| 81. Elvis Costello - Strict Time |
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There's a hand on a wire that leads to my mouth I can hear you knocking but I'm not coming out Don't want to be a puppet or a ventriloquist 'Cause...
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| 82. Elvis Costello - The Night Before Larry Was Stretched |
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Oh, the night before larry was stretched Well the boys they all paid him a visit A bit in their sacks too they fetched For they sweated their duds...
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| 83. Elvis Costello - Heathen Town |
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We used to call it Sin City now it's gone way past that. Painting the town and then burning it down. And even that's old hat. Now there' a...
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| 84. Elvis Costello - Living In Paradise |
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I don't like those other guys looking at your curves I don't like you walking round with physical jerks Everything they say and do is getting on my...
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| 85. Elvis Costello - After The Fall |
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In an anonymous rendezvous Where the forbidden lovers repair They're burning down another damn candle They're melting the tables and chairs ...
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| 86. Elvis Costello - Jack Of All Parades |
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When we first met I didn't know what to do My old love lines were all worn out on you And the world walked round at my mouth They lit me up and...
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| 87. Elvis Costello - Crimes Of Paris |
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I thought it was you and your optimist's view of the clock And how it's always another day Just after twelve o'clock's struck You said "Now I only...
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| 88. Elvis Costello - Impatience |
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How long do I have to wait? Before I can tell you the things I've been wanting to say How long must I hesitate? I know it makes sense but it's...
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| 89. Elvis Costello - Pay It Back |
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Stop thief; you're gonna come to grief if you don't take a little more care. You're gonna get more than the family plan from this one shoestring...
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| 90. Elvis Costello - I Want You |
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Oh my baby baby I love you more than I can tell I don't think I can live without you And I know that I never will Oh my baby baby I want you so it...
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| 91. Elvis Costello - Less Than Zero |
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Calling mister oswalkd with the swastika tatoo there is a vacancy waiting in the english voodoo varving 'v' for vandal on the guilty boy's head ...
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| 92. Elvis Costello - Little Savage |
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I would have waited all my life Just to make love out of something other than spite But the beauty is the beast you're baiting Should really be...
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| 93. Elvis Costello - Lesson In Cruelty |
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(words: costello, music: nieve) Here's a thought to dwell upon, Daddy's girl is almost gone Now there's just a vain princess 'her ruthlessness'...
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| 94. Elvis Costello - Miss Macbeth |
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All the children testified that Miss Macbeth wore a fishbone slide in her cobweb tresses Her eyes were black like first foot coal, clutched as...
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| 95. Elvis Costello - Mouth Almighty |
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This town belongs to you and your tricks of confidence All the pavements for miles around are littered with your footprints Now every girl I get...
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| 96. Elvis Costello - Wednesday Week |
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The movies save on conversation And the TV saves on sight We met in a head-on collision So I would say our chances would be slight You can lead...
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| 97. Elvis Costello - Hand In Hand |
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No, don't ask me to apologise. I won't ask you to forgive me. If I'm gonna go down, you're gonna come with me You say 'Why don't you be a man...
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| 98. Elvis Costello - No Wonder |
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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...
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| 99. Elvis Costello - Playboy To A Man |
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You had your own way one too many times and now you're going to find out what it's like Just what it's like, now you're a mess You wanted...
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| 100. Elvis Costello - So Like Candy |
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Here lies the powder and perfume The pretty clothes are scattered 'round the room And it's so like Candy Here lies the lipstick and the face ...
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