Favourite Hour
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 in cold earth and quicklime
Chorus:
So stay the hands, arrest the time
till I am captured by your touch
Blessings I dont count
Small mercies and such
The flags may lower as we approach the favourite hour
Now theres a tragic waste of brutal youth
Strip and polish this unvarnished truth
The tricky door that gapes beneath the ragged noose
The crippled verdict begs again for the lamest excuse
Chorus
Pull out my eyes so I may never spy
Waving branches as theyre waving goodbye
Their vile perfume brings to my mouth a bitter taste
The murmuring brooks had best speak up, its a terrible waste
Chorus
song performed by Elvis Costello
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Just A Memory
Layin about, lyin in bed
Maybe it was something that I thought Id said
With the tempo of today and the temptation of tomorrow
I dont know if I could give you anything but sorrow
They stay alive this late on radio five
But the pen that I write with wont tell the truth
cause the moments that I cant recall
Are the moments that you treasure
Better take another measure for measure
Losing you is just a memory
Memories dont mean that much to me
Losing you is just a memory
Memories dont mean that much to me
Now youre here, Im here too
Could be this easy for me and you
Losing you is just a memory
Memories dont mean that much to me
Losing you is just a memory
Memories dont mean that much to me
Lyin about layin in bed
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song performed by Elvis Costello
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Riot Act
Forever doesnt mean forever anymore
I said forever
But it doesnt look like Im gonna be around much anymore
When the heat gets sub-tropical
And the talk gets so topical
Riot act - you can read me the riot act
You can make me a matter of fact
Or a villain in a million
A slip of the tongue is gonna keep me civilian
Why do you talk such stupid nonsense
When my mind could rest much easier
Instead of all this dumb dumb insolence
I would be happier with amnesia
They say forget her
Now it looks like youre either gonna be for me or against me
I got your letter
Now they say I dont care for the colour that it paints me
Trying to be so bad is bad enough
Dont make me laugh by talking tough
Dont put your heart out on your sleeve
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song performed by Elvis Costello
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Sneaky Feelings
Now everybodys breakin up somebody elses home,
Before somebody else starts breaking up their own.
I get you in my dreams.
You should hear the things you say.
Is not that its so much fun,
But its safer that way.
Sneaky feeling, sneaky feelings,
You cant let those kind of feeling show.
Id like to get right through the way I feel for you,
But Ive still got a long way to go.
Why dont we call it a day, and we can both confess.
You can force me to use a little tenderness.
White lies, alibis, anything but say that its true.
Now we could sit like lovers, staring in each others eyes,
But the magic of the moment might become too much for you.
Sneaky feeling, sneaky feelings,
You cant let those kind of feeling show.
Id like to get right through the way I feel for you,
song performed by Elvis Costello
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I Almost Had A Weakness
Thank you for the flowers
I threw them on the fire
And I burned the photographs that you had enclosed
God they were ugly children
So youre the little bastard of that brother of mine
Trying to trick a poor old woman
til I almost had a weakness
Last week cousin florence
Bit your uncle joe
Hit him on the forehead with a knife and a fork
(she) said that he looked like the devil
Then she said... pass the vinegar, Im beginning to think
(that) Im the only one who hasnt taken to the drinking of it
Though I almost had a weakness
It pains me to mention
These delicate concerns
While I have to tolerate you family jewels
I really mustnt grumble
(cause) when I die the cats and dogs will jump up and down
And you little swines will get nothing
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I Just Dont Know What To Do With Myself
(burt bacharach/hal david)
I just dont know what to do with myself
I just dont know what to do with myself
Im so used to doing everything with you
Planning everything for two
And now that were through
I just dont know what to do with my time
Im so lonesome for you, its a crime
Going to a movie only makes me sad
Parties make me feel as bad
When Im not with you, I just dont know what to do
Like a summer rose needs the sun and rain
I need your sweet love to beat all the pain
I just dont know what to do with myself
I just dont know what to do with myself
Baby, if your new love ever turns you down
Come back, I will be around
Just waiting for you, I dont know what else to do
Dont know what else to do
I dont know what else to do
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Big Sisters Clothes
Sheep to the slaughter oh I thought this must be love
All your sons and daughters in a strangle hold with a kid glove
Shes got eyes like saucers oh you think shes a dish
She is the blue chip that belongs to the big fish
Chorus:
But its easier to say I love you,
Than yours sincerly I suppose
All little sisters like to try on big sisters clothes
Big sisters clothes
The sport of kings, the old queens heart
The prince in darkness stole some tart
And its in the papers, its in the charts
Its in the stop press before it all starts.
With a hammer on the slap and tickle under grisly garments
With all the style and finesse of the purchase of armaments
Compassion went out of fashion
Thats all your concern meant
Sweat it out for thirty seconds on home improvements
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Theyll Never Take Her
If today the sun should set on all my hopes and cares
There is one whos smiling face the gods would see
For shell walk along beside me up the golden stairs
Oh, theyll never, never take her love from me
What a fool I was to go and break the trust she gave
And see her love turn into sympathy
Its the one regret I carry with me to my grave
Oh, theyll never, never take her love from me
Im so thankful for each golden hour of happiness
That we shared together in the used to be
Someone elses arms may hold her now in fond caress
But, theyll never, never take her love from me
I thought I would make her happy if I stepped aside
But I knew her love would never set me free
And even on the morning she became anothers bride
I said, theyll never, never take her love from me.
song performed by Elvis Costello
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When It Sings
All the words you say to me
Have music in them
All the sorrows and the joys like magnetism
And a selfish boy looks through a prism
And says what is
But never asks what isn't
But a voice contains many precious things
It laughs
And then it sings
And all the lies that we can tell
To our foolish selves
Maybe this is the love song that I refused to
Write her when I loved her like I used to
And I fear my heart may spin and fracture
Like tears of stone falling from a statue
But a voice contains all that's true and false
Then cries for someone else
And for some honest tenderness
So I must confess
All the words you say to me
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Seven Day Weekend
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.
Mondays calling you too early when youre sound asleep
Bells are ringing by your bedside and out in the street
Usually mondays long enough, but this is just the start
Tuesdays just the same as monday without the surprising part
Wednesdays point of no return
When youve squandered all youve earned
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, seven day weekend. (x2)
This is all Im thinking about as the days go by
Spend your life on holiday and even when I die
There could be but one inscription: this was not his day
If it isnt thursday anymore, it must be friday
I cant wait until I maybe
Get off work and see my baby
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, seven day weekend. (x2)
I cant wait until I maybe
Get off work and see my baby
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, seven day weekend. (x8)
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