Town Where Time Stood Still [*]

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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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1983

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I made my selection from the lonely hit parade 
In the town where time stood still 
I was feeling very little pain 
Until some joker played "Almost Persuaded" 
Now every girl I see 
Looks so much prettier to me 
My faithfulness has faded 
And their looks established daggers 
And the conversation heated 
Since the boys had all been late 
I found them walking round defeated 
In the town where time stood still 

Somebody in charge must have pretended 
The future's been suspended 
And I say I don't want trouble 
But I find myself back in it 
In the town where time stood still 
I am the man of the minute 

Teach me to say "I love you" 
I'll teach you to say "You will do" 
In the town where time stood still 
A way (?) that I can find a little girl 
To wind me up with all the usual spells 

There's nothing else to do but rearrange somebody's future 
And check your figures in the till 
The bar is full of girls just like the creature with the curse 
And the food is just like cabaret and vice versa 
In the town where time stood still 
Just as my heart (went down) sinking 
I found the town was shrinking 

And suddenly I saw her through the smoke and empty beers 
In the town where time stood still 
She might have well have waited years 

Now I suppose we did some things we used to do 
But no amount of darkness could ever turn her into you 

And so I woke up in the town where time stood still 
With a headache and a heartache 
And a handful of pills 
A welcome mat, a scandal rag and unpaid bills 

With her head inside her handbag 
The sign says "please wait to be seated" 
I only want a cup of coffee 
I kno

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