Elvis Costello songs lyrics

You're a fine one, oh yes you are You're a fine one just like me And we're friends now, oh wouldn't you say? We've been friends now, oh haven't...

With their cardboard hands by their sides, here's a naked man and lady And they're yours to cut out and keep So you can dress them up maybe They...

There's a smart young woman on a light blue screen Who comes into my house every night. And she takes all the red, yellow, orange and green And...

I got the picture that you gave to me And it's signed with love, just like it used to be The only thing different, the only thing new I got the...

I wasn't very indiscreet and yet That is a notion that I might as well forget Friends look at me these days with fond surprise But when I start to...

Poor head Can hardly move my lips for speaking I said So, what is this thing I cannot explain? I'd blame all the things I feel but can't quite...

I made my selection from the lonely hit parade In the town where time stood still I was feeling very little pain Until some joker played...

You lie so unfolded In a love field With your contempt for any modesty In a love field In a love field In a love field You yield with your...

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...

If dust could only talk What would we hear it say? before it's brushed aside Just as it's swept away It's just the evidence It's of no...

You push me when I'm falling And then you put me down I guess I missed my calling I should have been a clown How much more How much more can I...

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...

(Words MacManus/O'Riordan, music: Costello) I favour a good punishing kiss it helps pass the lonely afternoon another stiff drink, wipe off...

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 ...

(Sha, la, la, la...) It's not the way you look that touched my heart. It's not the way you kissed me, baby, that tears me apart. Many, many...

So you're trying to make connection, you heard whispers in the hall She'll be out again this evening, when you come around to call So, you dodge the...

He saw no tears in her eyes Say you wouldn't kid about it She's telling all of those lies She swore she'd never told before But I doubt it ...

I arose and Marigold lay down with Curious Iris Cherry gave to Victor her prudence and her virus FOr the sake of purity I can recall the time and...

You appeared when I was lost in reverie If this is not a dream, it's my mistake And now I lie in wait for dawn to break I'm fairly sure I'm wide...

When I go to sleep, you become my thief Why don't you steal what you can keep? But you won't let me be You break into my dreams And every...