm not a telephone junkie. I told you that we were just good friends. But when I hold you like I hold that bakelite...

Oh I know that she Has mad a fool of him, Like girls have done so many nights before, Time and time again. But he's so strange. I don't know why, But somebody, somebody has to cry. There's gonna be no dancing when they...

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...

I stole a glance at my reflection Though these days I tend to hurry by How pale the rose of my complexion How strange the knowing look that's in my eye But when the springtime was ablaze You took my hand, you held...

The East has that Englishmen And the rising sun The West has the open plains And how they were won On Independence Day For all it's worth You can ring those southern belles I'm going North Up were the rushing...

Nothing clings like Ivy Frightened by the dark Though she cuts deep It never leaves a mark No one quite like Ivy Ever gets it straight What she believes She won't negotiate All the words of tenderness That...

(Harle/Shakespeare) O, mistress mine Where are you roaming? O, stay and hear Your true love's coming That can save both high and low Trip no further pretty sweeting Journeys end in lovers meeting Every wise...

The ink is running The words are taught I'm sitting helpless with my paper and charts I had to follow my passion Oh well I don't get paid that much for all I deserve To waste a sentence or shatter my nerves I...

Don't start me talking I could talk all night My mind goes sleepwalking While I'm putting the world to right Called careers information Have you got yourself an occupation CHORUS: Oliver's army is here to stay...

don't start me talking I could talk all night my mind goes sleepwalking while I'm putting the world to right called careers information have you got yourself an occupation CHORUS: oliver's army is here to stay oliver's...

don\'t start me talking I could talk all night my mind goes sleepwalking while I\'m putting the world to right called careers information have you got yourself an occupation CHORUS: oliver\'s army is here to stay...

Everybody knows you been steppin' on my toes And I'm gettin' pretty tired of it Keep steppin' outta line and messin' with my mind If you had any sense, you'd quit But ever since you were just a little bitty girl...

born in the middle of the second big baby boom those noisy boys just might have spoken up too soon now I'm looking for a little girl I wonder where she's gone big money for families having more than one CHORUS:...

This is the place where I made my best mistakes This is the place even angels don't understand I've seen the disappointment in her face And the collection of engagement rings on her right hand She sits alone apart from...