Armed Forces de Elvis Costello

Listado de Canciones

Disco 1

1. Accidents Will Happen3:00

   Letra

   Oh, I don't know where to begin Love doesn't wait forever It's now or never But you keep your hangin' on You said you're so alone She says she can't go home without a chaperon Accidents will happen They only hit and run You used to be a victim now you're not the only one Accidents will happen They only hit and run II don't want to see it cause I know what it done There's so many fish in the sea That only rise to keep the smoke like mercury But you keep your hangin' on untill you were hung Your mouth is make up but your mind is undone Accidents will happen They only hit and run You used to be a victim now you're not the only one Accidents will happen They only hit and run II don't want to see it cause I know what it done (?) it's the words that we don't say that scare me so there's so many people to see so many people to hangin' on and add to your collection But you keep your hangin' on untill you were hung Your mouth is make up but your mind is undone Accidents will happen They only hit and run You used to be a victim now you're not the only one Accidents will happen They only hit and run II don't want to see it cause I know what it I know what it I know what it done I know (x4)
2. Senior Service2:17

   Letra

   Chorus: Senior service Junior dissatisfaction It's a breath you took too late It's a death that's worse than fate Senior service Junior dissatisfaction Though it may be second hand It's by no means second rate I want your neck I want the seat that you sit at I want your cheque Because they told me I would get on I wanna chop off your head and watch it roll into the basket If you should drop dead tonight then they won't have to ask me twice Chorus They took me in the office and they told me very carefully The way that I could benefit from death and disability Chorus I want your company car I want your girlfriend and love I want your place at the bar Because there's always another man To chop off your head and watch it roll into the basket If you should drop dead tonight then they won't have to ask me twice Chorus
3. Oliver's Army2:58
4. Big Boys2:54

   Letra

   I am starting to function In the usual way Everything is so provocative Very very, temporary I shall walk (I shall walk) Out of this place (out of this place) I shall walk Out on you 'Cause you go silly If she's willing Trying so hard to be like the big boys So you take her to the pictures Trying to become a fixture Inch by inch trying to reach her All the way through the second feature Worrying about your physical fitness Tell me how you got this sickness, Oh ohhhh.. I was caught in the suction By a face like a truncheon I was down upon one knee Stroking her vanity I was stuck on a hammerhead I came alive and left for dead As my face returned to red Choking on my pride and pity We can talk (we can talk) Until your face is blue ('til your face is blue) We can talk but she'll get to you After you've been loved and hated By the ones you've watched and waited Found that they were overrated She'll be the one - when the party's over She'll be the one - when the girls have gone home She'll be the one - that you'll wish you'd held onto She'll be the one - but it's too late for you to She'll be the one - who knows all your history She'll be the one - So you can cross her off your list And you try so hard And you try so hard And you try so hard To be like the big boys, oh.
5. Green Shirt2:42

   Letra

   There's a smart young woman on a light blue screen Who comes into my house every night. And she takes all the red, yellow, orange and green And she turns them into black and white. But you tease, and you flirt And you shine all the buttons on your green shirt You can please yourself but somebody's gonna get it Better cut off all identifying labels Before they put you on the torture table 'cause somewhere in the "quizling clinic" There's a shorthand typist taking seconds over minutes She's listening in to the venus line She's picking out names I hope none of them are mine But you tease, and you flirt... Never said i was a stool pigeon I never said i was a diplomat Everybody is under suspicion But you don't wanna hear about that 'cause you tease, and you flirt... Better send a begging letter to the big investigation Who put these fingerprints on my imagination? You tease, and you flirt... You can please yourself but somebody's gonna get it You can please yourself but somebody's gonna get it
6. Party Girl3:20

   Letra

   They say you're nothing but a party girl Just like a million more all over the world I know I shouldn't be raising my hopes so high But I have seen the hungry look in their eyes They'd settle for anything in disguise of love Seen the party girls look me over Seen 'em leaving when the party's over They can't touch me now You say you don't mind We're so hard to find I could give you anything but time Give it just one more try Give it a chance Starts like fascination Ends up like a trance Oh you'll never be the guilty party girl Maybe someday we can go hiding from this world Maybe I'll never get over the change in style But I don't want to lock you up and say you're mine Don't want to lose you or say goodbye I'm the guilty party and I want my slice But I know you've got me and I'm in a grip-like vise. They can't touch me now You say you don't mind We're so hard to find I could give you anything I would give you anything I can give you anything but time Give you anything but time (repeats)
7. Goon Squad3:14

   Letra

   Mother, Father, I'm here in the zoo I can't come home 'cause I've grown up too soon I got my sentence I got my command They said they'd make me major if I met all their demands I could be a corp'ral into corp'ral punishment Or the gen'ral manager of a large establishment They pat some good boys on the back and put some to the rod But I never thought they'd put me in the Goon squad They've come to look you over and they're giving you the eye Goon squad They want you to come out to play You'd better say goodbye Some grow just like their dads And some grow up too tall Some go drinking with the lads Some don't grow up at all And you must find the proper place For everything you see But you'll never get to make a lampshade out of me I could join a chain of males or be the missing link Looking for a lucky girl to put me in the pink They pat some good boys on the back and put some to the rod But I never thought they'd put me in the Good squad .... Mother, Father, I'm doing so well I'm making such progress now that you can hardly tell I fit in a little dedication With one eye on the clock They caught you under medication You could be in for a shock Thinking up the alibis that ev'ryone's forgotten Just another mummy's boy gone to rotten They pat some good boys on the back and put some to the rod But I never thought they'd put me in the Goon squad....
8. Busy Bodies3:33

   Letra

   So you think that you have seen her When you're lying in between her And you tell me that you don't care Busy bodies getting nowhere Ev'rybody's getting meaner Busy bodies Caught in the concertina You check her outline Break her regulations You watch her legs through several Service stations Busy bodies Very busy Getting nowhere Nowhere, nowhere, nowhere Now you're ready for the merger With the company you're part of And you do the dirty business With your latest sleeping partner You're becoming Automatic Busy bodies Out playing with the traffic You want attention You try my patience With the best intentions you are nothing but a nuisance Busy bodies Busy busy Getting nowhere Nowhere, nowhere, nowhere Now you've given your performance Though the matinee was idle And you find that a wave of her right hand Could seem so tidal Just a second Satisfaction Busy bodies Temporarily out of action You wash and brush up You want to dress up You want to kiss her But she's busy with her makeup Busy bodies Very busy Getting nowhere Nowhere (x6)
9. Sunday's Best3:22
10. Moods For Moderns2:48

    Letra

    Moods for moderns (4x) I get hit looking for a miss I never thought that it would come to this Moods for moderns (4x) Though we may never be the same again I am so proud that you've been taken in vain What if none of your dreams come true? I can never run from you There's never been a how d'you do There's never been an ending Soon you'll belong to someone else And I will be your stranger just pretending Moods for moderns Memory lingers I let you into Foreign fingers Moods for moderns (4x) I never thought that would see the day I never thought that I would give you away Chorus Moods for moderns Let them break us Strong and sudden Foreign fingers
11. Chemistry Class2:55

    Letra

    She throws back her hair [hands] and she shows you her mouth The breath that i waste trying to ruin your life Beauty's on a budget but you take it on the chin 'cause you have to do your duty taking orders from the kingpin You've got a chemistry class i want a piece of your mind You don't know what you started when you mixed it up with mine Are you ready for the final solution? oh. oh. [they] chopped you up in butcher's school Threw you out of the academy of garbage You'll be a joker all your life A student at the comedy college People pleasing people pleasing people like you You've been around so long but you still don't know what to do Chorus Sparks are flying from electrical pylons Snakes and ladders running up and down her nylons Ready to experiment, you're ready to be burned If it wasn't for some accidents then some would never ever learn Chorus
12. Two Little Hitlers3:10
13. Peace, Love And Understanding?

Disco 2

1. Tiny Steps2:42

   Letra

   Muscle baby won't let go Weekend baby won't say no Is she an active beauty ? I should say so Wooden bones and pretty lashes Iodine for your baby's gashes Little tombs for your baby's ashes If something goes wrong Tiny steps almost real Tiny fingers you almost feel Make her walk or make her kneel Oh, she's almost human beneath that Cuban heel Who's that down at the bottom of the garden ? Who's that hiding underneath the sofa ? Who gets blamed whenever you're in trouble ? She's your friend and she's your double Tiny steps almost real Tiny fingers you almost feel Make her walk or make her kneel Oh, she's almost human beneath that Cuban heel Pretty little fashion face Pick anyone up off the shelf Though you say it's a disgrace You know you owe it to yourself You can even shop around Though you won't find any cheaper She's your baby now You can keep her Tiny steps almost real Tiny fingers you almost feel Make her walk or make her kneel Oh, she's almost human beneath that Cuban heel
2. Busy Bodies3:33

   Letra

   So you think that you have seen her When you're lying in between her And you tell me that you don't care Busy bodies getting nowhere Ev'rybody's getting meaner Busy bodies Caught in the concertina You check her outline Break her regulations You watch her legs through several Service stations Busy bodies Very busy Getting nowhere Nowhere, nowhere, nowhere Now you're ready for the merger With the company you're part of And you do the dirty business With your latest sleeping partner You're becoming Automatic Busy bodies Out playing with the traffic You want attention You try my patience With the best intentions you are nothing but a nuisance Busy bodies Busy busy Getting nowhere Nowhere, nowhere, nowhere Now you've given your performance Though the matinee was idle And you find that a wave of her right hand Could seem so tidal Just a second Satisfaction Busy bodies Temporarily out of action You wash and brush up You want to dress up You want to kiss her But she's busy with her makeup Busy bodies Very busy Getting nowhere Nowhere (x6)
3. Talking In The Dark1:56

   Letra

   I tried in vain to drive myself insane I talk to myself but I don't listen I found out what I was missing I miss talking in the dark Without you, I'm not conversational Without the sense of the occasional Without you, I miss talking in the dark When the barking and the biting is through We can talk like we're in love or talk like we're above it We can talk and talk until we talk ourselves out of it I look for the news, somebody to abuse I look at myself but it's so chancy I see things that I don't fancy I miss talking in the dark Without you, I'm not conversational Without the sense of the occasional Without you, I miss talking in the dark Without you, I miss talking in the dark
4. Big Boys2:54

   Letra

   I am starting to function In the usual way Everything is so provocative Very very, temporary I shall walk (I shall walk) Out of this place (out of this place) I shall walk Out on you 'Cause you go silly If she's willing Trying so hard to be like the big boys So you take her to the pictures Trying to become a fixture Inch by inch trying to reach her All the way through the second feature Worrying about your physical fitness Tell me how you got this sickness, Oh ohhhh.. I was caught in the suction By a face like a truncheon I was down upon one knee Stroking her vanity I was stuck on a hammerhead I came alive and left for dead As my face returned to red Choking on my pride and pity We can talk (we can talk) Until your face is blue ('til your face is blue) We can talk but she'll get to you After you've been loved and hated By the ones you've watched and waited Found that they were overrated She'll be the one - when the party's over She'll be the one - when the girls have gone home She'll be the one - that you'll wish you'd held onto She'll be the one - but it's too late for you to She'll be the one - who knows all your history She'll be the one - So you can cross her off your list And you try so hard And you try so hard And you try so hard To be like the big boys, oh.
5. Clean Money1:57

   Letra

   Payday's coming and we wash it away Clean money, clean money Payday's coming and we wash it away Clean money, clean money That's what I want to do I want to spend it on you Checking on a checkmate Grassing on a classmate So beautiful and fortunate He hates to love, you love to hate He can fix you for good 'Cause he is the neighborhood You can't get money for blood Blood money for doin' no good But they won't take my love for tender Payday's coming and we wash it away Clean money, clean money Payday's coming and we wash it away Clean money, clean money That's what I want to do I want to spend it on you Have you made your selection ? Are you ready for correction ? 'Cause the wages of sin Are an expensive infection And it's under the counter Under the Geiger counter Who stole your thunder ? But they won't take my love for tender
6. Wednesday Week2:01

   Letra

   The movies save on conversation And the TV saves on sight We met in a head-on collision So I would say our chances would be slight You can lead and I will follow See us dancing cheek to cheek You'll remember me tomorrow But you won't give a damn by Wednesday Week Say you love me until you do so Joso singing just like Caruso Three little words roll off your tongue Somehow your face just doesn't look so young You say you want to strike a bargain Now there is no need to speak You say you want to learn the jargon But you won't give a damn by Wednesday Week You start acting like a zombie Someone wants your piece of cake You think you want to jump up on me But you won't give a damn by Wednesday Week Oh what a letdown when the battle was finally won One little breakdown and then it was over and done I wish I had your confidence It's love and not coincidence Do you say these words to everyone ? You're fantastic, you're terrific Your excellence is almost scientific You took the words out of my mouth You put the tongue into my cheek But I'd better lose my memory by Wednesday Week
7. My Funny Valentine1:28

   Letra

   My funny valentine, sweet comic valentine You make me smile with my heart Your looks are laughable, unphotographable But you're my favourite work of art Is your figure less than Greek? Is your mouth a little weak? When you open it to speak Are you smart? Don't change a hair for me Not if you care for me Stay little valentine, stay Each day is Valentine's day
8. Accidents Will Happen (En Vivo)
9. Mystery Dance (En Vivo)
10. Good Squad (En Vivo)
11. Party Girl (En Vivo)
12. Stranger In The House (En Vivo)
13. Alison (En Vivo)
14. Lipstick Vogue (En Vivo)
15. Watching The Detectives (En Vivo)
16. You Belong To Me (En Vivo)
17. Chemistry Class (En Vivo)