(Written by Nick Lowe The best-known version originally recorded by Elvis Costello & The Attractions) As I walk through This wicked world Searchin'
Let me start this from the day we met. You looked so beautiful, i never will forget. Then you opened up your eyes, looked at me and kinda smiled. I was
these hospital walls are the palest of white here in this desert they're reciting my last rites the smell of these halls brings temporary comfort as
Is this how it was intended? The sunrise over smoke stacks in the Midwest, the beauty of this abandoned factory. Christmas lights blinking on and off
You said you wanted to be loved I think you wanted to be saved But tell me how am I supposed to save a girl like you When I don't even know how to save
Did i ever tell you that i really love you... And i think about you all day? I really miss you and wish i could kiss you But why are you so far away? (
We all are so faithful We all are so lost within our hearts There's a spark in reply And then our colors burst in gold And we all become like... Fading
(from "Anywhere But Here" 2002 Re-release) What have I done, what have I got? Your life is really useless, your life is really shot. Gun toting losers
Time to burn it all away, time to think of what to say Time to go right back to yesterday. Time for movements in the past, time for something that won
Maybe I'm not ready for this, and you know it. Maybe I'm too scared to tell you what I'm really thinking It's not fair to stay together because of regrets
All this useless beauty is haunting to my heart Dim the headlights, make amendments Starry sea of night Oh, sounds of silence so enchanting, all embracing
The smell of incense It fills the air inside this room The Casa Blanca love Shirt about the floor A casket lined with pills And a bitter taste of absence
I think that we're lost again And this looks like the shitty side of town. We're running out of gas And the sun is going... Down... down... down. Time
It's nice to meet Someone with a future as fucked up as mine. So, i'm unpredictable, Is this some fucking sign of the times? I take pride In what i do
Looking for a place to call my home Where will I sleep tonight, even I don't know. You ask yourself 'is this how I want to live?" When empty hands have
Won't you come over? You know that you want to. How does it feel to know I still want you? Why do we always seem, To want what we can't have? Lessons
What can i say? I'll bite my tongue again today. What can i do when i feel so stupid over you? I wish they'd go ahead and cut it off. And i don't wanna
You inhale the toxic fumes, I look away, and then resume to... Do all the things that i told myself I wouldn't ever do. Why do i always believe, That
