| The way you look I understand how you were not impressed, but I heard you let that little friend of mine take off your party dress. |
Elvis Costello, |
Alison |
| Though the passion still flutters and flickers, it never got into our knickers. |
Elvis Costello, |
Just About Glad |
| I woke up and one of us was crying. |
Elvis Costello, |
I Want You |
| It's the words we don't say that scare me so. |
Elvis Costello, |
Accidents Will Happen |
| You swore you wouldn't shout. If it's not your punch, then it's your pout. |
Elvis Costello, |
Boy With A Problem |
| She pulls the eyes out with a face like a magnet. |
Elvis Costello, |
Watching The Detectives |
| Cause somewhere in the Quizling Clinic, there's a shorthand typist taking seconds over minutes. |
Elvis Costello, |
Green Shirt |
| I'm just the mere shadow of my former selfishness. I crave the silhouette of your kiss. |
Elvis Costello, |
Human Hands |
| What do we care, if the world is a joke? We'll give it a big kiss, we'll give it a poke. Death wears a big hat cause he's a big bloke. |
Elvis Costello, |
Toykyo Storm Warning |
| In the tiny torn up pieces of his mind he's irresistible too. |
Elvis Costello, |
Crimes Of Paris |
| Elvis Presley and Puccini shall return. |
Elvis Costello, |
Damnation's Cellar |
| You're drinking vintage Elvis Presley wine. |
Elvis Costello, |
Worthless Thing |
| I knew I was in trouble, but I thought I was in hell. |
Elvis Costello, |
Tokyo Storm Warning |
| Was it a millionaire who said imagine no possessions? |
Elvis Costello, |
The Other Side Of Summer |
| I wish you luck with a capital F. |
Elvis Costello, |
Love Went Mad |
| Don't start me talking, I could talk all night. My mind goes sleepwalking while I'm putting the world right. |
Elvis Costello, |
Oliver's Army |
| Sometimes I almost feel just like a human being. |
Elvis Costello, |
Lipstick Vogue |
| I use to be disgusted, now I try to be amused. |
Elvis Costello, |
Red Shoes |
| Imagination is a powerful deceiver. |
Elvis Costello, |
Imagination |
| She said she was working for the ABC news, it was as much of the alphabet as she knew how to use. |
Elvis Costello, |
Brilliant Mistake |
| Those days she was just a beautiful girl, now she's framed and hung up. |
Elvis Costello, |
Black And White World |
| The long arm of the law slides up the outskirts of town. |
Elvis Costello, |
Clubland |
| I feel like a juggler running out of hands. |
Elvis Costello, |
Welcome To The Working Week |
| The cost of living in sin would make a poor man out of Paul Getty. |
Elvis Costello, |
Fish 'n' Chip Paper |
| Good manners and bad breath get you nowhere. |
Elvis Costello, |
New Lace Sleeves |