Ascension Day

Elvis Costello

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Elvis Costello

Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick MacManus, 25 August 1954) is an English singer-songwriter. He began his career as part of London's pub rock scene in the early 1970s and later became associated with the first wave of the British punk/New Wave movement of the mid-to-late 1970s. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader than that of most popular songs. His music has drawn on many diverse genres; one critic described him as a "pop encyclopaedia", able to "reinvent the past in his own image". more »


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2006
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Not a soul was stirrin'
Not a bird was singin'
Least not within my hearin'
I was five minutes past carin'
Standing in the road just starin'

Thought I heard somebody pleadin'
Thought I heard someone apologize
Some fell down weepin'

Others shook their fists up at the skies
And those who were left
Seemed to be wearing disguises

Now there's a queen in waitin'
Not enough lovin' and too much hatin'
Was the prince hidden within her man?
Always seems to be hesitatin'

He said, "Let her go, let her go, God bless her
She hasn't been gone long enough for me to miss her
Except every minute of every hour of every day
When I wish I could possess her"

40 days passed by, 40 alibis
So carry on that way
And in time you'll pay
But we'll all be together
Come Ascension Day

Not a hound was howlin'
Or whimperin' or prowlin'
Now the wind had departed
Not a leaf was hangin' on the tree
Like when it started

But I know they will return
Like they've never gone away
Come Ascension Day

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Written by: ROY BYRD, ELVIS COSTELLO, ALLEN TOUSSAINT

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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