Almost Blue lyrics

Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used To Do)? Why don't you love me like you used to do? How come you treat me like a worn-out shoe? My hair is still curly and my eyes are still blue Why don't you love me like you used to do? Ain't had no lovin' like a-huggin' and a-kissin' in a long, long while We don't get nearer, further, closer than a country mile Why don't you be the sort you used to be? How come you find so many faults with me? I'm the same old trouble that you've always been through Why don't you love me like you used to do? Ain't had no lovin' like a-huggin' and a-kissin' in a long, long while We don't get nearer, further, closer than a country mile Why don't you spark me like you used to do? Say sweet nothings like you used to coo Somebody's changed, so let me give you a clue Why don't you love me like you used to do? Why don't you love me like you used to do? Why don't you love me like you used to do? Sweet Dreams Sweet dreams of you, every night I go through I should hate you girl, the whole night through Instead of having sweet dreams all about you You don't love me it's plain I should have known you'd never share my name Why can't I forget you girl, start loving someone new? Instead of having sweet dreams all about you Why can't I forget my past, start loving someone new? Instead I'm having sweet dreams all about you Sweet dreams of you, every night I go through I should hate you girl, the whole night through Instead I'm having sweet dreams all about you Success We used to go out walking hand in hand You told me all the big things you had planned It wasn't long till all your dreams came true Success put me in second place with you You have no time to love me anymore Since fame and fortune knocked upon our door I spend all my evenings all alone Success has made a failure of our home If we could spend an evening now and then Perhaps we'd find true happiness again You never hold me like you used to do It's funny what success has done for you You have no time to love me anymore Since fame and fortune knocked upon our door I spend all my evenings all alone Success has made a failure of our home I'm Your Toy You may be sweet and nice That won't keep you warm at night 'Cause I'm the one who taught you how To do the things you're doing now He may feel all your charms He may hold you in his arms But I'm the one who let you in I was right beside you then Once upon a time You let me feel you deep inside Where nobody knew, nobody saw Do you remember the way you cried? I'm your toy, I'm your old boy But I don't want no one but you to love me Oh, I wouldn't lie You know I'm not that kind of guy Once upon a time You let me feel you deep inside And nobody knew, nobody saw Do you remember the way you cried? I'm your toy, I'm your old boy But I don't want no one but you to love me Oh, I wouldn't lie You know I'm not that kind of guy Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down Tonight the bottle let me down And let your memory come around The one true friend I thought I'd found Tonight the bottle let me down I've always had a bottle I could turn to And lately I've been turnin' every day But the wine don't take effect the way it used to And I'm hurtin' in an old familiar way Tonight the bottle let me down And let your memory come around The one true friend I thought I'd found Tonight the bottle let me down Each night I leave the bar room when it's over Not feeling any pain at closing time But tonight your memory found me much too sober I can't drink enough to keep you off my mind Tonight the bottle let me down And let your memory come around The one true friend I thought I'd found Tonight the bottle let me down Oh, tonight the bottle let me down Brown To Blue We stood there in the courthouse room so close but far apart You brought along the lawyer and I brought a broken heart The judge pronounced the words the way you wanted him to do That changed your name from Brown to Jones and mine from Brown to Blue I couldn't help my tears from falling on the courtroom floor My love, they took away my right to love you anymore My world just seemed to stop as I stood there so close to you You changed your name from Brown to Jones and mine from Brown to Blue The judge forgot to tell me how I'd live my life alone What I would do without you after loving you so long He didn't seem to care that I'm still in love with you You changed your name from Brown to Jones and mine from Brown to Blue I couldn't help my tears from falling on the courtroom floor My love, they took away my right to love you anymore My world just seemed to stop as I stood there so close to you You changed your name from Brown to Jones and mine from Brown to Blue Good Year For The Roses I can hardly bear the sight of lipstick On the cigarettes there in the ashtray Lying cold the way you left them But at least your lips caressed them while you packed Or the lip-print on a half-filled cup of coffee That you poured and didn't drink But at least you thought you wanted it That's so much more than I can say for me What a good year for the roses Many blooms still linger there The lawn could stand another mowing Funny I don't even care As you turn to walk away As the door behind you closes The only thing I have to say It's been a good year for the roses After three full years of marriage It's the first time that you haven't made the bed I guess the reason we're not talking There's so little left to say we haven't said While a million thoughts go racing through my mind I find I haven't said a word From the bedroom the familiar sound Of our baby's crying goes unheard What a good year for the roses Many blooms still linger there The lawn could stand another mowing Funny I don't even care As you turn to walk away As the door behind you closes The only thing I have to say It's been a good year for the roses Sittin' And Thinkin' I got loaded last night on a bottle of gin And I had a fight with my best girlfriend When I'm drinkin' I am nobody's friend So please baby wait for me until they let me out again I know the same thing has happened before And each time it happens, I hate it more and more When I'm drinkin' I am nobody's friend So please baby wait for me until they let me out again I spent a whole lotta time sittin' and thinkin' Sittin' and just thinkin' 'bout you If I didn't spend so much time sittin' and drinkin' We'd still have the love I thought we knew I won't promise the same thing won't happen again But I can promise, it'll be a long, long time till then 'Cause when I'm drinkin' I am nobody's friend So please baby wait for me until they let me out again Colour Of The Blues Up above me are the skies Like the twinkle in your eye Blue must be the colour of the blues In the mail, the letters came The ink and paper look the same Blue must be the colour of the blues Bluebird singin' in the tree Seems to sympathize with me 'Cause he's not singin' like he used to do Pretty waters in the sea Feel as cold as you left me Blue must be the colour of the blues Blue days come and blue days go The way I feel, nobody knows Life is finally empty without you There's a blue note in each song That I sing since you've been gone Blue must be the colour of the blues There's a blue note in each song That I sing since you've been gone Blue must be the colour of the blues Too Far Gone I can tell somewhere there's someone you love more than me Someone you love more than me And it hurts to say it, but you have a right to be free I know that's the way it should be Oh but I'm too far gone Too far gone I know I've loved you too much for too long And I'm too far gone If ever your new love should hurt you or make you feel blue Hurt you or make you feel blue Just remember your old love will still be around loving you I'll be around loving you Oh 'cause I'm too far gone Too far gone I know I've loved you too much for too long And I'm too far gone Honey Hush Come into this house and stop that yakety yak Come into this house and stop that yakety yak 'Cause your sugar-daddy don't want no talkin' back You keep on jabberin', talkin' 'bout this and that You keep on jabberin', talkin' 'bout this and that I got news for ya baby, you ain't nothin' but an alley cat Turn off the waterworks baby, they don't move me no more Turn off the waterworks baby, they don't move me no more I'm leavin' this town, ain't comin' back no more Honey hush Come into this house and stop that yakety yak Come into this house and stop that yakety yak You're makin' me nervous and I'm holdin' a baseball bat Hi-ho, hi-ho silver Hi-ho, hi-ho silver Hi-ho, hi-ho silver Hi-ho, hi-ho silver Hi-ho, hi-ho silver away How Much I Lied Darling, there is one thing I must tell you, you must know It's so hard to say the words I feel This fancy that I'm on has been going on too long It's time to stop pretending things are real 'Cause I've been living deep in sin, I've been living blind And I just don't know what's right or wrong To take a chance on losing you is such a silly thing to do A chance I might wake up and find you gone Blue, so blue, my love is burning blue Any brighter flame would be a lie Blue, so blue, my love still burns for you But I know I'll only make you cry A thief can only steal from you He cannot break your heart He can never touch the precious things inside Someone like you should surely be Miles and miles away from me Then you'd never care how much I lied So try to understand the pain It takes so long when I explain Please don't you forget how much I lied How much I lied

<<  Trust Imperial Bedroom  >> Almost Blue studio album by Elvis Costello & The Attractions Released October 1981 Recorded May 18-29, 1981, CBS Studio A, Nashville Producer Billy Sherrill

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