Тексты песен «Elvis Costello»

(Alternate Slower Version, Submitted by Craig Ciccone) The family circle gathers 'round from very far and near To pass around the same remarks they passed away last year The little girl you dangled on your knee without...

Every night you'll find me in the only world I own. It's a crowded place that's filled with people all alone. It's a place that I could write a book about. When they let you in, you'll find there's no way out. There...

Don't wait for the telephone if you want a call from me There wont be anymore, there wont be anymore And don't wait for the mailman if you want a letter from me There wont be anymore, there wont be anymore All the...

Once upon another time If you had the need I'd step right in the shoes that you've been walking 'Cos someone put the hurt in you For every one to see And you only have to speak to tell your fortune There's a...

(Leon Payne) If today the sun should set on all my hopes and cares There is one who's smiling face the gods would see For she'll walk along beside me up the golden stairs Oh, they'll never, never take her love from...

If today the sun should set on all my hopes and cares There is one who's smiling face the gods would see For she'll walk along beside me up the golden stairs Oh, they'll never, never take her love from me What a...

(costello/bacharach) These rooms play tricks upon you Remember when they were always filled with laughter But now they're quite deserted They seem to just echo voices raised in anger Maybe you will see my face...

Chorus: This is hell, this is hell I am sorry to tell you It never gets better or worse But you'll get used to it after a spell For heaven is hell in reverse The bruiser spun a hula-hoop While all the barmen preen and...

Words: Mac Manus/Cassidy Music: Brodsky Quartet/Mac Manus (3:13) DON'T SEND ANY MONEY! Fate has no price Ignore at your peril this splendid advice An invaluable link in an infinite chain An offer like this will just...

Words: Mac Manus Music: Cassidy (2:47) I write in hopes that by the time you get this letter We may live to see achange for the better Or are we so devoted to these wretched selfish motives When the cold facts and...

...THIS TOWN... That Charlie Sedarka was a-playing the piano like he was pawing a dirty book He bit a hole in his big bottom lip and gave his very best little boy look It was a song with a topical verse which I'm...

See her picture in a thousand places 'cause she's this year's girl. You think you all own little pieces of this year's girl. Forget your fancy manners, forget your English grammar, 'cause you don't really give a damn...

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...

You can run all you like from the classroom or the cot From a great big man or a tiny tot But from this day everyday will be BOXING DAY Don't need your indecision let there be no doubt Don't need you permission I can...

You can run all you like from the classroom or the cot From a great big man or a tiny tot But from this day everyday will be Boxing Day Don't need your indecision let there be no doubt Don't need you permission I...

The sky fell over cheap Korean monster-movie scenery And spilled into the reservoir of the crushed capsule hotel Between the Disney abattoir and the chemical refinery And I knew I was in trouble but I thought I was in...

All through the night you telephoned I saw the light blinking red Beside the cradle But you don't know how far I've gone Now I must live with the lie That I made But if I call, I know I won't have to say it...

(McCartney/MacManus) She was counting out the window of the outbound train All the poles of the telegraph And the rock-a-bye rhythm in the song of the rails Couldn't make the sweeper laugh Down down down so deep...

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 turnin' every day...

There may be a break in the road The future looks drab and dreary But if you were here with me, dear I'd spin you a line that's far from cheer There's always some scribe Who's taken the bribe Describing some...