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A Voice In The Dark
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Elvis Costello
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You can read right through a book of matches But that won't make you smart You can laugh in the face of watches But time will only break your heartKings reign beneath umbrellas Hide pennies down in cellars And money pours down and yet No everyone gets soaking wetWhen bores and bullies conspire To stamp out your spark Listen for... A Voice In The DarkNot a moment too soon as we blue the moon And a wolf begins to howl in tune I announced for all mankind A boon Stand aside you big baboon Now I'm the a prize invention You're the image of yourself Forget your cares And disapproving stares I'm not here to try to jump your borders Just ask your nieces and daughtersI'm flat as sole, I'm happy as a clam But they don't know the kind of man I am Little fish swimming in a jealous shoal Now my net is overflowing And I suddenly seem to be all seeing and all knowing I've got something right there They you need to hear But have no fear Lend a hand Lend an ear If your rent-money is in arrearsWe'll be striking up a symphony bandstand Long of hair and loose of tooth There'll be pirouettes and startling handstands And who but acrobats know how to tell the truth When is said that then redundant They gallivant in peg-leg pants I'll be your servant You'll be my pal I'll be ever faithful you know I shall There's no fool like an old fool Who blames it all upon his youth When times are tough and you find you're down Without a star to wish upon Just listen for... A Voice In The DarkI was striking through a box of matches Hoping that one would spark I heard somebody calling to me A voice in the dark A sound both wild and gentle Daring and confidential I thought there was music playing But it was all and only talk When liars and bullies conspire to stamp out spark Fill up that empty space in your heart Listen up, when the herald says, "Hark" Believe in just a voice in the dark...
Это интересно:Певец и композитор Элвис Костелло (настоящее имя Диклэн Макманус) родился 25 августа 1954 года в Великобритании.Элвис Костелло начал свою музыкальную карьеру в группе Flip City, которая выступала в лондонских пивных, - в тот период (середина семидесятых) он взял псевдоним Элвис Костелло и заинтересовался фолк-роком. Долгое время ему не удавалось получить контракт на запись: представителей крупных... продолжение
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