Elvis Costello

aquarius2006 · Iskusni član

New Amsterdam

You’re sending me tulips mistaken for lilies
You give me your lip after punching me silly
You turned my head till it rolled down the brain drain
If I had any sense now I wouldn’t want it back again

New Amsterdam it’s become much too much
Till I have the possession of everything she touches
Till I step on the brakes to get out of her clutches
Till I speak double dutch to a real double duchess

Down on the mainspring, listen to the tick tock
Clock all the faces that move in on your block
Twice shy and dog tired because you’ve been bitten
Everything you say now sounds like it was ghost-written

Chorus

Back in London they’ll take you to heart after a little while
Though I look right at home I still feel like an exile

Somehow I found myself down at the dockside
Thinking of the old days of Liverpool and Rotherhide
The transparent people who live on the other side
Living a life that is almost like suicide

Chorus

aquarius2006 · Iskusni član

My Funny Valentine

My funny valentine, sweet comic valentine
You make me smile with my heart
Your looks are laughable, unphotographable
But you’re my favourite work of art
Is your figure less than Greek?
Is your mouth a little weak?
When you open it to speak
Are you smart?
Don’t change a hair for me
Not if you care for me
Stay little valentine, stay
Each day is Valentine’s day

aquarius2006 · Iskusni član

My Little Blue Window

This is a calling card
Maybe it will be a farewell note
The poison fountain pen now requires the antidote
But if I avert your gaze
And I should become a shrinking flower
Just punch me on the arm
This could be our finest hour

‘Til now this was my view
But I’m counting on you
How am I ever going to make you see?
Nothing in this ugly world comes easily
I want you to be...

My lovely hooligan
Come by and smash my pane
‘Til I can see right through
My little blue window

This is a fingerprint
Maybe you will feel a fond caress
But when you start to speak
Are you tempted to confess?

Well, I was a gloomy soul
Never thought I’d see a brighter day
The dark interior
Blows those silver clouds away

‘Til now this was my view
But I’m counting on you
How am I ever going to make you see?
Nothing in this ugly world comes easily
I want you to be...

My lovely hooligan
Come by and smash my pane
‘Til I can see right through
My little blue window

aquarius2006 · Iskusni član

My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You

I might say that I don’t care
Hold my head up in the air
Even tell my friends I’m glad that you don’t call
But when the day is through
That’s when my heartaches start anew
And that’s when I miss you most of all

And my arms keep reaching for you
And my eyes keep searching for you
And my lips keep calling for you
And my shoes keep walking back to you

No matter how much I pretend
I wish I had you back again
‘Cause nothin’ means half as much as you
My world just seemed to die
The day you said goodbye
And I can’t forget no matter what I do

And my arms keep reaching for you
And my eyes keep searching for you
And my lips keep calling for you
And my shoes keep walking back to you

aquarius2006 · Iskusni član

Mystery Dance (acoustic)

Romeo was restless, he was ready to kill.
He jumped out the window cause he couldn’t sit still.
Juliet was waiting with a safety net.
He said “Don’t bury me cause I’m not dead yet”.

Why don’t you tell me ‘bout the mystery dance.
I wanna know about the mystery dance.
Why don’t you show me,
‘Cause I’ve tried and I’ve tried,
And I’m still mystified.
I can’t do it anymore and I’m not satisfied.
I can’t do it anymore and I’m not satisfied.

Well I remember when the lights went out
And I was tryin’ to make it look like it was never in doubt.
She thought that I knew, and I thought that she knew,
So both of us were willing, but we didn’t know how to do it.

Chorus

Well I was down under the covers in the middle of the night,
tryin’ to discover my left foot from my right.
You can see those pictures in any magazine.
But what’s the use of looking when you don’t know what they mean.

Chorus

I’m gonna walk right up to heaven dodgeing lightning rods
I’m gonna have this very personal conversation with god
I said “You got the information, Why don’t you say so?”
He’ll say “Well I’ve been around and I still don’t know.”

Chorus

aquarius2006 · Iskusni član

Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood

Baby can you understand me now
Sometimes I feel a little mad
Don’t you know that no one alive can always be an angel
When things go wrong I seem to be mad

Chorus:
I’m just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord please don’t let me be misunderstood

Baby sometimes I’m so carefree
With a joy that’s hard to hide
Other times it seems that all I have to do is worry
And then I know you’re bound to see my other side

Chorus

If I get mad at you I want you to know
That I never mean to take it out on you
Life has its problems and I get my share
But that is one thing I would never do ‘cause I love you
Oh don’t you know I’m human
I’ve got my faults just like any one
Sometimes I lie awake long regretting
Some foolish thing, some sinful thing I’ve done

Chorus (3x)

aquarius2006 · Iskusni član

Days

Thank you for the days
Those endless days those sacred days you gave me
I’m thinking of the days
I won’t forget a single day believe me

I bless the light
I bless the light that shines on you believe me
And though you’re gone
You’re with me every single day believe me

Days I remember all my life
Days where you can’t see wrong from right
You took my life
And then I knew that very soon you’d leave me

But it’s alright
Now I’m not frightened of this world believe me
I wish today could be tomorrow
The night is dark
It just brings sorrow let it wait

Thank you for the days
Those endless days those sacred days you gave me
I’m thinking of the days
I won’t forget a single day believe me

I bless the light
I bless the light that shines on you believe me
And though you’re gone
You’re with me every single day believe me
Days I remember all my life
Days where you can’t see wrong from right
You took my life
And then I knew that very soon you’d leave me

But it’s alright
Now I’m not frightened of this world believe me...days

Thank you for the days
Those endless days those sacred days you gave me
I’m thinking of the days
I won’t forget a single day believe me

I bless the light
I bless the light that shines on you believe me
And though you’re gone
You’re with me every single day believe me...days

aquarius2006 · Iskusni član

Colour Of The Blues

Up above me are the skies
Like the twinkle in your eyes
Blue must be the colour of the blues
In the mail, the letters came
But you can’t pay for love the same
Blue must be the colour of the blues

The bluebird singin’ in the trees
Seems to sympathize with me
‘Cause he’s not singin’ like he used to do
Pretty waters in the sea
Feel as cold as you left me
Blue must be the colour of the blues

Blue days come and blue days go
The way I feel, nobody knows
Life is finally empty without you
There’s a blue note in each song
That I sing since you’ve been gone
Blue must be the colour of the blues

aquarius2006 · Iskusni član

Boy With A Problem

I feel like a boy with a problem
I can’t believe what we’ve forgotten
And I even slapped your face and made you cry

It’s the last thing I want to do
Pull the curtains on me and you
Pull the carpet from under love
Pull out like young lovers do

You swore you wouldn’t shout
If it’s not your punch then its your pout
Days in silence try my temper
Nights spent drinking to remember
How memories are always tender

I crept out last night behind your back
The little they know might be the pieces I lack
Came home drunk
Talking in circles
The spirit is willing but I don’t believe in miracles
I’ve got a problem but let’s go to bed
I can roll over and I can play dead
But here I am in the doghouse instead

I feel like a boy with a problem
I can’t believe all you’ve forgotten
Sleeping with forgiveness in your heart for me

aquarius2006 · Iskusni član

Blue Chair

Now it’s just you and me, my blue friend
And you say that it’s you that she’s thinking of
And our affair must end
But if it’s you that she’s thinking of
I think my broken heart might mend

Chorus: Now it’s my turn to talk and your turn to think
Your turn to buy and my turn to drink
Your turn to cry and my turn to sink down in the Blue Chair
Down in the Blue Chair

Now I’ve made up my mind I’ve made my mistake
And I know that she cries for you
When she’s barely awake
Well she’s going to bend your mind
Well I hope it don’t break

Chorus

Down in the Blue Chair
We can watch our troubles rise
Like smoke into the air
And drift up to the ceiling
Down in the Blue Chair
You can feel just like a boy or a man
And next minute you can find yourself kneeling
Down in the Blue Chair
They’re boasting of loving the daylights right out of her in the small hours
Down in the Blue Chair
You say that your love lasts forever when you know the night just hours

And still I want her right now
Not any minute, hour or day
And wherever she is tonight
I want her anyway
I suppose she never said to you,
You were just in the way

Chorus

Down in the Blue Chair
Down in the blue
Blue becomes you
Down in the Blue Chair

Annabel_Lee · **ஐ NaUgHtGeLiC ஐ**

Do sada upisani textovi Elvis Costello-a (abecednim redom):

After The Fall
Alison
All Grown Up
Blue Chair
Boy With A Problem
Brilliant Mistake
Broken
Brown to Blue
Colour Of The Blues
Days
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
I Wanna Be Loved
I Want To Vanish
I Want You
Inch By Inch
Lovable
My Funny Valentine
My Little Blue Window
My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You
Mystery Dance
New
New Amsterdam
Night Time
Psycho
She
Temptation
The Beat
The Birds Will Still Be Singing
The World Of Broken Hearts
Veronica
Why Don’t You Love Me (like you used to do)?
Worthless Thing
You Belong To Me
Your Angel Steps Out Of Heaven

aquarius2006 · Iskusni član

Accidents will happen

Oh I just don’t know where to begin
Though he says he’ll wait forever
It’s now or never
But she keeps him hanging on
The silly champion
She says she can’t go home
Without a chaperone

Accidents will happen
We only hit and run
He used to be your victim
Now you’re not the only one

Accidents will happen
We only hit and run
I don’t want to hear it
‘Cause I know what I’ve done

There’s so many fish in the sea
That only rise up in the sweat and smoke like mercury
But they keep you hanging on
They say you’re so young
Your mind is made up but your mouth is undone

Chorus

And it’s the damage that we do
And never know
It’s the words that we don’t say
That scare me so

There’s so many people to see
So many people you can check up on
And add to your collection
But they keep you hanging on
Until you’re well hung
Your mouth is made up but your mind is undone

Chorus

I know, I know, (repeat)