Either Side Of The Same Town Lyrics

I can't believe the things I've seen I wonder bout some things I've heard Everybody's crying mercy When they don't know the meaning of the word A bad enough situation Is sure enoug...Read Full Lyrics

I spy for the "Spirit of Curiosity" All the scandals of each vain monstrosity I gossip and I pry and I insinuate If the failure is great Then it tends to fascinate A tornado dropp...Read Full Lyrics

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 out to be a footnote I'm a man...Read Full Lyrics

I marvel at the wonder of it in our souless age Fast flow the tears upon the page Don't be alarmed I am her friend Will I be excused if I presume It's more than disappointment that...Read Full Lyrics

(Krall/Costello) Things these days are better by far, A horse can out run a motor car, If the wheels are rubber and the rails are steel That beast can outrun any automobile Here'...Read Full Lyrics

(Elvis Costello/Aimee Mann) There's no charity in you And that surprises me I guess I thought you were a golden idol 'Cause I called you majesty On the balustrade You watched me h...Read Full Lyrics

All the leaves are turning yellow, red and brown Soon they'll be scattered as they tumble down Although they may be swept up so invitingly I never did what I was told I trampled t...Read Full Lyrics

That all could gather That we could marry Still Faces absent That she could see this As if time hovered That he'd caress him That jars and lads and Carol Ann were ...Read Full Lyrics

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...Read Full Lyrics

Oh it's not easy to resist temptation Walking around looking like a figment of somebody else's imagination Taking ev'ry word she says just like an open invitation But the power of ...Read Full Lyrics