London's Brilliant Parade Lyrics

(Elvis Costello/Paddy Moloney) If on every ocean the ship is a throne And for each mast cut down another sapling is grown Then I could believe that I'm bound to find A better life...Read Full Lyrics

[Chorus:] It's going round the town It's going round the town It's going round the town You're so lovable My baby gave me notice to quit I just can't get used to it She broke my li...Read Full Lyrics

You lie so unfolded In a love field With your contempt for any modesty In a love field In a love field In a love field You yield with your lips still sealed In a love field Lost in...Read Full Lyrics

You won't take my love for tender You can put your money where your mouth is But you're so unsure I could be a miser or a big spender But you might get much more than you bargained...Read Full Lyrics

I've looked at it every way I can From under and above And every chance I've had My love went mad Love went mad love went mad You you feel like I feel? Do you have a heart? Do you ...Read Full Lyrics

Dressed up like a dog's dinner Butter wouldn't melt on your paws If this is a dog's life Then you're the cat's clothes They hire out your sons And hire out your daughters The man f...Read Full Lyrics

So this is where he came to hide When he ran from you In a private detective's overcoat And dirty dead man's shoes The pretty things of Knightsbridge Lying for a minister of state...Read Full Lyrics

Now there's newsprint all over your face Well maybe that's why I can read you like a book Just when I thought I was getting my taste to bite I go and lose my appetite Look at the m...Read Full Lyrics

You never asked me what I wanted. You only asked me why. I never thought that so much trouble was restin on my reply, I could say it was the nights when I was lonely And you were t...Read Full Lyrics

Moods for moderns [x4] I get hit looking for a miss I never thought that it would come to this Moods for moderns [x4] Though we may never be the same again I am so proud that you...Read Full Lyrics