“They say you better listen to the voice of reason But they don't give you any choice 'cause they think that it's treason. So you had better do as you are told. You better listen to the radio.” ThinkingGivingReasonChoicesCausesVoiceRadioTreasonVoice Of Reason Author:Elvis Costello
“I'm not going to get too sentimental, like those other sticker valentines, 'cause I don't know if you are loving some body. I only know it isn't mine.” IfsKnowsBodyCausesMinesSentimentalValentineSticker Author:Elvis Costello
“It's a petty thing, but I wouldn't join the Scouts when I was a kid, 'cause you had to swear allegiance to the queen. I'm just not a royalist. I think it's idiotic, a hereditary principle.” ThinkingKidsCausesPrinciplesQueensSwearPettyAllegianceIdioticHereditary Author:Elvis Costello
“Cause somewhere in the Quizling Clinic, there's a shorthand typist taking seconds over minutes.” CausesMinutesSecondsClinicShorthand Author:Elvis Costello
“What do we care, if the world is a joke? We'll give it a big kiss, we'll give it a poke. Death wears a big hat cause he's a big bloke.” IfsWorldGivingBigsCareDeathCausesKissingJokesHatsPokeBlokes Author:Elvis Costello