
Date of issue: 31.12.2009
Record label: Elvis Costello, Hear MusicTM, StarCon
Song language: English
A Voice In The Dark |
You can read right through a book of matches |
But that won’t make you smart |
You can laugh in the face of watches |
But time will only break your heart |
Kings reign beneath umbrellas |
Hide pennies down in cellars |
And money pours down and yet |
Not everyone gets soaking wet |
When bores and bullies conspire |
To stamp out your spark |
Listen for… |
A Voice In The Dark |
Not a moment too soon as we blue the moon |
And a wolf begins to howl in tune |
I announced for all mankind |
A boon |
Stand aside you big baboon |
Now I’m the a prize invention |
You’re the image of yourself |
Forget your cares |
And disapproving stares |
I’m not here to try to jump your borders |
Just ask your nieces and daughters |
I’m flat as sole, I’m happy as a clam |
But they don’t know the kind of man I am |
Little fish swimming in a jealous shoal |
Now my net is overflowing |
And I suddenly seem to be all seeing and all knowing |
I’ve got something right there |
They you need to hear |
But have no fear |
Lend a hand |
Lend an ear |
If your rent-money is in arrears |
We’ll be striking up a symphony bandstand |
Long of hair and loose of tooth |
There’ll be pirouettes and startling handstands |
And who but acrobats know how to tell the truth |
When is said that then redundant |
They gallivant in peg-leg pants |
I‘ll be your servant |
You’ll be my pal |
I’ll be ever faithful you know I shall |
There’s no fool like an old fool |
Who blames it all upon his youth |
When times are tough and you find you’re down |
Without a star to wish upon |
Just listen for… |
A Voice In The Dark |
I was striking through a box of matches |
Hoping that one would spark |
I heard somebody calling to me |
A voice in the dark |
A sound both wild and gentle |
Daring and confidential |
I thought there was music playing |
But it was all and only talk |
When liars and bullies conspire to stamp out spark |
Fill up that empty space in your heart |
Listen up, when the herald says, «Hark» |
Believe in just a voice in the dark… |
Name | Year |
---|---|
Alison | 2006 |
She | 2011 |
My Mood Swings ft. The Brodsky Quartet | 2004 |
Welcome To The Working Week | 2006 |
Watching The Detectives | 2006 |
I Want You ft. The Attractions | 2011 |
I'll Never Fall in Love Again ft. Burt Bacharach | 1999 |
I Felt the Chill Before the Winter Came | 2008 |
(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding ft. The Attractions | 2006 |
This Year's Girl | 1978 |
Oliver's Army ft. The Attractions | 2006 |
The Lovers That Never Were ft. Elvis Costello | 1989 |
Miracle Man | 2011 |
It Had To Be You ft. Vince Giordano, The Nighthawks | 2012 |
You Want Her Too ft. Elvis Costello | 1989 |
So Like Candy | 2012 |
That Day Is Done ft. Elvis Costello | 1989 |
Fairly Right ft. Elvis Costello | 2007 |
Everyday I Write The Book ft. The Attractions | 2006 |
No Action | 2006 |