
Date of issue: 31.12.2006
Record label: Elvis Costello
Song language: English
The World And His Wife |
The family circle gather round from very far and near |
To pass around the same remarks they passed away last year |
The little girl you dangle on your knee without mishap |
Stirs something in your memory |
And something in your lap |
But it’s a living |
This is the life |
For the world and his wife |
The world and his wife |
The kissing cousins slip outside to cuddle and confess |
She says sweet nothing at all it’s much more of a mess |
The conversation melts like chocolate down their open jaws |
As the juniper berry slips down just like last night’s drawers |
To tell the truth our Mum ran off with someone else father |
Went for two weeks holiday in taramasalata |
Daddy went out with the rubbish and he kept on walking |
Between Mum and the walls |
God only knows who does the talking |
But later on in the evening through the tears and folder |
Come the sentimental feelings for the lure of vitriol |
Longing thoughts go hankering for the old home overseas |
With a blindfold and a national anthem |
Sung in different keys |
Name | Year |
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I Want You ft. Elvis Costello | 2011 |
Alison | 2006 |
She | 2011 |
Pump It Up ft. The Attractions, Juanes | 2021 |
My Mood Swings ft. The Brodsky Quartet | 2004 |
(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding ft. Elvis Costello | 2006 |
Welcome To The Working Week | 2006 |
This Year's Girl ft. The Attractions | 1978 |
Watching The Detectives | 2006 |
Oliver's Army ft. The Attractions | 2006 |
I Want You ft. The Attractions | 2011 |
Beyond Belief ft. The Attractions | 2006 |
I'll Never Fall in Love Again ft. Burt Bacharach | 1999 |
The Beat ft. The Attractions | 1978 |
Everyday I Write The Book ft. The Attractions | 2006 |
I Felt the Chill Before the Winter Came | 2008 |
(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding ft. Elvis Costello | 2006 |
Accidents Will Happen ft. The Attractions | 2011 |
Goon Squad ft. The Attractions | 1979 |
This Year's Girl | 1978 |