Elvis Costello Lyrics

Elvis Costello Lyrics

"Brilliant Mistake Lyrics"

The Jets That Just Landed Lyrics
the jets that just landed need more fuel so lift and fill them up and let them fly away that they might come and represent you will you pilot me

He thought he was the King of America
Where they pour Coca Cola just like vintage wine
Now I try hard not to become hysterical
But I'm not sure if I am laughing or crying
I wish that I could push a button
And talk in the past and not the present tense
And watch this hurtin' feeling disappear
Like it was common se
The Golden Age Lyrics
Put your hands on the wheel Let the golden age begin Let the window down Feel the moonlight on your skin Let the desert wind Cool your aching h
nse
It was a fine idea at the time
Now it's a brilliant mistake

She said that she was working for the ABC News
It was as much of the alphabet as she knew how to use
Her perfume was unspeakable
It lingered in the air
Like her artificial laughter
Her mementos of affairs
"Oh" I said "I see you
The Crooked Smile Lyrics
[Words: Barthold, music: Selin] I feel you slip right into me Skin that sun ain't burned too much Eyes, these emotional wounds I was bound to los
know him"
"Isn't that very fortunate for you"
And she showed me his calling card
He came third or fourth and there were more than one or two
He was a fine idea at the time
Now he's a brilliant mistake

He thought he was the King of America
But it was just a boulevard of broken dreams
A trick the
The Whores Of Babylon Lyrics
everything they do and say might even fool a clever mind just won't forget their price to pay as silk betrays and truth unwinds cling, cling to you
do with mirrors and with chemicals
The words of love in whispers
And the acts of love in screams
I wish that I could push a button
And talk in the past and not the present tense
And watch this lovin' feeling disappear
Like it was common sense
I was a fine idea at the time
Now I'm a brilliant mistake