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Artist: Elvis Costello
Canonical path: /elvis-costello/when-it-sings
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When It Sings
Read When It Sings lyrics by Elvis Costello on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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When It Sings
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All the words you say to me
Have music in them
All the sorrows and the joys like magnetism
And a selfish boy looks through a prism
And says what is
But never asks what isn't
But a voice contains many precious things
It laughs
And then it sings
And all the lies that we can tell
To our foolish selves
Maybe this is the love song that I refused to
Write her when I loved her like I used to
And I fear my heart may spin and fracture
Like tears of stone falling from a statue
But a voice contains all that's true and false
Then cries for someone else
And for some honest tenderness
So I must confess
All the words you say to me
Have music in them
All the sorrows and the joys like magnetism
And a selfish boy looks through a prism
And says what is
But never asks what isn't
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Elvis Costello performs "When It Sings", and this lyric page sits inside the Elvis Costello catalog on LyroVerse.
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