Álbum Mighty Like a Rose de Elvis Costello - Canciones

Mighty Like a Rose

Disco 1

  1. The Other Side Of SummerVer letra 3:56

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    letra de The Other Side Of Summer

    The sun struggles up another beautiful day
    And I felt glad in my own suspicious way
    Despite the contradiction and confusion
    Felt tragic without reason
    There's malice and there's magic in every season

    Chorus:
    From the foaming breakers of the poisonous surf
    The other side of Summer
    To the burning forests in the hills of Astroturf
    The other side of Summer

    The automatic gates close up between the shanties and the palace
    The blowtorch amusements, the voodoo chalice
    The pale pathetic promises that everybody swallows
    A teenage girl is crying 'cos she don't look like a million dollars
    So help her if you can
    'Cos she don't seem to have the attention span

    Chorus

    Was it a millionaire who said "imagine no possessions"?
    A poor little schoolboy who said "we don't need no lessons"?
    The rabid rebel dogs ransack the shampoo shop
    The pop princess is downtown shooting up
    And if that goddess if fit for burning
    The sun will struggle up the world will still keep turning

    Madman standing by the side of the road saying
    "Look at my eyes, look at my eyes, look at my eyes, look at my eyes"
    Now you can't afford to fake all the drugs your parents used to take
    Because of their mistakes you'd better be wide awake

    Chorus

    The mightiest rose
    The absence of perfume
    The casual killers
    The military curfew
    The cardboard city
    An unwanted birthday
    The other side of summer

    The dancing was desperate, the music was worse
    They bury your dreams and dig up the worthless
    Goodnight
    God bless
    And kiss "goodbye" to the earth
    The other side of summer

  2. Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over) 4:05
  3. How To Be DumbVer letra 5:12

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    letra de How To Be Dumb

    I was hell-bent on destroying my powers of concentration
    While you were living like a saint
    And all the time the very one you trusted was washing off
    Somebody else's paint

    Now you've got yourself a brand new occupation
    Every fleeting thought is a pearl
    And beautiful people stampede to the doorway
    of the funniest fucker in the world

    They're here to help you
    Satisfy your desire
    There's a bright future for all you professional liars

    Chorus:
    Now you know how to be dumb
    Are you ready to take your place in the modern museum of mistakes?
    Don't you know how to be dumb?
    Like a building thrown up overnight in one of those reverse earthquakes

    They emptied out all the asylums, they emptied out all the gaols
    The "New Bruise" was the name of a dance craze
    By "Jesus Cross and the Cruel Nails"
    Followed up by "Torturing Little Beaver"
    With their contraption of barbed wire
    Between the fear and the fever lies all the rejection they require
    They'll be howling by midnight, they'll be drooling by dawn
    Skulls shrunk down to the size of their brains
    Heads shaven and shorn

    Chorus

    Trapped in the House of the Perpetual Sucker
    Where bitterness always ends so pitifully
    You always had to dress up your envy in some half-remembered
    philosophy

    Now you're masquerading as pale powdered genius
    Whose ever bad intention has been purged
    You could've walked out any time you wanted but face it you
    didn't have the courage
    I guess that makes you a full time hypocrite or some kind of
    twisted dilettante
    Funny though people don't usually get so ugly 'til they think
    they know what they want
    Scratch your own head stupid
    Count up to three
    Roll over on your back
    Repeat after me

    Don't you know how to be dumb?
    Are you ready to take your place in the modern museum of mistakes?
    Don't you know how to be dumb?
    Like a building thrown up overnight in one of those reverse earthquakes

  4. All Grown UpVer letra 4:17

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    letra de All Grown Up

    "I'm trouble" she said
    Spread out on the floor of her father's house
    Her promise was almost undone
    Under her tongue, dissolving her responsibilities
    To finally deny everyone with unflattering comparison

    Chorus:
    All grown up
    And you don't care anymore
    And you hate all the people that you used to adore
    And you despise all the rumors and lies of the life you led before

    Did I hear you right?
    You're feeling hounded and pushed around
    You want to just lay down and die
    If all of this life has been such a big disappointment to you
    Why don't you stop blaming some guy
    And go give the next one a try

    Chorus

    But look at yourself
    You'll see you're still so young
    You haven't earned the weariness
    That sounds so jaded on your tongue

    "I'm weak" she says
    And blesses herself and gets into bed
    Clutching the covers to her throat
    "So punish me now and let me go back to the sham of my life"
    "This night is the perfect antidote for all of the poison that
    You wrote"

    Chorus

  5. Invasion Hit ParadeVer letra 5:33

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    letra de Invasion Hit Parade

    Now that you set everybody free
    What are you going to do about me?
    Don't want to be treated like some poor grateful clown
    I'd rather go back to the sweet underground
    Where I can tell by the colour of my skin
    And I know my neighbour 'cos he's the one, yes he's the one
    Who always turns me in

    A woman works the tunnel in the middle of the night
    Picking up every lost object in sight
    Handbags, toupees, lost legs and fingernails
    The black market eats up all your failures
    Her transistor offers no salvation or regrets
    No pool, no pets, no cigarettes
    Just non-stop Disco Tex and the Sex-o-lettes

    Chorus:
    There's no name, no name for the place or pain we'll cause you
    again and again
    If you do not co-operate with the Invasion Hit Parade

    The liberation forces make movies of their own
    Playing their Doors records and pretending to be stoned
    Drowning out a broadcast that wasn't authorised
    Incidentally the revolution will be televised
    With one head for business and another for good looks
    Until they started arriving with their rubber aprons and their
    butcher's hooks

    Chorus

    They're hunting us down here with Liberty's light
    A handshaking double talking procession of the mighty
    Pursued by a T.V. crew and coming after them
    A limousine of singing stars and their brotherhood anthem
    The former dictator was impeccably behaved
    They're mopping up all the stubborn ones who just refuse to be saved

    Chorus

  6. Harpies BizarreVer letra 3:44

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    letra de Harpies Bizarre

    He selects the plainest face form a spiteful row of girls
    Elegant insulted women, a flaw of cultured pearls
    He drops a name or two, she fails to catch
    At last he's met his match
    Unspoiled and unaffected, he wants her so much

    She puts up half-hearted resistance, like she was taught to do
    She's heard some of those small town playboys but this is something new
    His promise seems dangerous, she'd like to believe
    He says "You'd better leave"
    "You've only got yourself to blame, shame, or deceive"

    The waiting lines are long
    They never get too far
    Everyone wearing that medal with pride
    Harpies Bizarre

    I looked on but hesitated
    I failed to interrupt
    You're so hard to tell the truth to
    So easy to corrupt
    I'll memorize your face
    Your tragic smile
    The hurt look in your eyes
    As you betrayed yourself to the part of him that dies

    The waiting lines are long
    They never get too far
    They're shining up their shoes to kick a falling star
    You think you should be somebody
    But you don't know who you are
    Everyone wearing that medal with pride
    Harpies Bizarre

  7. After The FallVer letra 4:38

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    letra de After The Fall

    In an anonymous rendezvous
    Where the forbidden lovers repair
    They're burning down another damn candle
    They're melting the tables and chairs

    Beneath them applause from the balcony
    Whenever they accomplished making love
    Other times they thought they heard laughter
    Coming from the balcony above

    Chorus:
    She lies to his right and she carelessly recites
    All of her brand new appetites
    She seems brittle and small, it don't sound like her at all
    Since she came back to him after the fall

    She said "you never visit the countryside"
    "so i've made you a country to order"
    She put up a little tent in the bedroom
    Crickets played on a tape-recorder
    The ceiling was festooned with phosphorous stars
    She noticed his skin turning cold
    Burning all his clothes on the bonfire
    "relax" she whispered and tightened the blindfold

    Chorus

    You've changed but not for the better babe
    I'd tell you why but what's the use
    'cos it's the same kind of pity
    A drunkard gives as his excuse
    You were sharp and ideal as a bobby pin
    Now your eyes are deserted and quiet
    We both look like those poor shattered mannequins
    Thrown through the window in the riot

    She lies in his arms and without any qualms
    Revels in shallow delights
    She seems brittle and small, it don't sound like her at all
    Since she came back to him after the fall

  8. Georgie And Her RivalVer letra 3:38

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    letra de Georgie And Her Rival

    Georgie grew to hate her name
    It sounded like a tiny man
    And the one she had said "I can't see you, but I'll call you whenever I can"
    Sometimes the phone would ring, when she was half-asleep
    A voice would drag her down with its suggestions
    Though she often felt cheated, she never felt cheap

    Chorus
    Well heaven knows what fills the heart and makes you feel so alive
    It's impossible to tear apart
    Georgie and her rival

    It was half-past February
    And he hadn't called since New Year's Day
    Maybe he'd found another woman to say those words no chapel girl should say
    Her mother would phone and always keep talking
    She'd try to be polite, making faces
    But somewhere in the back of her mind, her rival was stalking

    Chorus

    Her rival would always wait 'til the eighth or ninth bell
    He'd be desperate anyway and drunk as well
    She always liked to hurt him to prove he was prepared
    To love her anyway that she wanted
    So she could tell which she preferred

    He sat up with his address book trying to think what mood he's in
    His finger traced past Georgie's name to someone who needed less persuading
    He didn't hear through her disguise he didn't leave her in a rush
    Just like the promise that he left on her machine
    That almost made her blush
    The radio plays a lover's symphony
    "The number you have dialed has been re-directed"
    Now she puts him on the speaker-phone
    Whenever she has company

    Chorus

  9. So Like CandyVer letra 4:36

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    letra de So Like Candy

    Here lies the powder and perfume
    The pretty clothes are scattered 'round the room
    And it's so like Candy

    Here lies the lipstick and the face
    The coloured tablets keep it all in place
    And it's so like Candy
    So like Candy

    Chorus:
    What did I do to make her go
    Why must she be the one
    That I have to love
    So like Candy

    Here lies a picture of a girl
    Her arms are tight around that lucky guy
    And it's so like Candy

    And in her eyes a certain look
    I thought I'd seen the last of long ago
    And it's so like Candy
    So like Candy

    Chorus

    I remember the day that picture was taken
    We were so happy then
    But that's so like Candy
    She seemed so sweet to me I was mistaken
    Oh no not that again
    But that's so like Candy
    She just can't face the day
    So she turns and melts away

    Here lie the records that she scratched
    And on the sleeve I find a note attached
    And it's so like Candy
    "My Darling Dear it's such a waste"
    She couldn't say "goodbye", but "I admire your taste"
    And it's so like Candy
    So like Candy

  10. Interlude: Couldn't Call It Unexpected No.2
  11. Playboy To A ManVer letra 3:17

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    letra de Playboy To A Man

    You had your own way one too many times and now
    you're going to find out what it's like
    Just what it's like, now you're a mess
    You wanted something you could never possess

    You went your own way one too many nights
    You treated her like some small oversight
    What in the world makes her think that she can
    Turn you from a playboy into a man

    Chorus
    She's going to make you suffer tonight
    To turn you from a playboy into a man
    And when you're worthy of her then she might
    Turn you from a playboy into a man

    You thought you were the answer to her prayers
    the perfect gift that every girl prefers
    But that's the trouble 'cos every girl still thinks you're hers
    So there you are with your gold chains jangling
    Your lucky charms and jewelry dangling
    But when she saw you she turned and ran
    To turn you from a playboy into a man

    Chorus

    You couldn't see that the juvenile things you do
    Would drag you down and now that the joke's on you
    You're pretty cold you end as you start
    When your facade isn't falling apart
    So now you're standing in your underwear
    Well now you know just how it feels for her
    You're halfway there you know that she can turn you from a
    playboy into a man

    Chorus

  12. Sweet PearVer letra 3:36

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    letra de Sweet Pear

    Sweet pear, sweet pear
    Those who say they love you would never dare
    I'll watch out for you
    I'll always be there
    In the hour of distress you need not fear

    In all the world there's only one true love
    And finding it's hard enough
    I bless whatever's in the sky above
    For bringing you to me

    But there's a void without your kiss
    I wake on the precipice above the abyss
    And though the touch of your lips these fears dismiss
    Make no mistake there is an ache I have to live with

    Was my grip too lose, my grip too strong
    That made you want to run away
    And now you're back where I pretend you belong
    I wonder every night and day
    How long

    I swear this is my prayer
    'til we're burned and scattered in the atmosphere
    Or lost in the world across a crowded room
    I am your stupid lover, your wretched groom

  13. BrokenVer letra 3:36

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    letra de Broken

    If I am frightened then I can hide it
    If I am crying, I'll call it laughter
    If I am haunted, I'll call it my imaginary friend
    If I am bleeding, I'll call it my wine

    But if you leave me then I am broken
    And if I'm broken then only death remains

    If I am drifting, then I can fight it
    If I am sinking, no-one will know it
    If I am blinded I'll have my voices still to guide me
    If they yet fled away I'd bless the silence

    But if you leave me then I am broken
    And if I'm broken then only death remains

  14. Couldn't Call It Unexpected No.4

Disco 2

  1. Just Another Mystery Train
  2. Sweet Pear (Demo)
  3. Couldn't Call It Unexpected No.4 (En Vivo)
  4. Mischievous Ghost – Con Mary Coughlan
  5. St. Stephen's Day Murders – Con The Chieftains
  6. The Other Side Of Summer (Versión Unplugged)
  7. Deep Dark Truthful Mirror (Versión Unplugged)
  8. Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over) 4:05
  9. All Grown Up (Demo)
  10. Georgie And Her Rival (Demo)
  11. Forgive Her Anything (Demo)
  12. It Started To Come To Me (Demo)
  13. I Still Miss Someone/The Last Town I Painted
  14. Put Your Big Toe In The Milk Of Human KindnessVer letra

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    letra de Put Your Big Toe In The Milk Of Human Kindness

    Put your big toe in the milk of human kindness
    Have you ever seen the like of this mankind?
    If a boy or girl is cute, we simply shoot to starry heights
    Any maybe, any might
    But always so capricious, in the face of wonder we're suspicious
    And though we came from frogs and fishes
    Our taste is far from fine
    Put your big toe in the milk of human kindness

    Put your big toe in the milk of human kindness
    Have you ever seen the like of this mankind?
    You take the Himalayas, you'll take Manhattan's finest mountain top
    He wouldn't change his whiskey sour for any bitter crop

    But always so contrary, from Father Christmas to the Virgin Mary
    And though the moments of belief
    Fly by before you find if you'd just unhand your mind
    Put your big toe in the milk of human kindness

    But always so contrary, from Father Christmas to the Virgin Mary
    And though the moments of belief
    Fly by before you find if you'd just unhand your mind
    Put your big toe in the milk of human kindness

  15. Invasion Hit Parade (Demo)
  16. Just Another Mystery Train (Demo)
  17. Broken (Demo)

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