Pretty Words Lyrics

I've been on tenterhooks Ending in dirty looks, Listning to the muzak, Thinking bout this n that. She said that's that. I don't wanna chitter-chat. Turn it down a little bit Or tur...Read Full Lyrics

(Words: MacManus/O'Riordan, music: Costello) I favour a good punishing kiss It helps pass the lonely afternoons Another stiff drink Wipe off that lipstick For when you reach a cer...Read Full Lyrics

Put away forbidden playthings Amusements and distractions And dismantle the contraption and carry it away In time as beauty dissolves into glamour It slips from your heart and fal...Read Full Lyrics

Put your big toe in the milk of human kindness Have you ever seen the like of this mankind? If a boy or girl is cute, we simply shoot to starry heights Any maybe, any might But alw...Read Full Lyrics

I was tuning in the shine on the light night dial Doing anything my radio advised With every one of those late night stations Playing songs bringing tears to my eyes I was seriousl...Read Full Lyrics

He will break your heart, if you go with him. Tear it all apart, and that would be a sin. I'm really mystified, I even sat right down and cried. I'm the one that needs you, I love ...Read Full Lyrics

Signal fading, listen to what I'm saying Testing, testing This better be worth all of the breath I'm wasting Maintaining radio silence from now on Barricaded in the talk radio sta...Read Full Lyrics

My head is spinning and my legs are weak Goose step dancing, can't hear myself speak Hope in the eyes of the ugly girls That settle for the lies of the last chancers When slow moti...Read Full Lyrics

Oh I used to be disgusted And now I try to be amused. But since their wings have got rusted, You know, the angels wanna wear my red shoes. But when they told me 'bout their side of...Read Full Lyrics

They say they're running out of angels They say I'm running out of time Oh you don't have to be lucky It is easier than trying, now they're bringing down a Hammer on anything that ...Read Full Lyrics