Elvis Costello's Puns (20 feb 16...21 mar 16)
"No, they cannot touch me for coining; I am the King himself"
I don't know if you've been loving somebody
I only know it isn't mine
Alison
Though you may not be an old fashioned girl
You're still going to get dated
Girls Talk
I could be a corporal into corporal punishment
Or the general manager of a large establishment
I could join a chain of males or be the missing link
Goon Squad
I don't like you walking round with physical jerks
Living in Paradise
There's a shorthand typist taking seconds over minutes
Green Shirt
Your mouth is made up but your mind is undone
They keep you hanging on
Until you're well-hung
Accidents Will Happen
You'll never be the guilty party girl
But I know you've got me and I'm in a grip-like vise
Party Girl
When you're lying in between her
You check her outline
Busy Bodies
Hearts of oak and long trunk calls
Sunday's Best
Snakes and ladders running up and down her nylons
Are you ready for the final solution?
Chemistry Class
I'd like to join the party
But I was not invited
Two Little Hitlers
Under the Geiger counter
Clean Money
Wthout the sense of the occasional
Talking in the Dark
He's got double vision
When you want him double jointed
The Imposter
So fond of the fabric
So fond of fabrication
Now I know that you're all King Horse
King Horse
You lack lust, you're so lacklustre
My case is closed, my case is packed
Possession
Don't wear your heart out on your sleeve when your remarks are off the cuff
Riot Act
When you wake up with X-rated eyes
Men Called Uncle
Till I step on the brakes to get out of her clutches
Till I speak double dutch to a real double duchess
New Amsterdam
High fidelity
High Fidelity
Now she's framed and hung up
Black and White World
All of this acceleration is driving you to death
5ive Gears in Reverse
You can't stand it when it goes from reel to reel
Too real too real
You can't stand it when I throw punch lines you can feel
All the time, there's a rule book in Brittania
That no one ever waives
B Movie
I struck lucky with motel matches
Motel Matches
As you go from claws to clause
Temptation
Have you ever been had in Clubland?
The long arm of the law slides up the outskirts of town
Clubland
I don't mean to be mean much anymore
Pretty Words
If you've got the Yen
Luxembourg
Now dad is keeping mum
Shot With His Own Gun
She's got eyes like saucers oh you think she's a dish
She is the blue chip that belongs to the big fish
The prince in darkness stole some tart
Big Sister's Clothes
You know she has no sense
For all your jealousy
In a sense she still smiles very sweetly
Beyond Belief
The pretty things of Knightsbridge
Lying for a minister of state
Man Out of Time
Lying on a slag heap
And In Every Home