Тексты песен «Elvis Costello»

It's not open to discussion anymore She's out again tonight And I'm alone once more She's all I have worth waiting for But baby plays around And so it seems I've always been the last to know To hold on to that...

Baby's got a brand new hairdo But doesn't she look so nice? She said everything that she cares to She's saying, "It not once but twice" She said, "It doesn't matter unless I say it matters" Well, I don't care...

(mccartney/macmanus) How many days does the wet weather lack? I wanna go where the clouds when they roll back Reveal a man in an old mack Living on a park bench Sitting on his own Cut to the rain as it rolls...

Bama lama bama loo Gotta girl named Lucinda They call her 'The Great Pretender' Gotta girl named Lucinda They call her 'The Great Pretender' And when she talks She says a bama lama loo Bama lama bama loo Bama...

Lucy Grace can't show her face down In the North End Road for in Belgravia Rumors have been whispered And suggestions have been made Did you sell your friends out When the heat got too intense? You say you like...

The landlady's husband came up to town today Since he left them both ten years ago to serve the ministry The dark down road of his approach in constant rain was drenched The tenant's boy said "How d'ya do" then swore in...

you say that you'll get him and you run and get your mummy and you're almost beaten to the punch looking for the man who sold you the dummy and you're almost beaten to the punch laughing at the older guys who say it's...

Don't look at me Every day is so wonderful And suddenly, i saw debris Now and then, I get insecure From all the pain, I'm so ashamed I am beautiful no matter what they say Words can't bring me down I am...

Don't look at me Every day is so wonderful And suddenly, i saw debris Now and then, I get insecure From all the pain, I'm so ashamed I am beautiful no matter what they say Words can't bring me down I am...

I've got this phosphorescent portrait Of gentle Jesus meek and mild I've got this harlot that I'm stuck with Carrying another man's child The solitary star announcing vacancy Burnt out as we arrived They'd throw...

History repeats the old conceits The glib replies the same defeats Keep your finger on important issues With crocodile tears and a pocketful of tissues I'm just the oily slick On the windup world of the nervous tick...

I am starting to function in the usual way everything is so provocative very, very temporary I shall walk (i shall walk) out of this place (out of this place) I shall walk out on you 'cause you consider if she's really...

Sheep to the slaughter, oh, this must be love All your sons and daughters in a strangle, all with a kid glove Eyes like saucers, oh, you think she's a dish She is the blue chip that belongs to the big fish Big...

Sheep to the slaughter oh I thought this must be love All your sons and daughters in a strangle hold with a kid glove She's got eyes like saucers oh you think she's a dish She is the blue chip that belongs to the big...

Everyone is busy with the regular routine The sniper just takes his aim Everyone is window shopping, no one is amazed Even if he hit you, you'd still think it's just a graze You go to a movie, you go to a show You...

I was looking at the black and white world it seemed so exciting if you'd only put me back to back with that girl when the night's inviting with just a little lighting there'll never be days like that again when I was...

I was looking at the black and white world It seemed so exciting If you'd only put me back to back with that girl When the night's inviting With just a little lighting There'll never be days like that again When I...

Vain boys are gonna have to swallow their pride this time So let the punishment fit the crime It's under the table Under your skin Into the cable Is this the death of the glory you're in? [Chorus:] Black sails...

Once upon a time, I had a little money. Government burglars took it long Before I could mail it to you. Still, you are the only one. Now I can't let it slip away. So if the man with the ticker tape, He tries to take it,...

Once upon a time, I had a little money. Government burglars took it long Before I could mail it to you. But, you are the only one. Na, I can't let it slip away. So if the man with the ticker tape, Tries to take it, This...