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Artist/Band: Elvis Costello
Lyrics for Song: 45
Lyrics for Album: When I Was Cruel [2002]



Bells are chiming for victory

There's a page back in history

45

They came back to the world that they fought for

Didn't turn out just like they thought

45



Here is a song to sing to do the measuring

What do you lose, what do you gain, what do you win?



Nine years later a child is born

There's a record, so you put it on

45

Nine years more, if we're lucky now

Nine-year-old puts his money down

45

Every scratch. every click, every heartbeat

Every breath that I held for you

45

There's a stack of shellac and vinyl

Which is yours now and which is mine?

45



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Bass and treble heal every hurt

There's a rebel in a nylon shirt

But the words are a mystery, I've heard

'Til you turn it down to 33 and 1/3

'Cos it helps with the elocution

Corporations turn revolutions

45



So don't just weep and shed

Just change your name instead

What do you lose when it all goes to your head?



I heard something peculiar said:

Perhaps he's got a shot and now he's dead

45



Bells are chiming and tears are falling

It creeps up on you without a warning

45

Every scratch, every click, every heartbeat

Every breath that I bless

I'd be lost, I confess

45


Album Lyrics: When I Was Cruel [2002]


Elvis Costello
"When I Was Cruel [2002]"


1. Episode of Blonde
2. 45
3. Spooky Girlfriend
4. When I Was Cruel No. 2
5. Soul for Hire
6. 15 Petals
7. Tart
8. Dust 2,
9. Dissolve
10. Alibi
11. ,Dust
12. Daddy Can I Turn This?
13. My Little Blue Window
14. Radio Silence
15. Smile