Tag: Elvis Costello

Mr. Crescent Heard the song of both the lark and the linnet Played them both upon a parlour spinnet One ...

It's a sin to tell a lie until we trick out the truth That depends on what you do and ...

Sullen as a summer's day Even as a winter's evening Angels strumming overhead Twenty-seven seconds to touchdown Switch on the ...

After talking in tongues I began to preach What falls from the branch is an apple or peach Hold on ...

I went to a theatre on Silhouette Street It had a taste of decay and a scent of defeat All ...

She was a part-time waitress with a dream of greatness That nobody knew of or even suspected Though it was ...

You took me in the stairwell light Mistook me for a friend A sign said, "Follow me into the night" ...

He was the youngest of five and the only son He called his wife by a nickname as his father ...

I'll tell you my secrets and you'll do the same I'll lend you my name as an alias I'll take ...

I pulled a petal from the flower to tell just where my fortune fell About a boy beyond my caution ...

Penelope Halfpenny sat on the desk Then stretched and grinned She cracked her spine And so we sinned While Ruth ...

I'm a lucky so and so A fortunate stiff You said you'd never knew me but I'm the one you ...

Farewell, okay You'll be on your way You'll be on your own now But to my dismay I can't go ...