Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song New Amsterdam , by - Elvis Costello. Release date: 31.12.2006
Song language: English
New Amsterdam |
| You’re sending me tulips mistaken for lilies |
| You give me your lip after punching me silly |
| You turned my head till it rolled down the brain drain |
| If I had any sense now I wouldn’t want it back again |
| New Amsterdam it’s become much too much |
| Till I have the possession of everything she touches |
| Till I step on the brakes to get out of her clutches |
| Till I speak double dutch to a real double duchess |
| Down on the mainspring, listen to the tick tock |
| Clock all the faces that move in on your block |
| Twice shy and dog tired because you’ve been bitten |
| Everything you say now sounds like it was ghost-written |
| New Amsterdam it’s become much too much |
| Till I have the possession of everything she touches |
| Till I step on the brakes to get out of her clutches |
| Till I speak double dutch to a real double duchess |
| Back in London they’ll take you to heart after a little while |
| Though I look right at home I still feel like an exile |
| Somehow I found myself down at the dockside |
| Thinking of the old days of Liverpool and Rotherhide |
| Transparent people who live on the other side |
| Living a life that is almost like suicide |
| New Amsterdam it’s become much too much |
| Till I have the possession of everything she touches |
| Till I step on the brakes to get out of her clutches |
| Till I speak double dutch to a real double duchess |