When It Sings
Elvis Costello"When It Sings" is a song by Elvis Costello, released in 2003 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:30 long and contains 25 lines and 157 words.
Lyrics
0:32All the words you say to me
0:36Have music in them
0:40All the sorrows and the joys like magnetism
0:48And a selfish boy looks through a prism
0:56And says what is
1:00But never asks what isn't
1:11But a voice contains many precious things
1:20It laughs
1:23And then it sings
1:27And all the lies that we can tell
1:35To our foolish selves
1:48Maybe this is the love song that I refused to
1:57Write her when I loved her like I used to
2:04And I fear my heart may spin and fracture
2:12Like tears of stone falling from a statue
2:27But a voice contains all that's true and false
2:36Then cries for someone else
2:43And for some honest tenderness
2:50So I must confess
3:02All the words you say to me
3:06Have music in them
3:10All the sorrows and the joys like magnetism
3:18And a selfish boy looks through a prism
3:26And says what is
3:30But never asks what isn't
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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