Whistle For The Choir

Album: Costello Music (2006)
Charted: 9
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  • Well, it's a big, big city and it's always the same
    Can never be too pretty, tell me your name
    Is it out of line
    If I was to be bold to say, "Would you be mine"?
    Because I may be a beggar and you may be the queen
    I know I may be on a downer, I'm still ready to dream
    Though it's three o'clock
    The time is just the time it takes for you to talk

    So if you're lonely
    Why'd you say you're not lonely?
    Oh, you're a silly girl
    I know I heard it so
    It's just like you to come and go
    And know me
    No, you don't even know me
    You're so sweet to try
    Oh my, you caught my eye
    A girl like you's just irresistible

    Well, it's a big, big city and the lights are all out
    But it's as much as I can do, you know, to figure you out
    And I must confess
    My heart's in broken pieces and my head's a mess
    And it's four in the mornin' and I'm walkin' along
    Beside the ghost of every drinker here who's ever done wrong
    And it's you, woo-hoo
    That's got me goin' crazy for the things you do

    So if you're crazy
    I don't care you amaze me
    But you're a stupid girl
    Oh me, oh my, you talk
    I die, you smile, you laugh, I cry
    And only
    A girl like you could be lonely
    And it's a cryin' shame
    If you would think the same
    A boy like me's just irresistible

    So if you're lonely
    Why'd you say you're not lonely?
    Oh, you're a silly girl
    I know I heard it so
    It's just like you to come and go
    And know me
    No, you don't even know me
    You're so sweet to try
    Oh my, you caught my eye
    A girl like you's just irresistible Writer/s: John Lawler
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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