Elvis Costello

Bespoke Songs Lost Dogs Detour

Indoor Fireworks lyrics

We play these parlour games
We play at make believe
When we get to the part where I say that I'm going to leave
Everybody loves a happy ending but we don't even try
We go straight past pretending
To the part where everybody loves to cry

(chorus)
Indoor fireworks
Can still burn your fingers
Indoor fireworks
We swore we were safe as houses
They're not so spectacular
They don't burn up in the sky
But they can dazzle or delight
Or bring a tear
When the smoke gets in your eyes

You were the spice of life
The gin in my vermouth
And though the sparks would fly
I thought our love was fireproof
Sometimes we'd fight in public darling
With very little cause
But different kinds of sparks would fly
When we got on our own behind closed doors

(chorus)
It's time to tell the truth
These things have to be faced
My fuse is burning out
And all that powder's gone to waste
Don't think for a moment dear that we'll ever be through
I'll build a bonfire of my dreams
And burn a broken effigy of me and you

(chorus)

Elvis Costello

Albums Song Lyrics

Album Name: Bespoke Songs Lost Dogs Detour

Release date: 2005

1. All Grown Up
2. Almost Blue
3. Deep Dead Blue
4. Dirty Rotten Shame
5. Girls Talk
6. Hidden Shame
7. Indoor Fireworks
8. I Want to Vanish
9. Miss Mary
10. My Brave Face
11. Punishing Kiss
12. Shadow and Jimmy
13. Shamed Into Love
14. Shatterproof
15. Shipbuilding
16. The Birds Will Still Be Singing
17. The Comedians
18. The Deportees Club
19. The Other End (of the Telescope)
20. Unwanted Number
21. Upon A Veil Of Midnight Blue

Album Name: Painted From Memory

Release date: 2005

1. God Give Me Strength
2. In The Darkest Place
3. I Still Have That Other Girl
4. My Thief
5. Painted From Memory
6. Such Unlikely Lovers
7. Tears At The Birthday Party
8. The Long Division
9. The Sweetest Punch
10. This House Is Empty Now
11. Toledo
12. What's Her Name Today?

Album Name: Extreme Honey-Very Best Of The Warner Brothers Years

Release date: 2005

1. 13 Steps Lead Down
2. All the Rage
3. All This Useless Beauty
4. Couldn't Call It Unexpected No.4
5. Deep Dark Truthful Mirror
6. Hurry Down Doomsday
7. I Want to Vanish
8. Kinder Murder
9. London's Brilliant Parade
10. My Dark Life
11. Poor Fractured Atlas
12. So Like Candy
13. Sulky Girl
14. The Birds Will Still Be Singing
15. The Bridge I Burned
16. The Other Side of Summer
17. Tramp The Dirt Down
18. Veronica

Album Name: All This Useless Beauty

Release date: 2005

1. All This Useless Beauty
2. Complicated Shadows
3. Distorted Angel
4. It's Time
5. I Want to Vanish
6. Little Atoms
7. Poor Fractured Atlas
8. Shallow Graves
9. Starting To Come To Me
10. The Other End (of the Telescope)
11. Why Can't A Man Stand Alone?
12. You Bowed Down

Album Name: Kojak Variety

Release date: 2005

1. Bama Lama Bama Loo
2. Days
3. Everybody's Crying Mercy
4. Hidden Charms
5. I've Been Wrong Before
6. I Threw it All Away
7. Leave my Kitten Alone
8. Must You Throw Dirt In My Face
9. Payday
10. Please Stay
11. Pouring Water On A Drowning Man
12. Remove This Doubt
13. Running Out of Fools
14. Strange
15. The Very Thought of You

Album Name: King Of America

Release date: 2005

1. American Without Tears
2. Brilliant Mistake
3. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
4. Eisenhower blues
5. Glitter Gulch
6. I'll Wear It Proudly
7. Indoor Fireworks
8. Jack Of All Parades
9. King Of Confidence
10. Little Palaces
11. Lovable
12. Our Little Angel
13. Poisoned Rose
14. Shoes Without Heels
15. Sleep Of The Just
16. Suffering Face
17. Suit of Lights
18. They'll Never Take Her
19. The Big Light
20. The People's Limousine

Album Name: Very Best Of-1977-86

Release date: 2005

1. (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea
2. (What's So Funny 'Bout)Peace, Love And Understanding
3. Accidents Will Happen
4. Alison
5. Beyond Belief
6. Brilliant Mistake
7. Clubland
8. Everyday I Write The Book
9. Good Year For The Roses
10. High Fidelity
11. Indoor Fireworks
12. I Can't Stand Up For
13. I Want You
14. Love Field
15. Man Out of Time
16. New Amsterdam
17. Oliver's Army
18. Pump It Up
19. Radio Radio
20. Shipbuilding
21. Watching the Detectives
22. Watch Your Step

Album Name: Brutal Youth

Release date: 2005

1. 13 Steps Lead Down
2. 20% Amnesia
3. All the Rage
4. Clown Strike
5. Favourite Hour
6. Just About Glad
7. Kinder Murder
8. London's Brilliant Parade
9. My Science Fiction Twin
10. Pony Street
11. Rocking Horse Road
12. Still Too Soon to Know
13. Sulky Girl
14. This Is Hell
15. You Tripped at Every Step

Album Name: Imperial Bedroom

Release date: 2005

1. ...And in Every Home
2. Almost Blue
3. Beyond Belief
4. Boy With a Problem
5. From Head To Toe
6. Human Hands
7. Imperial Bedroom
8. I Turn Around
9. Kid About it
10. Little Savage
11. Man Out of Time
12. Night Time
13. Pidgin English
14. Really Mystified
15. Seconds Of Pleasure
16. Shabby Doll
17. Tears Before Bedtime
18. The Long Honeymoon
19. The Loved Ones
20. The Stamping Ground
21. The World Of Broken Hearts
22. Town Cryer
23. You Little Fool

Album Name: Juliet Letters

Release date: 2005

1. Damnation's Cellar
2. Dead Letter
3. Dear Sweet Filthy World
4. Deliver Us
5. Expert Rites
6. For Other Eyes
7. I Almost Had A Weakness
8. I Thought I'd Write to Juliet
9. Jacksons, Monk and Rowe
10. Last Post
11. Romeo's Seance
12. Swine
13. Taking My Life In Your Hands
14. The Birds Will Still Be Singing
15. The First to Leave
16. The Letter Home
17. This Offer Is Unrepeatable
18. This Sad Burlesque
19. Who Do You Think You Are?
20. Why?

Album Name: Mighty Like A Rose

Release date: 2005

1. After the Fall
2. All Grown Up
3. Broken
4. Couldn't Call It Unexpected No.4
5. Georgie and Her Rival
6. Harpies Bizarre
7. How to Be Dumb
8. Hurry Down Doomsday
9. Interlude:Couldn't Call It Unexpected
10. Invasion Hit Parade
11. Playboy to a Man
12. So Like Candy
13. Sweet Pear
14. The Other Side of Summer

Album Name: Spike

Release date: 2005

1. ... This Town ...
2. Any King's Shilling
3. Baby Plays Around
4. Chewing Gum
5. Coal Train Robberies
6. Deep Dark Truthful Mirror
7. God's Comic
8. Last Boat Leaving
9. Let Him Dangle
10. Miss Macbeth
11. Pads, Paws And Claws
12. Satellite
13. Stalin Malone(Instrumental)
14. Tramp The Dirt Down
15. Veronica

Album Name: Blood & Chocolate

Release date: 2005

1. American Without Tears #2
2. A Town Called Big Nothing
3. Baby's Got A Brand New Hairdo
4. Battered Old Bird
5. Blue Chair
6. Crimes Of Paris
7. Forgive Her Anything
8. Home is Anywhere
9. I Hope You're Happy Now
10. I Want You
11. Next Time 'Round
12. Poor Napoleon
13. Seven Day Weekend
14. Tokyo Storm Warning
15. Uncomplicated

Album Name: Goodbye Cruel World

Release date: 2005

1. Baby It's You
2. Get Yourself Another Fool
3. Home Truth
4. Inch By Inch
5. I Wanna Be Loved
6. Joe Porterhouse
7. Love Field
8. Motel Matches
9. Peace In Our Time
10. Room With No Number
11. Sleepless Nights
12. Sour Milk-Cow Blues
13. The Comedians
14. The Deportees Club
15. The Great Unknown
16. The Only Flame In Town
17. Turning The Town Red
18. Worthless Thing

Album Name: Punch The Clock

Release date: 2005

1. Charm School
2. Everyday I Write The Book (Live)
3. Heathen Town
4. King Of Thieves
5. Let Them All Talk
6. Love Went Mad
7. Mouth Almighty
8. Pills And Soap
9. Shatterproof
10. Shipbuilding
11. The Element Within Her
12. The Flirting Kind
13. The Greatest Thing
14. The Invisible Man
15. The World And His Wife
16. The World and His Wife (Live)
17. TKO (Boxing Day)
18. Town Where Time Stood Still
19. Walking On Thin Ice

Album Name: Almost Blue

Release date: 2005

1. Brown To Blue
2. Colour Of The Blues
3. Cry, Cry, Cry
4. Darling,You Know I Wouldn't Lie
5. Good Year For The Roses
6. He's Got You
7. Honey Hush
8. How Much I Lied
9. I'm Your Toy
10. My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You
11. Psycho
12. Sittin' And Thinkin'
13. Success
14. Sweet Dreams
15. Tears Before Bedtime
16. There Won't Be Anymore
17. Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down
18. Too Far Gone
19. Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used To Do)?
20. Your Angel Steps Out Of Heaven

Album Name: Trust

Release date: 2005

1. Big Sister
2. Big Sister's Clothes
3. Black Sails In The Sunset
4. Boy With a Problem
5. Clubland
6. Different Finger
7. Fish 'n' Chip Paper
8. From A Whisper to A Scream
9. Gloomy Sunday
10. Lover's Walk
11. Love For Sale
12. Luxembourg
13. New Lace Sleeves
14. Pretty Words
15. Sad About Girls
16. Seconds Of Pleasure
17. Shot With His Own Gun
18. Strict Time
19. Twenty-Five To Twelve
20. Watch Your Step
21. Weeper's Dream
22. White Knuckles
23. You'll Never Be A Man

Album Name: Armed Forces

Release date: 2005

1. (What's So Funny 'Bout)Peace, Love And Understanding
2. Accidents Will Happen
3. Alison (LIVE)
4. Big Boys
5. Busy Bodies
6. Chemistry Class
7. Clean Money
8. Goon Squad
9. Green Shirt
10. Moods For Moderns
11. My Funny Valentine
12. Oliver's Army
13. Party Girl
14. Senior Service
15. Sunday's Best
16. Talking In The Dark
17. Tiny Steps
18. Two Little Hitlers
19. Watching the Detectives (LIVE)
20. Wednesday Week

Album Name: This Year's Model

Release date: 2005

1. (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea
2. Big Boys
3. Big Tears
4. Crawling To The U.S.A.
5. Green Shirt
6. Hand In Hand
7. Lipstick Vogue
8. Lip Service
9. Little Triggers
10. Living In Paradise
11. Night Rally
12. No Action
13. Pump It Up
14. Radio Radio
15. Running Out of Angels
16. The Beat
17. This Year's Girl
18. You Belong To Me

Album Name: My Aim Is True

Release date: 2005

1. (the angels wanna wear my) Red Shoes
2. Alison
3. Blame it on Cain
4. Cheap Reward
5. I'm Not Angry
6. Imagination (Is A Powerful Deceiver)
7. Jump Up
8. Less Than Zero
9. Miracle Man
10. Mystery Dance
11. Mystery Dance(Acoustic w/ Extra Verse)
12. No Dancing
13. Pay it Back
14. Poison Moon
15. Radio Sweetheart
16. Sneaky Feelings
17. Stranger In The House
18. Waiting for the End of the World
19. Watching the Detectives
20. Wave A White Flag
21. Welcome to the Working Week

Album Name: Sweetest Punch (Songs Of Costello)

Release date: 2005

1. God Give Me Strength
2. In The Darkest Place
3. I Still Have That Other Girl
4. My Thief
5. Painted From Memory
6. Such Unlikely Lovers
7. Tears At The Birthday Party
8. The Long Division
9. The Sweetest Punch
10. This House Is Empty Now
11. Toledo
12. Vamp Dolce
13. What's Her Name Today?

Album Name: Get Happy!!

Release date: 2005

1. 5ive Gears In Reverse
2. Beaten To The Punch
3. Black And White World
4. B Movie
5. Clowntime Is Over
6. Clowntime Is Over No. 2
7. Dr. Luther's Assistant
8. Getting Mighty Crowded
9. Ghost Train
10. Girls Talk
11. High Fidelity
12. Hoover Factory
13. Human Touch
14. I Can't Stand Up For
15. I Stand Accused
16. Just A Memory
17. King Horse
18. Love For Tender
19. Men Called Uncle
20. Motel Matches
21. New Amsterdam
22. Opportunity
23. Possession
24. Riot Act
25. Secondary Modern
26. So Young
27. Temptation
28. The Imposter

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