Poison Moon

Lyrics

Cut loose in a nightmare, cast off in my dreams

If home is anywhere that I can hang my hat

Then it's coming apart at the seams

My luck is hanging upside down

I try to hold on tight

But money's rolling out of town

And love slips right out of sight

And these bones, they don't look so good to me

Jokers talk and they all disagree

One day soon, I will laugh right in the face of the poison moon

You look in the mirror

I'm sorry, but it can't be replaced

You're thrown straight out in that cruel parade

Buttoned down and laced

It starts like fascination, it ends up like a trance

You've gotta use your imagination on some of that magazine romance

And these bones--they don't look so good to me

Jokers talk and they all disagree

One day soon, I will laugh right in the face of the poison moon

One day soon, I will laugh right in the face of the poison moon

Credits

• Written by: Elvis Costello
• Recorded in Elvis' bedroom, late 1975/early 1976
• First broadcast by Charlie Gillett on his BBC Radio London programme Honky Tonk 1976-08-15
• Musicians:

Elvis Costello - vocals, guitar

Discography

Albums:

• My Aim Is True (reissue), Rykodisc/Demon, 1993
• My Aim Is True (Deluxe Edition), Rhino, 2001

Singles:

• none

Collections:

• 2½ Years, 1993
• This section may be incomplete.

Alternate Versions:

• This section may be incomplete.

Soundtracks:

• none

Various Artists collections:

• none

Covers

Recorded by:

• none
• This section may be incomplete.

Performed by:

• none
• This section may be incomplete.

Bootlegs

• Honky Tonk Demos
• This section may be incomplete.