Lyrics: It’s Time Album: All This Useless Beauty Artist: Elvis Costello   The party’s over Your time is up You’ve had your last pointless teardrop Washed down in that broken coffee cup This magic moment concludes when that cigarette ends…

Lyrics: Shallow Graves Album: All This Useless Beauty Artist: Elvis Costello   When i fall in endless sleep I hope that i’ll be buried deep Let me be the one that fortune favours Even good children got shallow graves Throw…

Lyrics: All This Useless Beauty Album: Extreme Honey-very Best Of The Warner Brothers Years Artist: Elvis Costello   It’s at times such as this she’d be tempted to spit If she wasn’t so ladylike She imagines how she might have…

Lyrics: Distorted Angel Album: All This Useless Beauty Artist: Elvis Costello   Strange things seem to occur, somewhere behind the nursery door Though i was just a bit of a kid, it was the bit that she was looking for…

Lyrics: Why Can’t A Man Stand Alone? Album: All This Useless Beauty Artist: Elvis Costello   Why can’t a man stand alone? Must he be burdened by all that he’s taught to consider his own? His skin and his station,…

Lyrics: Poor Fractured Atlas Album: All This Useless Beauty Artist: Elvis Costello   He’s out in the woods with his squirrel gun To try to recapture his anger He’s screaming some words at the top of his lungs Until he…

Lyrics: You Bowed Down Album: All This Useless Beauty Artist: Elvis Costello   I expect you’re entitled to know why i’m making contact With acquaintances scattered all over the land I’d promise you now and again that i’d honour the…

Lyrics: The Other End (of The Telescope) Album: All This Useless Beauty Artist: Elvis Costello   Shall we agree that just this once I’m gonna change my life Until it’s just as tiny or important as you like? And in…

Lyrics: Little Atoms Album: All This Useless Beauty Artist: Elvis Costello   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…