
Date of issue: 29.10.2020
Record label: Elvis Costello
Song language: English
Byline |
I read by line by line by line |
Some words of yours, some words of mine |
Some sentiments are best forgot |
Some letters read then folded shut |
The profile on a postage stamp |
I traced it by my reading lamp |
Remembered when I’d sit in wait |
Then marked our parting from that date |
I read by line by line by line |
That old sarcastic Valentine |
That you denied you’d sent to me |
Then took it back |
It’s a thought that we shared, a careless phrase |
A curse or a joke, some words of praise |
But I didn’t write |
Did you wonder why? |
It was the easiest way to say «Goodbye» |
You’ll see my photo beside the article |
«That's just some guy I used to know |
I was never his |
He was always mine |
But I wrote him off by line by line» |
By line by line by line by line by line by line |
By line by line |
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 |