Newspaper Pane-Elvis Costello

[ti:Newspaper Pane] [ar:Elvis Costello] [al:Newspaper Pane] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.26]Newspaper Pane - Elvis Costello [00:00.95]Lyrics by：Michael Leonhart/Elvis Costello/Bill Frisell [00:02.42]Composed by：Michael Leonhart/Elvis Costello/Bill Frisell [00:22.67]She looked at the pictures on a newspaper pane [00:27.19]That was taped to the window [00:28.88]To keep out the wind [00:31.39]To keep out the rain [00:36.51]To keep out the nonsense [00:38.44]And block out the needing [00:41.25]To keep up her spirits [00:43.99]With improving reading [00:45.82]But the ink from the columns [00:47.66]Dissolved down into the stain [00:50.55]On the bare wood floor [00:52.15]That extended to the door [00:55.54]Pictures of bright futures somehow ignored [00:59.80]That offered her finery she could never afford [01:04.86]Tempting out savings that she didn't have or could never risk [01:10.00]Not a fashionable kindness it was grotesque [01:18.94]The beaus with their fiddles played The Rascal's Release [01:23.41]We toasted to valor [01:25.52]And wished there were peace [01:28.23]Six months later in a newspaper margin [01:32.92]They were all cut down in a cavalry charge [01:37.79]Weeping Miss Imogen said to her priest [01:42.33]I gave him my virtue [01:44.31]It was the least I could leave him [01:48.66]On the eve of departure [01:51.78]Though I will long for him now and hereafter [02:05.03]And the child I'll be raising may have his blue eyes [02:10.92]What if he grows up and dies [02:15.24]On some distant unnamable hillside or field [02:19.08]Because a king and a concubine put a mark on his shield [02:24.40]Thomas tomorrow Thomas no more [02:29.37]Father and sunshine beyond and before [02:33.77]William who brought his drum home from the war [02:38.52]To beat it for young lads whose days didn't even add up to a score [02:53.25]I don't spend my time perfecting the past [02:57.11]I live for the future [02:58.44]Because I know it won't last [03:01.78]A bent note on a horn I can't play [03:06.43]The ghosts in the window [03:08.27]That I can't wish away [03:11.20]Freedom to be reckless [03:13.65]Freedom to plunder [03:15.78]Freedom to dream [03:18.20]Freedom to wonder [03:20.53]When you get where I am now [03:22.50]You may feel differently [03:25.19]The cliff drops away sharply [03:27.36]Falls into the sea [03:29.87]No work today [03:31.79]No hope tomorrow [03:34.50]No bread for breaking [03:36.38]No wine for sorrow [03:39.23]Nobody is selling [03:41.47]No truth for telling [03:43.86]No work tomorrow [03:45.98]No work today [03:49.00]Look at that child bride and her ideal bouquet [03:57.84]Boys pick up a rifle [04:00.35]That's too much to pay [04:03.07]Count out her teardrops [04:06.34]Wipe them away