Indoor Fireworks

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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)

Credits Written by: Elvis Costello Produced by: J. Henry (T-Bone) Burnett and Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus with Larry Kalman Hirsch Musicians: The Little Hands Of Concrete - acoustic guitar, vocals James Burton - acoustic guitar Jerry Scheff - string bass Mitchell Froom - Hammond organ Discography Albums: King Of America, 1986 King Of America (reissue), Rykodisc/Demon, 1995 King Of America (Deluxe Edition), Rhino/Edsel, 2005 Singles: none Collections: Girls GIrls Girls, 1989 (CD/LP only) The Very Best Of Elvis Costello & The Attractions, 1994 The Very Best Of Elvis Costello, 1999 Soundtracks: none Various Artists collections: none Alternate Versions: Indoor Fireworks (Solo Demo) King Of America (Deluxe Edition), Rhino/Edsel, 2005 Produced by: (none credited) Musicians: Elvis Costello - vocal, guitar Covers Recorded by: Laura Cantrell - (mp3 download) (1999) Lou Dalgleish, on Calmer (1999) Nick Lowe Kev Russell's Junker, on Almost You: The Songs Of Elvis Costello (2003) This section is incomplete. Performed by: This section is incomplete. Bootlegs This section is incomplete.

Chords

Chords:

       E A D G B e

E7:    0 2 0 1 3 0

Esus:  0 2 2 2 0 0

B7:    0 2 1 2 0 2

C#m:   4 4 6 6 5 4

F#m:   2 4 4 2 2 2



             E
We play these parlour games

We play at make believe
            E7                A
When we get to the part where I say that I'm going to leave
          A/G#    A/F#  A/E        B7            E
Everybody loves a happy ending but we don't even try
A     A/G#     A/F#    A/E
We go straight past pretending
B7                          C#m
To the part where everybody loves to cry

C#m // B7

Chorus
E                   Esus E
Indoor fireworks

Can still burn your fingers
B7
Indoor fireworks
E
We swore we were safe as houses

They're not so spectacular
          E7              A
They don't burn up in the sky
    A    A/G# A/F#  A/E B7
But they can  daz - zle or delight
F#m           B7
   Or bring a tear
                           E
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

Internal links

• Elvis Costello Home Page: King Of America | lyrics | chords | KOA info page 1
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External links

• Elvis Costello on Rhino King Of America resissue page