Elvis Costello - A Voice In The Dark Lyrics
You can read right through a book of matchesBut that won't make you smartYou can laugh in the face of watchesBut time will only break your heartKings reign beneath umbrellasHide pennies down in cellarsAnd money pours down and yetNo everyone gets soaking wetWhen bores and bullies conspireTo stamp out your sparkListen for...A Voice In The DarkNot a moment too soon as we blue the moonAnd a wolf begins to howl in tuneI announced for all mankindA boonStand aside you big baboonNow I'm the a prize inventionYou're the image of yourselfForget your caresAnd disapproving staresI'm not here to try to jump your bordersJust ask your nieces and daughtersI'm flat as sole, I'm happy as a clamBut they don't know the kind of man I amLittle fish swimming in a jealous shoalNow my net is overflowingAnd I suddenly seem to be all seeing and all knowingI've got something right thereThey you need to hearBut have no fearLend a handLend an earIf your rent-money is in arrearsWe'll be striking up a symphony bandstandLong of hair and loose of toothThere'll be pirouettes and startling handstandsAnd who but acrobats know how to tell the truthWhen is said that then redundantThey gallivant in peg-leg pantsI'll be your servantYou'll be my palI'll be ever faithful you know I shallThere's no fool like an old foolWho blames it all upon his youthWhen times are tough and you find you're downWithout a star to wish uponJust listen for...A Voice In The DarkI was striking through a box of matchesHoping that one would sparkI heard somebody calling to meA voice in the darkA sound both wild and gentleDaring and confidentialI thought there was music playingBut it was all and only talkWhen liars and bullies conspire to stamp out sparkFill up that empty space in your heartListen up, when the herald says, "Hark"Believe in just a voice in the dark...
