Lyrics: Eisenhower Blues Album: King Of America Artist: Elvis Costello   Instrument

Lyrics: Heathen Town Album: Punch The Clock Artist: Elvis Costello   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…

Lyrics: Favourite Hour Album: Brutal Youth Artist: Elvis Costello   Figure hanging on a leather band Cog consults the watch he cups in his hand Bejewelled movement measures lost and vanished time Pray for the boy who makes his bed…

Lyrics: Put Your Big Toe In The Milk Of Human Kindness Album: Unknown Artist: Elvis Costello   Put your big toe in the milk of human kindness Have you ever seen the like of this mankind? If a boy or…

Lyrics: Bama Lama Bama Loo Album: Kojak Variety Artist: Elvis Costello   Bama lama bama loo Gotta girl named lucinda They call her the great pretender Gotta girl named lucinda They call her the great pretender And when she talks…

Lyrics: Clowntime Is Over No. 2 Album: Get Happy!! Artist: Elvis Costello   clowntime is over Tears on your blackmail Written to ransom A point of the fingernail Says that he’s handsome Clowntime is over Time to take cover While…

Lyrics: New Amsterdam Album: Get Happy!! Artist: Elvis Costello   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…

Lyrics: I Can’t Stand Up For Album: Get Happy!! Artist: Elvis Costello   I’m the living result I’m a man who’s been hurt a little too much And i’ve tasted the bitterness of my own tears Sadness is all my…

Lyrics: London’s Brilliant Parade Album: Extreme Honey-very Best Of The Warner Brothers Years Artist: Elvis Costello   Outside my window Not long before sleep arrives They come with their sirens And they sweep away all the boys Busy draining the…

Lyrics: A Town Called Big Nothing Album: Blood & Chocolate Artist: Elvis Costello   Big nothing. He stood in the road outside of town with a broken clockwork toy in His hand: a graveyard for childish dreams in his palm;…