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Elvis Costello New Amsterdam
Lyrics:
You're sending me tulips mistaken for lilies
You give me your lip after punching me silly
You turned my head till it rolled down the brain
drain
If I had any sense now I wouldn't want it back
again
New Amsterdam it's become much too much
Till I have the possession of everything she
touches
Till I step on the brakes to get out of her
clutches
Till I speak double dutch to a real double duchess
Down on the mainspring, listen to the tick tock
Clock all the faces that move in on your block
Twice shy and dog tired because you've been bitten
Everything you say now sounds like it was
ghost-written
New Amsterdam it's become much too much
Till I step on the brakes to get out of her
clutches
Till I speak double dutch to a real double duchess
Back in London they'll take you to heart
After a little while
Though I look right at home
I still feel like an exile
Somehow I found myself down at the dockside
Thinkin' of the old days of Liverpool and
Rotherhithe
The transparent people who live on the other side
Living a life that is almost like suicide
New Amsterdam it's become much too much
Till I have the possession of everything she
touches
Till I step on the brakes to get out of her
clutches
Till I speak double dutch to a real double
duchessSongwriter(s): Elvis Costello
Copyright: Universal Music Publishing Mgb Ltd.
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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.
His critically acclaimed debut album, My Aim Is
True, was recorded in 1976. Shortly after
recording his first album, he formed The
Attractions as his backing band, they would tour
and record together for the better part of a
decade, though differences between Costello and
members of The Attractions caused them to split by
1986. Much of Costello's work since 1986 has been
credited to him as a solo artist, though partial
reunions with some members of The Attractions have
been credited to the group over the years. 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". Costello has
won multiple awards in his career, including a
Grammy Award, and has twice been nominated for the
Brit Award for Best British Male. In 2003, Elvis
Costello and the Attractions were inducted into
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2004, Rolling
Stone ranked Costello number 80 on their list of
the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
