Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Elvis Costello
Canonical path: /elvis-costello/motel-matches
Related lyric paths: 6
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Motel matches
Read Motel matches lyrics by Elvis Costello on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Motel matches
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Somewhere in the distance I can hear "Who Shot Sam?"
This is my conviction, that I am an innocent man
Though you say I'm unkind
I'm being as nice as I can
Boys everywhere, fumbling with the catches
I struck lucky with motel matches
Falling for you without a second look
Falling out of your open pocketbook
Giving you away like motel matches
I wake with the siren in an emergency
Though your mind is full of love
In your eyes there is a vacancy
And you know what I'll do
When the light outside changes from red to blue
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