Elvis Costello

She
May be the face I can't forget
The trace of pleasure or regret
May be my treasure or the price I have to pay
She
May be the song that summer sings...

In another room
 Just out of my sight
 Words we used to say
 Become so slight
 
 'Til they disappoint
 And I know you won't return my kiss
 Did I not ...

The man from the television crawled into the train.
I wonder who he's gonna stick it in this time.
Everyone was looking for a little entertainment'
so...

Yeah, don't tell me you don't know what love is
 When you're old enough to know better
 When you find strange hands in your sweater
 When your dreambo...

They talked to the sister, the father and the mother
 AND THE CAMERA NOSES IN TO THE TEARS ON HER FACE
 The tears on her face
 The tears on her face
 ...

I'm walking down times square in the electric daylight
The sailors on shore leave stand out in their perfect white.
For better or for worse - it's a p...

Summertime withers as the sun descends
He wants to kiss you. will you condescend?
Before you wake and find a chill within your bones
Banish all dismay...

The poisoned rose
That you gave to me
It left me half alive
And half in ecstasy
But if half of your love
Is all I can win
Give me just a fraction
But ...

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 and plac...

Little boxes on the hillside, Little boxes made of tickytacky
Little boxes on the hillside, little boxes all the same
There's a green one and a pink o...

She
May be the face I can't forget
The trace of pleasure or regret
May be my treasure or the price I have to pay
She
May be the song that summer sings...

Yeah, don't tell me you don't know what love is
When you're old enough to know better
When you find strange hands in your sweater
When your dreamboat ...

You can read right through a book of matches

But that won't make you smart

You can laugh in the face of watches

But time will only break your heart...

Youre upstairs with the boyfriend while Im left here to listen.
I hear you calling his name, I hear the stutter of ignition.
So you found some other j...

The man from the television crawled into the train.
I wonder who he's gonna stick it in this time.

Everyone was looking for a little entertainment'
s...

Think back now when we were young
There were always tears at the birthday party
You know how children can be so cruel
That's how it starts
But what if...

If dust could only talk
What would we hear it say?
before it's brushed aside
Just as it's swept away
It's just the evidence
It's of no consequence
It'...

Signal fading, listen to what I'm saying
Testing, testing
This better be worth all of the breath I'm wasting
Maintaining radio silence from now on
Bar...

I don't wanna kiss you. i don't wanna touch.
I don't wanna see you  'cause i don't miss you that much.
I'm not a telephone junkie.
I told you that we ...

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...

You left the motor running.
But I know you're so attractive.
Getting in some sharp practice.
You better not do anything reckless.
But everybody is goi...

You never asked me what I wanted.
You only asked me why.

I never thought that so much trouble was restin' on my reply,

I could say it was the nights...

Cheap cut satin and bad perfume
Showtime is almost here
Teased up by a strip cartoon
Laughing up your sleeve
Sniggering in your beer
He'd seen the bot...

Somewhere in the distance I can hear "Who Shot Sam?"
This is my conviction, that I am an innocent man
Though you say I'm unkind
I'm being as nice as I...

Don't tell me you don't know what love is
When you're old enough to know better
When you find strange hands in your sweater
When your dreamboat turns ...

(Isn't this the greatest thing)
Everyone own up and nobody can touch her
(Isn't this the greatest thing)
Punch the clock, keep boxing clever
(Isn't th...

I Want You
---Janet Jackson---

Feel like I'm going in circles
You're like a maze I can't get through
Should I go left?
Should I go right?
Should I le...

I got loaded last night on a bottle of gin
And I had a fight with my best girlfriend
When I'm drinkin' I am nobody's friend
So please baby wait for me...

A long time ago, our point of view
Was broadcast by Mr. Bartholomew
And now the world is full of sorrow and pain
You're slack and sorry
Such an arroga...

In another room
 Just out of my sight
 Words we used to say
 Become so slight
 
 'Til they disappoint
 And I know you won't return my kiss
 Did I not ...

Who dries your eyes when you cry real tears?
Who knows or cares what an imitation is?
Only you do
You can paint his nails, make him wear high heels
Wh...

As I walk through
This wicked world
Searchin' for light in the darkness of insanity.
I ask myself
Is there only pain and hatred, and misery?
And each ...

Time has taught us
 That they're sending out their sons
 To take away our guns and our daughters
 We are all cowards now

 Rivers rising
 Darkness fel...