Indoor Fireworks

Lyrics - Credits - Discography - Covers - Bootlegs - Chords

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: T Bone Burnett & Elvis Costello with Larry Kalman Hirsch Musicians: Elvis Costello - 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, 2005 This section may be incomplete. Singles: This section may be incomplete. Collections: Album Name, Year This section may be incomplete. Soundtracks: none Various Artists collections: none 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

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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