Elvis Costello - Hey Clockface / How Can You Face Me?

"Hey Clockface / How Can You Face Me?" Lyrics

Hey Clockface
Keep your fingers on the dial
You stole those precious moments
And the kisses from her smile
And now I'm living in these hours
Away we will while
I'm not wasting any more time

Hey Clockface
I really want to know
Why is it when we're apart
You always take it slow
And when she's here
You always say "It's almost time to go"
You said you'd be a friend to me
But time is just my enemy
And it is hurting me so

The moon comes through the window shining crescently and bright
The sun rolls round again
If I could turn your face back
Before all of this started
Forty minutes past four when her secrets she parted

Forty minutes past four in the faithless A.M
She wound up in his arms and not the man that I am
A spring that is sprung
A cuckoo-bird that sung
Now there's a nail in a bare wall
Where your face once hung

Hey Clockface
Now I don't feel a thing
You stole away the heart in me
And then removed my spring
The winding mechanisms shot
The movement is unwound
Don't tick or tock or dare to make a sound

Hey Clock-face
Well, don't you ever dare
Count me down to zero hour
And keep me waiting here
A minute from departure
I will twist your key and have her come back to me
And have her come back to me

How can you face me?
After what I've been through
After you broke that vow
How can you face me now?
How can you face me now?
How can you face me now?

Harry Nilson - Without You

Without You lyrics

Harry Nilsson

No, I can't forget this evening
Or your face as you were leaving
But I guess that's just the way the story goes
You always smile but in your eyes your sorrow shows
Yes, it shows

No, I can't forget tomorrow
When I think of all my sorrow
When I had you there but then I let you go
And now it's only fair that I should let you know
What you should know

I can't live if living is without you
I can't live, I can't give anymore
Can't live if living is without you
I can't give, I can't give anymore

Well, I can't forget this evening
Or your face as you were leaving
But I guess that's just the way the story goes
You always smile but in your eyes your sorrow shows
Yes, it shows

Can't live if living is without you
I can't live, I can't give anymore
I can't live if living is without you
I can't live, I can't give anymore
Living is without you

Elvis Costello - Magnificent Hurt

Magnificent Hurt lyrics

After talking in tongues
I began to preach
“What falls from the branch is an apple or peach”
Hold on to me
There's a Red Alert
It's the way you make me feel
Magnificent Hurt

I took a little walk
I took another stimulant
I shed a single tear
For my predicament
Don't act surprised or insolent
It's the way you make me feel
Magnificent Hurt

When we first met, I knew you were beautiful
You fit like the seat of a blue mohair suit
But the pain that I felt
Let me know I'm alive
And I opened my heart
To the way you make me feel
Magnificent Hurt

I speak low and intimate
Like a cardboard sophisticate
What if this is true love?
Not some town hall certificate
It's the way you make me feel
Magnificent Hurt

I stood at the door and I almost went through with it
Tight as the angle of my amen
And I swore there and then
As I feign and I flirt
I unbuttoned my shirt
To the way you make me feel
Magnificent Hurt
To the way you make me feel
Magnificent Hurt
It's the way you make me feel
It's the way you make me feel
Magnificent

Elvis Costello - I’ll Take Care Of You

I’ll Take Care Of You lyrics

I know you've been hurt
By someone else
I can tell by the way
That you carry yourself
If you'll let me
Here's what I'll do
I'll take good care of you

I, I, I loved and lost
Same as you
So I know, darling
I know what you've been through
If you'll let me
Here's what I'll do
I'll take good care of you

You won't ever have to worry
You won't ever have to cry
Remember, pretty darling
You better dry your weeping eyes

But darling tell me
You'll be true
I have no doubt, darling
I know what I will do
Just as sure as one and one is two
I'll take good care of you
I'll take good care of you
I'll take good care of you
Take good care of you
I'll take good care of you

Elvis Costello - I'll Still Love You

I'll Still Love You lyrics

One of these mornings
I'm gonna rise up flying
One of these mornings
I'll sail away beyond the blue
I've got a promise
There's a better world ahead
I want you to know that when I go
I'll still love you
I'll still love you

I won't be a stranger
When I get to heaven
'Cause you gave me heaven
Right here on earth
If I get rewarded
With a mansion on a golden street
For what it's worth
I'll still love you

One of these mornings
When my trouble's over
One of these mornings
When all my suffering is through
I'll go out singing
It'll be a day to sing about
And I guarantee for eternity
I'll still love you
I'll still love you
I'll still love you
I'll still love you

The Michael Leonhart Orchestra With Joshua Redman, JSWISS And Elvis Costello - Shut Him Down

Frankism

Shut Him Down Lyrics

Can this faint paint 
Feeble fingerprint
That line of chalk
Do more than talk?
Or say “I'm innocent”  
Then walk away
Beyond the blade 
The plough and stars our dreams invade

Say something once
Does it make it true?
To me
To you
And everyone you knew

Shut him down
Shut him down
Did you run him through?
A thousand times you didn't
A hundred times you do

In the night
In the shade
In the void of the celluloid
In the cunning of the cool breeze
Waiting with a chill
Hidden in the dark trees
For cut of sudden spill

Say something once
Does it make it true?
To me
To you
And everyone you knew

Shut him down
Shut him down
Did you run him through?
A thousand times you didn't
A hundred times you do

Shut him down underground it's astounding
The sound that surrounds you were sleep now you found and aroused
So get up
Doubt enter the mind you gotta purge it
Praise for an end to the weak like Sunday service
Walk in it, world might be dark but I'm in the right spirits
That voice of doubt don't gotta listen although you hear it
One time that it don't make it true
A thousand times to make your mind up and make it through
Swiss

Then drained to pale
By the cunning and the cruel
The camera and projector 
The running of the rule
The licking of the tailpiece
The spinning of the spool

Say something once
Does it make it true?
To me
To you
And everyone you knew

Shut him down
Shut him down
Did you run him through?
A hundred times you didn't
A thousand times you do

George Ivan Morrison - Listen To The Lion

Listen To The Lion Lyrics

And all my love come down
All my love come tumblin' down
All my love come tumblin' down
All my love come tumblin' down
Oh, listen listen
To the lion
Oh, listen listen listen
To the lion
Inside of me
Oh, oh, oh

And I shall search my soul
I shall search my very soul
And I shall search my very soul
I shall search my very soul

For the lion
For the lion
For the lion
For the lion
Inside of me
Oh, oh, yeah

And all my tears have flown
All my tears like water flown
And all my tears like water flown
All my tears like a water flown

For the lion
For the lion
For the lion
For the lion
Inside of me

Listen to the lion
Listen to the lion
Listen to the lion
Listen to the lion
Listen to the lion
Listen to the lion
Listen to the lion
Listen to the lion
Listen to the lion
Listen to the lion
Listen to the lion
Listen to the lion
Listen to the lion
Listen to the lion

And we sailed, and we sailed
And we sailed, and we sailed
And we sailed, and we sailed
sailed to Caledonia

And we sailed, and we sailed
And we sailed, and we sailed, and we sailed
Away from Denmark
Way up to Caledonia
Away from Denmark
Way up to Caledonia

And we sailed, and we sailed, and we sailed
All around the world
And we sailed, and we sailed, and we sailed
Looking for a brand new start

And we sailed
And we sailed, and we sailed
All around the world, a brand new start

Looking for a brand new start
Looking for a brand new start
Looking for a brand new start

And we sailed, and we sailed, and we sailed
And we sailed
Away from the Golden Gate
Way up to the New York City

Elvis Costello - Sweet Pear

Sweet Pear lyrics

Elvis Costello

Sweet pear, sweet pear
Those who say they love you would never dare
I'll watch out for you
I'll always be there
In the hour of distress you need not fear

In all the world there's only one true love
And finding it's hard enough
I bless whatever's in the sky above
For bringing you to me

But there's a void without your kiss
I wake on the precipice above the abyss
And though the touch of your lips these fears dismiss
Make no mistake there is an ache I have to live with

Was my grip too loose, my grip too strong
That made you want to run away
And now you're back where I pretend you belong
I wonder every night and day
How long

I swear this is my prayer
'Til we're burned and scattered in the atmosphere
Or lost in the world across a crowded room
I am your stupid lover, your wretched groom

Koand & Allen Toussaint - International Echo

"International Echo" lyrics

The streets were deserted and the house was dark
Down in the basement there was the faintest spark
Three boys hoping to make their mark
International echo

They said it was nothing but a worthless toy
Sign right here and you can be employed
Woke up startled in the state of joy
International echo

The roof is shaking and the house is ablaze
I've been wide-awake for days
I thought I heard a signal breaking through
And at this distance that is hard to do
Could be seven inches
Could be twelve
Drop the needle on it and let it revolve

I felt a pulse and a drum tattoo
I was just thinking about you

Send out a message and it's sure to rebound
What's that I hear?
What is that sound?
Seems to be coming from under the ground
International echo

It can't be repeated
It can't be resisted
It went out straight and it came back twisted
If you didn't see it then, then you probably missed it
International echo

Must be something in the atmosphere
Let me be your volunteer
I thought I heard a signal coming through
In a language that I never knew
Give me seven inches
Give me twelve
Drop the needle on it and let it revolve

I felt a pulse and a drum tattoo
Even though it was taboo
Solo!

They paid me money for playing pretend
And they said this must be the end
I was just following the popular trend
International echo

Beer from the bottle and wine from the grape
Stood up straight, got bent out of shape
Now I'm just looking for some way to escape
International echo

Everything I said just seems automatic
Radio plays nothing but static
I think that I'm about to flip my lid
My waitress said that she might be my kid
Give me seven inches
Give me twelve
Drop the needle on it and let it revolve

Did you hear me calling you?
'Cos hear I go
International echo
Echo
Solo!

The streets were deserted
The house was dark
Down in the basement there was the faintest spark
Three boys hoping to make their mark
International echo

Aaron Neville, written by Allen Toussaint - Hercules

Hercules lyrics

Allen Toussaint

All you fear, is fear its self
Check our your own back yard before you check out someone else

Railroad track, in my neighbourhood
Ain't no trains around that part just ain't no good

Wanna know, what's going down,
When the pimp on the corner looks like the sharpest cat in town

Jungle rule, can't be no fool
Might get caught by the of a crook no time for cool

Look out jay, what you say, what you carrying brother
I hope you're clean cause the man is mean, don't come another further

We all know the answer, will come out in time
I might even carry some of your load, right along with mine

Thank you ma'am, mister please
'Cause I must be Hercules
I must be Hercules

Like a bird, on the wing
I just wanna be free enough to do my thing

I can feel the pressure, from every side
If you not gonna help, don't hurt, just pass me by

Oh, no

Hercules
I must be Hercules

Jungle rule, can't be no fool
Devil is on the loose, no coo
Got your feet, in the sand
Got to be down with the cats that around and still got the face the man

Talk about me if you please but I must be Hercules
Hercules
I must be Hercules

Duckin' rocks, catchin' stones
Movin' how can I survive what's going on
Beg, steal and borrow
Somehow I've got to make it to tomorrow

Can't depend, on no-one else
Comin' up the hard way I've got to save myself

Must be Hercules
I must be Hercules
Talk about me if you please
I must be hercules