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When It Sings

  (03:58)
Track 06 on album North  (2003)

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
 

Elvis Costello


North  (2003)

Elvis Costello: North

01.  You Left Me In The Dark
02.  Someone Took The Words Away
03.  When Did I Stop Dreaming?
04.  You Turned To Me
05.  Fallen
06.  When It Sings
07.  Still
08.  Let Me Tell You About Her
09.  Can You Be True?
10.  When Green Eyes Turn Blue
11.  I'm In The Mood Again
12.  Impatience