A Slow Drag With Josephine Lyrics

(Music by Diana Krall, lyrics by Elvis Costello) The glitter on a paint and plaster face Is covering desire and disgrace We could be lovers But no one suspects at all Once you're ...Read Full Lyrics

Big nothing. He stood in the road outside of town with a broken clockwork toy in His hand: a graveyard for childish dreams in his palm; a broken lifeline. Big nothing. The mecha...Read Full Lyrics

Oh I just don't know where to begin Though he says hell wait forever Its now or never But she keeps him hanging on The silly champion She says she can't go home Without a chaperone...Read Full Lyrics

In an anonymous rendezvous Where the forbidden lovers repair They're burning down another damn candle They're melting the tables and chairs Beneath them applause from the balcony W...Read Full Lyrics

You did it cause you wanted Alibi, alibi And you took it Cause you need it Alibi, alibi [Chorus:] But if I've done something wrong there's no "ifs and buts" Cause I love you just ...Read Full Lyrics

I'm trouble she said Spread out on the floor of her fathers house Her promise was almost undone Under her tongue, dissolving her responsibilities To finally deny everyone with unfl...Read Full Lyrics

1-2-3, 2-2-3 The twitching impulses to speak your mind I'll lend you my microscope and maybe you will find it Is it in that ugly place that's just behind your face Where you keep m...Read Full Lyrics

It's at times such as this she'd be tempted to spit If she wasn't so ladylike She imagines how she might have lived back when legends and history collide So she looks to her prince...Read Full Lyrics

Almost blue Almost doing things we used to do There's a girl here and she's almost you Almost all the things that your eyes once promised I see in hers too Now your eyes are red fr...Read Full Lyrics

Outside in New Orleans the heat was almost frightening But my hotel room as usual was freezing and unkind On tv they prosecute anyone who's exciting So I put on my overcoat and wen...Read Full Lyrics