Lyrics - Credits - Discography - Covers - Bootlegs - Chords
Lyrics
I was committed to life and then commuted to the outskirts
With all the love in the world
Living for thirty minutes at a time with a break in the middle for adverts
But it's a wonderful world within these cinema walls
Where a shower of affection becomes Niagara Falls
And you wish she could step down from the screen to your seat in the stalls
But if stars are only painted on the ceiling above
Then who can you turn to and who do you love
I want to get out while I still can
I want to be like Harry Houdini
Now I'm the invisible man
My head is spinning 'round faster and faster
Here I stand on the edge of disaster
I'm shattered like a piece of crystal, porcelain or alabaster
'Cos if stars are only painted on the ceiling above
Then who can you turn to and who do you love
I want to get out while I still can
Crowds surround loudspeakers hanging from the lampposts
Listening to the murder mystery
Meanwhile someone's hiding in the classroom
Forging the books of history
Never mind there's a good film showing tonight
Where they hang everybody who can read or write
Oh, that could never happen here, but then again it might
'Cos if stars are only painted on the ceiling above
Then who can you turn to and who do you love
I want to get out while I still can
I want to be like Harry Houdini
Now I'm the invisible man
And you won't see me
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Credits
- Elvis Costello - vocals and guitar
- Steve Nieve - keyboards
- Bruce Thomas - bass
- Pete Thomas - drums
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Discography
Albums:
Singles:
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Collections:
Soundtracks:
Various Artists collections:
Covers
Recorded by:
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Performed by:
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Bootlegs
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Chords
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