Lyrics The Other End of the Telescope - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Shall
we
agree
that
just
this
once
I′m
gonna
change
my
life
Until
it's
just
as
tiny
or
Important
as
you
like
And
in
time,
we
won′t
even
recall
that
we
spoke
Words
that
turned
out
to
be
as
big
as
smoke
Like
smoke,
disappears
in
the
air
There's
always
something
smouldering
somewhere
I
know
it
don't
make
a
difference
to
you
But
oh,
it
sure
made
a
difference
to
me
You′ll
see
me
off
in
the
distance,
I
hope
At
the
other
end
At
the
other
end
of
the
telescope
There
was
a
time
not
long
ago
I
dreamt
that
the
world
was
flat
And
all
the
colours
bled
away
And
that
was
that
And
in
time,
I
could
only
believe
in
one
thing
The
sky
was
just
phosphourus
stars
hung
on
strings
And
you
swore
that
they′d
always
be
mine
When
you
can
pull
them
down
anytime
I
know
it
don't
make
a
difference
to
you
But
oh,
it
sure
made
a
difference
to
me
You′ll
see
me
off
in
the
distance,
I
hope
At
the
other
end
At
the
other
end
of
the
telescope
There,
there
baby
now,
don't
say
a
word
Lie
down
baby,
your
vision
is
blurred
Your
head
is
so
sore
from
all
of
that
thinking
I
don′t
want
to
hurt
you
now
But
I
think
you're
shrinking
(I
think
you′re
shrinking)
You're
half-naked
ambition
and
You're
half
out
of
your
wits
And
though
your
wristwatch
always
works
Your
necktie
never
fits
Now
its
so
hard
to
pick
the
receiver
up
And
when
I
call,
I
never
noticed
you
could
be
so
small
The
answer
was
under
your
nose
But
the
question
never
arose
I
know
it
don′t
make
a
difference
to
you
But
oh,
it
sure
made
a
difference
to
me
When
you
find
me
here
at
the
end
of
my
rope
When
the
head
and
heart
of
it
finally
elope
You
can
see
us
off
in
the
distance,
I
hope
At
the
other
end
At
the
other
end
of
the
telescope
1 Stalin Malone
2 Pony St.
3 Interlude: Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 2 - Instrumental
4 ...This Town...
5 Let Him Dangle
6 Deep Dark Truthful Mirror
7 Veronica
8 God's Comic
9 Chewing Gum
10 Tramp The Dirt Down
11 Satellite
12 Pads, Paws And Claws
13 Baby Plays Around
14 Miss Macbeth
15 Any King’s Shilling
16 Coal-Train Robberies
17 Last Boat Leaving
18 The Other Side Of Summer
19 Hurry Down Doomsday [The Bugs Are Taking Over]
20 How To Be Dumb
21 All Grown Up
22 Invasion Hit Parade
23 Harpies Bizarre
24 After The Fall
25 Georgie And Her Rival
26 So Like Candy
27 Playboy To A Man
28 Sweet Pear
29 Broken
30 Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4
31 Kinder Murder
32 13 Steps Lead Down
33 This Is Hell
34 Clown Strike
35 You Tripped At Every Step
36 Still Too Soon To Know
37 20% Amnesia
38 Sulky Girl
39 London's Brilliant Parade
40 My Science Fiction Twin
41 Rocking Horse Road
42 Just About Glad
43 All The Rage
44 Favourite Hour
45 Strange
46 Hidden Charms
47 Remove This Doubt
48 I Threw It All Away
49 Leave My Kitten Alone
50 Everybody's Crying Mercy
51 I've Been Wrong Before
52 Bama Lama Bama Loo
53 Must You Throw Dirt In My Face
54 Pouring Water On A Drowning Man
55 The Very Thought Of You
56 Payday
57 Please Stay
58 Running Out Of Fools
59 Days
60 The Other End of the Telescope
61 Little Atoms
62 All This Useless Beauty
63 Complicated Shadows
64 Why Can’t a Man Stand Alone?
65 Distorted Angel
66 Shallow Grave
67 Poor Fractured Atlas
68 Starting to Come to Me
69 You Bowed Down
70 It’s Time
71 I Want to Vanish
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