(what’s So Funny ’bout)peace, Love And Understanding - Elvis Costello

As i walk through This wicked world Searchin’ for light in the darkness of insanity. I ask myself Is all hope lost? Is there only pain and hatred, and misery? And each time i feel like this inside, There’s one thing i wanna know: What’s so funny ’bout peace love & understanding? ohhhh What’s so […]

(i Don’t Want To Go To) Chelsea - Elvis Costello

Photographs of fancy tricks to get your kicks at sixty-six He thinks of all the lips that he licks And all the girls that he’s going to fix She gave a little flirt, gave herself a little cuddle But there’s no place here for the mini-skirt waddle Capital punishment, she’s last year’s model They call […]

Your Mind Is On Vacation - Elvis Costello

I see you laughin’ Right in my face I guess i’m gonna have to Put you in your place Because if silence was golden You couldn’t raise a dime Because your mind is on vacation And your mouth is working overtime You’re quoting figures And dropping names You’re tellin’ stories About the dames You’re over-laughin’ […]

You Want Her Too - Elvis Costello

She makes me go so wrong (yeah, you kept me away, you know you did) I’ve loved her oh, so long (so why don’t you come right out and say it, stupid?) She makes me do things i don’t want to do I don’t know why i should be telling you I know that you […]

Withered And Died - Elvis Costello

This cruel old country has driven me down, teased me and lied. I’ve only sad stories to tell to this town My dreams have withered and died. Once i was bending the tops of the trees, Kind thoughts in my head, kind voices to hear. Then i took up with a girl from the west. […]

When That I Was And A Little Tiny Boy - Elvis Costello

When that i was and a little tiny boy With a hey-ho The wind and the rain A foolish thing was but a toy For the rain it raineth Every day But when i came to man’s estate With a hey-ho The wind and the rain ‘gainst knaves and thieves men shut their gate For […]

What Do I Do Now? - Elvis Costello

(wener) Quickly she came dressed up for fame Riding her perfume downstairs Make-up like glue, she danced round the room To the sound of her corduroy flares Let’s go to town, taxis all round We could stop for a couple of beers He looks at it all stifles a yawn She tries not to look […]

Weird Nightmare - Elvis Costello

Weird nightmare You haunt my every dream Weird nightmare Tell me what’s your scheme? Can it be that you’re a part Of a lonely broken heart? Weird nightmare Why must you torment me? Weird nightmare Pain and misery In a heart that’s loved and lost Take away the grief you’ve caused Can’t sleep at night […]

Twenty-five Fingers - Elvis Costello

(mccartney-macmanus) Twenty five fingers baby I love your nails i love your touch I love to touch you baby It never fails to kill me Some say gimme five But i’ll give you ten You could make it twenty But you’re holding out again Think it over think it over baby Well think it over […]

Tommy’s Coming Home - Elvis Costello

(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 Down down drowning in his sleep Tommy’s coming home again And a hawk hovered high above a skinny […]