For The Stars lyrics

No Wonder I stole a glance at my reflection Though these days I tend to hurry by How pale the rose of my complexion How strange the knowing look that's in my eye But when the springtime was ablaze You took my hand, you held my gaze There is no wonder there I learned my lesson well No need to wonder where that girl has gone There is a secret no one knows I set my face, I changed my clothes I dreamed I stood as you were passing Just as the horse-drawn carriage sped away Of petticoats in puddles dragging And my highbutton boots were splashed with clay But when the summer was in flame You broke your word, denied my name There is no wonder there I learned my lesson well No need to wonder where that girl has gone But as the winter drags along It blurs your sense of right and wrong There is no wonder there I learned my lesson well No need to wonder where that girl has gone Baby Plays Around It's not open to discussion anymore She's out again tonight and I'm alone once more She's all I have worth waiting for But baby plays around And so it seems I've always been the last to know To hold on to that girl, I had to let her go I wish to God I didn't love her so 'Cos baby plays around I try to be strong, hold on to my pride She doesn't even know it's wrong, how much I hurt inside And heaven knows I've tried But baby plays around, just a plaything It's hard to reconcile the facts I'm facing It's not open to discussion anymore She walks those shiny streets I walk the worn-out floor She's all I have worth living for Baby plays, baby plays around Go Leave Go, leave She's better than me Or at least she is stronger She will make it last longer That's nice for you Go, leave Don't come back No more am I for the taking But I can't say that my heart's not aching It's breaking in two I remember days when we laughed a lot Those that weren't so good I soon forgot We could sit and talk till words Were coming out our ears Not just for days or weeks or months But it's been years Now here they come Here they come here come my tears So go, leave You said goodbye But could it be that you are stalling Hearts have a way of calling When they've been true Rope Down by the harbourside A boat is fastened by a length of rope It was a perfect match Dreaming of escape Feeling almost detached Look beneath the waves The seabirds diving down into black water The morning bells begin Schoolchildren chant and spin A length of rope Below a hanging tree Like cruel secrets some of us turn out to be Should our love increase We are all released like statues from marble While in a prison yard They're taking turns to guard A length of rope Are you too weak to fight? Picking up a thread and then stretching it tight Look beneath the waves The seabirds diving down into black water Still our love increased We are all released like statues from marble Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) I can hear so much in your sighs And I can see so much in your eyes There are words we both could say But don't talk, put your head on my shoulder Come close, close your eyes and be still Don't talk, take my hand and let me hear your heart beat Being here with you feels so right We could live forever tonight Lets not think about tomorrow And don't talk put your head on my shoulder Come close, close your eyes and be still Don't talk, take my hand and listen to my heart beat Listen, listen, listen. Don't talk, put your head on my shoulder Don't talk, close your eyes and be still Don't talk, put your head on my shoulder Don't talk, close your eyes and be still Don't talk, put your head on my shoulder Broken Bicycles / Junk Broken Bicycles Broken bicycles, old busted chains Rusted handlebars, out in the rain Somebody must have an orphanage for All these things that nobody wants anymore September's reminding July It's time to be saying goodbye Summer is gone, our love will remain Like old broken bicycles out in the rain Junk Motorcars, handlebars Bicycles for two Broken-hearted jubilee Parachutes, army boots Sleeping bags for two Sentimental jamboree "Buy! Buy!" says the sign in the shop window "Why? Why?" says the junk in the yard Broken Bicycles Broken bicycles, don't tell my folks 'Cos all those playing cards pinned to the spokes Laid out like skeletons out on the lawn The wheels won't turn when the other half's gone Seasons can turn on a dime Somehow I forget every time For the things that you've given me Will always stay They're broken But I'll never throw them away The Other Woman The other woman finds time to manicure her nails The other woman is perfect where her rival fails And she’s never seen with pin curls in her hair The other woman enchants her clothes with French perfume The other woman keeps fresh cut flowers in each room There are never toys that’re scattered everywhere And when her baby comes to call He’ll find her waiting like a lonesome queen Cos when she’s by his side It’s such a change from old routine But the other woman will always cry herself to sleep The other woman will never have his love to keep And as the years go by the other woman Will spend her life alone Like An Angel Passing Through My Room Long awaited darkness falls Casting shadows on the walls In the twilight hour I am alone Sitting near the fireplace Dying embers warm my face In this peaceful solitude All the outside world subdued Everything comes back to me again In the gloom Like an angel passing through my room Half awake and half in dreams Seeing long forgotten scenes So the present runs into the past Now and then become entwined Playing games within my mind Like the embers as they die Love was one prolonged goodbye And it all comes back to me tonight In the gloom Like an angel passing through my room I close my eyes And my twilight images go by All too soon Like an angel passing through my room Green Song Fine rain was falling on the gravel and glades The last rays of September bejewelled broken blades But there's someone that I long for Oh, where have you been? As the red earth lies under a covering of green Do you trip on the city's golden gutters and kerbs? As the seasons grow wild and the ground undisturbed `Till you find what you are now Is less than you've been As the red earth lies under a covering of green Is patience exhausted? Are your pockets picked clean? I was lost in the next world Or somewhere in between And it's much as predicted They go down that same track They say they'll return But they never come back Fine rain was falling on the gravel and glades The lest rays of September bejewelled broken blades Are you still restless Or are you serene? As the red earth lies under just a covering of green April After All It's really coming down Raining cats and hounds It's falling on parades And on the plans we made But there'll be other days And things will turn our way The rain has got to fall It's April after all Even the longest night Will lead you to daylight It's the way May leads to June And it's how I've come to you The world goes spinning round Life goes up and down And rain is bound to fall It's April after all They'll be other days Darling come what may The rain has got to fall It's April after all Tears are bound to fall It's April after all You Still Believe In Me I Want To Vanish I want to vanish This is my fondest wish To go where I cannot be captured Laid on a decorated dish Even in splendor this curious fate Is more than I care to surrender Now it's too late (Chorus:) Whether in wonder or indecent haste You arrange the mirrors and the spools To snare the rare and precious jewels That were only made of paste If you should stumble upon my last remark I'm crying in the wilderness I'm trying my best to make it dark How can I tell you I'm rarer than most I'm certain as a lost dog Pondering a sign post (Repeat Chorus) I want to vanish This is my last request I've given you the awful truth Now give me my rest For No One Your day breaks Your mind aches You find that all her words of kindness linger on When she no longer needs you She wakes up She makes up She takes her time and doesn't feel she has to hurry; She no longer needs you And in her eyes you see nothing No sign of love behind the tears Cried for no one A love that should have lasted years You want her You need her And yet you don't believe her when she says Her love is dead You think she needs you And in her eyes you see nothing No sign of love behind the tears Cried for no one A love that should have lasted years You stay home She goes out She says that long ago she knew someone But now he's gone She doesn't need him Your day breaks Your mind aches There will be times when all the things she said will fill your head You won't forget her And in her eyes you see nothing No sign of love behind the tears Cried for no one A love that should have lasted years Shamed Into Love I fear, my dear We've forgotten the things strangers do If we could look back To the terrible thrill that we knew Am I imagining a world without you? Must we be shamed into love? What can I say? Will you pardon my stupid embrace? Sometimes I'm desperate While you're wiping the smile from your face Am I surrendering, or am I replaced? Must we be shamed into love? Shamed into love You're once a fool for having it Twice a fool for letting it go Somewhere my love there's a feeling deep inside of me That I can't let go Oh, you'll never know But then, my darling I've forbidden myself to confess I've looked around now But I always return to your face In a world where everything I once cursed, I bless It must be you who shamed me into love Must we be shamed into love? Just A Curio In the cold pale sunlight that was slanting down, I spied Frost reflecting on the glass and in the air outside Fond relations mouthing words of love and tragedy Though it's cold there's vapour rising from a moving stream In a narrow, shallow bed of fine linen and starch Where her long hair tumbled once upon her graceful arch Lace hung on the counters and the walnut cabinets Teeth ware chattering like schoolgirls clicking castanets There will be no light to guide as you ascend the stairs There may be a candle as you kneel and say your prayers Throw the window wide and open, keep this mark from me Just the letter "T" and its most dread companion "B" How in heaven? Hadn't it been conquered long ago? How did it come back again? It's just a curio This House Is Empty Now These rooms play tricks upon you Remember when they were always filled with laughter? But now they're quite deserted They seem to just echo voices raised in anger Maybe you will see my face reflected there on the pane In the window of our poor forlorn and broken home Still this house is empty now There's nothing I can do to make you want to stay So tell me how am I supposed to live without you? These walls were lined with pictures Remember the glass we charged in celebration? But now I fill my life up With all that I can to deaden this sensation Do you recognize the face fixed in that fine silver frame? Were you really so unhappy then? You never said So this house is empty now There's nothing I can do to make you want to stay So tell me how am I supposed to live without you? Oh, if I could just become forgetful when night seems endless Does the extinguished candle care about the darkness? It's funny how my memory Will bring you so close then make you disappear Meanwhile all our friends must choose Who they will favour, who they will lose Hang the garland high or close the door And throw away the key This house is empty now There's no one living here You have to care about This house is empty now There's nothing I can do to make you want to stay So tell me how Am I supposed to live without you? This house is empty now There's no one living here you have to care about This house is empty now There's nothing I can do to make you want to stay So tell me how am I supposed to live without you? Take It With Me Phone's off the hook No one knows where we are It's a long time since I Drank champagne The ocean is blue As blue as your eyes I'm gonna take it with me When I go Old long since gone Now way back when We lived in Coney Island Ain't no good thing Ever dies I'm gonna take it with me When I go Far far away a train Whistle blows Wherever you're goin Wherever you've been Waving good bye at the end Of the day You're up and you're over And you're far away Always for you, and Forever yours It felt just like the old days We fell asleep on Beaula's porch I'm gonna take it with me When I go All broken down by The side of the road I was never more alive or Alone I've worn the faces off All the cards I'm gonna take it with me When I go Children are playing At the end of the day Strangers are singing On our lawn It's got to be more Than flesh and bone All that you've loved Is all you own In a land there's a town And in that town there's A house And in that house There's a woman And in that woman There's a heart I love I'm gonna take it With me when I go I'm gonna take it With me when I go For The Stars The stars were so much brighter then They dim and die So why pretend the sky goes on forever But if they fade as science teaches Poets lose the power of speech Waste paper, ink and feather If I'd taken up the trumpet as I should have done Then I wouldn't be always losing sleep While I'm trying to make this rhyme For the stars were so much They were so much brighter then If I couldn't put a price on your head What's the use of me trying for the stars? The morning comes, the days are just The time between until the dusk When we can be together If I'd taken up the drums and I could play in time If I had the power, would I be wondering how I'm ever going to write this down For the stars were so much They were so much brighter then If I couldn't put a price on your head Then what's the use of me trying for the stars? You Go To My Head You go to my head And you linger like a hauntin' refrain And I find you spinning round in my brain Like the bubbles in a glass of champagne You go to my head Like a sip of sparkling burgundy brew And I find the very mention of you Like the kicker in a julep or two The thrill of the thought that you might give a thought To my plea, casts a spell over me So, I say to myself get a hold of yourself Can't you see that it never can be? You go to my head With smile that makes my temperature rise Like a summer with a thousand Julys You intoxicate my soul with your eyes Though I'm certain that this heart of mine Hasn't a ghost of a chance with this crazy romance You go to my head The thrill of the thought that you might give a thought To my plea, casts a spell over me So, I say to myself get a hold of yourself Can't you see that it never can be? You go to my head With smile that makes my temperature rise Like a summer with a thousand Julys You intoxicate my soul with your eyes Though I'm certain that this heart of mine Hasn't a ghost of a chance in this crazy romance You go to my head

<<  Painted From Memory When I Was Cruel  >> For The Stars studio album by Anne Sofie von Otter & Elvis Costello Released April 10, 2001 Recorded February 2000 - January 2001, Atlantis Grammophon AB, Stockholm, Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Westside Studios, London Producer Elvis Costello Label Deutsche Grammophon

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