Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Elvis Costello
Canonical path: /elvis-costello/one-bell-ringing
Related lyric paths: 6
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One Bell Ringing
Read One Bell Ringing lyrics by Elvis Costello on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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One Bell Ringing
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Raining slapping on the window pane
An hour or more of teeming
Storm punching like a hurricane
That tore him out of dreaming
Air screaming through the slightest gap
Rattling between the frame and the sill
Drapes hanging from the final act
When i had you still
One lonely bird is singing
Lower the hood hung of his lament
Dash him down on cold cement
One bell ringing
Flies buzzing round strip search light
They've got him down on his knees
He thinks of honey dripping from a spoon
Girls whispering in portuguese
Between muzzle and the black site
Electrical contact
Deny your name and then carry the blame
Somewhat after the fact
One lonely bird is singing
Lower the hood hung on that last lament
Dash him down on cold cement
One bell ringing
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Elvis Costello performs "One Bell Ringing", and this lyric page sits inside the Elvis Costello catalog on LyroVerse.
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