Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The Other End of the Telescope, artist - Elvis Costello. Date of issue: 10.06.2012
Song language: English
The Other End of the Telescope |
| Shall we agree that just this once |
| I’m gonna change my life |
| Until it’s just as tiny or important as you like? |
| And in time we won’t even recall that we spoke |
| Words that turned out to be as big as smoke |
| As smoke that disappears in the air |
| There’s always something that’s smoldering somewhere |
| I know it don’t make a difference to you |
| But oh! |
| It sure made a difference to me |
| You’ll see me off in the distance, i hope |
| At the other end |
| At the other end of the telescope |
| The promise of indulgence in my confidential voice |
| Approached immortal danger but you’ll never know how close |
| Then down the hall i overheard such a heavenly choir |
| They interrupted my evil designs |
| One day you are up in the clouds |
| The next thing you’re down with the Sweet Adelines |
| Lie down baby now don’t say a word |
| There there baby your vision is blurred |
| Your head is so sore from all of that thinking |
| I don’t want to hurt you now |
| But i think you’re shrinking |
| You’re half-naked ambition and you’re half out of your wits |
| Or several tiny fractions that this portrait still omits |
| And it’s so hard to pick the receiver up when i call |
| I never noticed you could be so small |
| The answer was under your nose but the question never arose |
| I know it don’t make a difference to you |
| But oh! |
| It sure made a difference to me |
| Cause late in the evening as i sit here moping |
| With a bamboo needle on a shellac of Chopin |
| And the cast-iron heart that you failed to tear open |
| At the other end |
| At the other end of the telescope |