Success

We used to go out walkin hand in hand
You told me all the big things you had planned
It wasnt long till all your dreams came true
Success put me in second place with you
You have no time to love me anymore
Since fame & fortune knocked upon our door
I spend all my evenings all alone
Success has made a failure of our home
If we could spend an evening now & then
Perhaps wed find true happiness again
You never hold me like you used to do
Its funny what success has done for you
You have no time to love me anymore
Since fame & fortune knocked upon our door
I spend all my evenings all alone
Success has made a failure of our home

song performed by Elvis Costello
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Baby Its You

(sha, la, la, la...)
Its not the way you look that touched my heart.
Its not the way you kissed me, baby, that tears me apart.
Many, many nights I tried. I sit alone at home and I cried over you.
What can I do? I cant help myself, cause baby, its you.
You should hear the things they say about you.
They say youre never, ever, ever, ever gonna be true. oh.
I dont listen to a word they say. Im gonna love you any old way.
What can I do? its true. I cant help myself, cause baby, its you.
I dont listen to a word they say. Im gonna love you any old way.
What can I do? its true. I cant help myself, cause baby, its you.
Baby, its you.

song performed by Elvis Costello
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Gigi

Gigi
Am I a fool without a mind?
Or have I nearly been too blind to realize
Oh, gigi
While youve been growing up before my eyes
Gigi
Youre not all that funny or quick little girl I knew
No, overnight theres been a breathless change in you
Oh, gigi
While you were trembling on the brink
Was I out yonder somewhere blinking at a star?
Oh, gigi
Have I been standing up too close or back too far?
When did your sparkle turn to fire?
And your warmth become desire
Oh, what miracle has made you the way you are?
When did your warmth become desire?
And your sparkle turn to fire?
Oh, what miracle has made you the way you are?
Oh, gigi

song performed by Elvis Costello
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I Want To Vanish (live)

I want to vanish
This is my fondest wish
To go where I cannot be captured
Laid on a decorated dish
Even in splendor this curious fate
Is more than I care to surrender
Now it's too late
Whether in wonder or indecent haste
You arrange the mirrors and the spools
To snare the rare and precious jewels
That were only made of paste
If you should stumble upon my last remark
I'm crying in the wilderness
I'm trying my best to make it dark
How can I tell you I'm rarer than most
I'm certain as a lost dog
Pondering a sign post
Chorus
I want to vanish
This is my last request

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song performed by Elvis Costello
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Dear Sweet Filthy World

Dear sweet filthy world, my wife or whoever reads this
I think that Ive lived too long
With all of my promise unfulfilled
But there is a veil drawn over all of that
I know youll probably say, spare us the melodrama
I dont know how he chose the pills or the stupid revolver
Im out of luck
Im not that strong
My hands, your neck
I might have wrung
Dont try to find me
Im not worth anything anymore
I am not leaving you with all of your problems
The biggest one is me
Life is dark
Cold as the sea
Embrace me in my anguish
Put seaweed in my hair and vow that you wont cry because
Ive gone
I cant go on, I cant go on, I cant go on

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song performed by Elvis Costello
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Baby Plays Around

Its not open to discussion anymore
Shes out again tonight and Im alone once more
Shes all I have worth waiting for
But baby plays around
And so it seems Ive always been the last to know
To hold on to that girl, I had to let her go
I wish to God I didnt love her so
cos baby plays around
I try to be strong hold on to my pride
She doesnt even know its wrong, how much I hurt inside
And heaven knows Ive tried
But baby plays around. just a plaything
Its hard to reconcile the facts Im facing
Its not open to discussion anymore
She walks those shiny streets
I walk the worn out floor
Shes all I have worth living for
Baby plays, baby plays around

song performed by Elvis Costello
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Still Too Soon To Know

Do you love him
Or is it still too soon to know?
When I think back a couple of days
Before I found you in his spell
Was there a warning? 
What can I say
Should I look away
Its still too soon to know
Are you sorry
Or is it still to soon to know?
It didnt take much to break us in two
For it was in the way that he came close to touching you
The look in your eyes
I thought I recognised
Its still too soon to know
And its still too soon to know
Will you stay or will you go?
Its still too soon to know
When I think back a couple of days
If I wasnt happy then, I never will be

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song performed by Elvis Costello
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Darling,you Know I Wouldnt Lie

Here I am late again for the last time
And like I promised, I just told her goodbye
Please believe me cause this time, its really over
And darling, you know I wouldnt lie
Didnt I come and tell you about her
How temptation lured she and i
Now I know it was only fascination
And darling, you know I wouldnt lie
I had to let her down easy as slow as I could
After all, shes got feelings too
But it took a little longer than I thought it would
But this time, she knows were really through
She wanted to hold me forever
And this lipstick shows her final try
And these tears on my shoulder are proof that she failed
And darling, you know I wouldnt lie

song performed by Elvis Costello
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You Belong To Me

What are you girls gonna tell your mother?
I dont want to hear another word about young lovers
Or hiding your boyfriend in the cupboard.
Shes been to see the doctor, so you hope that she recovers.
You act dumb.
You say youre so numb.
You say you dont come
Under his thumb.
Dont wanna be a goody-goody.
I dont want just anybody.
No, I dont want anybody
Saying you belong to me. you belong to me.
Your eyes are absent, your mouth is silent;
Pumping like a fire hydrant.
Things you see are getting hard to swallow.
Youre easily led, but youre much too scared to follow.
Youve been warned.
Youre going to get torn.
No uniform is gonna keep you warm.

song performed by Elvis Costello
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The Very Thought Of You

The very thought of you
And I forget to do
The little ordinary things
That everyone ought to do
Im living in a kind of daydream
Im happy as a king
And foolish though it may seem to me
Thats everything
The mere idea of you
The longing year for you
Youll never know how slow the moments go
Till Im near to you
I see your face in every flower
Your eye in stars above
Its just the thought of you
The very thought of you
My love
The mere idea of you
The longing year for you
Youll never know how slow the moments go

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song performed by Elvis Costello
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