though my flame burns blue If I seem a stranger I feel far from danger We tamper and we toy With passion over joy Even though my flame burns blue Even
Oversættelse: Elvis Costello. Min Flame Burns Blue (Blood Count).
up my street He was a sad case tripping up the staircase Friends and relations are laughing at my head Gathered like crows at the end of my bed I hope
Even though my flame burns blue If I seem a stranger I feel far from danger We tamper and we toy With passion over joy Even though my flame burns blue
Put away forbidden playthings Amusements and distractions And dismantle the contraption and carry it away In time as beauty dissolves into glamour It
of your smile And cloud your dim corrupted eyes Just before the concertina wrecks your noble brow The fatal flaw I can't allow Depart now, my angel The gaoler of my
Well, you're standing on the corner flagging all the girls you see Now do like EC and let those ladies be You know that's wrong, man, you know that's
again for the lamest excuse [Chorus] Put out my eyes so I may never spy Waving branches as they're waving goodbye Their vile perfume brings to my mouth
Upon a veil of midnight blue There hung a crescent moon To light the view But I don't whisper the words When the moment arose I wonder how he knows You
see in hers too Now your eyes are red from crying Almost blue Flirting with this disaster became me It named me as the fool who only aimed to be Almost blue
With a handful of backhanders and a bevy of beauty You're going off limits Going off duty Going off the rails Going off with booty They tell tales of
her flawless skin and her petulant pout The memory of such a long blond alibi still makes me want to shout out loud You ************ when you clear your head my
sense how I feel? I long to hear you whisper my name 'Til you tell me "My Darling, you may be my man." There will be days when you must go from my sight
warm cellophane Her lovers fell like skittles in a 10-pin bowling lane But nothing could compare with the explosion of fame So you jumped back with alarm Every Elvis
until the teardrops start, but he can't be wounded 'cause he's got no heart. Long shot of that jumping sign, Visible shivers running down my spine.
my last chance of happiness So God give me strength God if she'd grant me her indulgence and decline I might as well Wipe her from my memory Fracture the spell As she becomes my