Almost Ideal Eyes

Metropole Orchestra, 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 »


Year:
2006
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Here she comes with her almost ideal eyes 
And her flawless skin and her petulant pout 
The memory of such a long blond alibi 
Still makes me want to shout out loud 
You ************ when you clear your head my dear 
You can't come out here in those stolen clothes 
Telling me all about some mystery 
I hope she isn't one, I hope she isn't one of those 

Almost ideal eyes 
Viewed through a rosy hue 
So beautiful, trusting 
You find liberal is an insult now and care is what you pay for 
Be sure of what you're wishing for, be careful what you pray for 
When you look into those almost ideal 

Love is smiles, he will hypnotize you wild 
He tries to analyze your dreams 
Fill you up with all his big ideas while he really wants to make you 
Scream out loud at the phony innocence 
And pained pretense and the dismal rage. 
The vacant lot that thankfully time forgot 
Where you never have to act, you never have to act your age 

Almost ideal eyes 
Viewed through a rosy hue 
So beautiful, trusting 
You find stupid is a compliment and thrill is what you play for 
Be sure of what you're wishing for, be careful what you pray for 
When you look into those almost ideal eyes 

In the spirit(?) all your friends look uglier 
And you find you're wearing an evening gown 
Weeping over some tiny broken bird 
While the sky is decorated 
Shocking pink and a dirty shade of brown 
And you think you need to be tranquilized 
A feat that may fit to your new career 
Whatever you invent you'll never be content with 

Almost ideal eyes 
Viewed through a rosy hue 
So beautiful, trusting 
Rebellion is just currency, the moon is what you pay for 
Be sure of what you're looking for, be careful what you pray for 
When you look into those almost ideal eyes 

Here she comes, here she comes now

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Written by: ELVIS COSTELLO

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