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Composer: Declan MacManus

Elvis Costello - Favourite Hour lyrics



Figure hanging on a leather band
Pa consults the watch he cups in his hand
The jewel movement measures lost and vanished time
Pray for the boy who makes his bed in cold earth and quicklime

Chorus:
So stay the hands, arrest the time
'Till I am captured by your touch
Blessings that don't count
Small mercies and such
The flags may lower
As we approach the favourite hour

Now there's a tragic waste of brutal youth
Strip and polish this unvarnished truth
The tricky door that gapes beneath the ragged noose
The crippled verdict begs again for the lamest excuse

-chorus-

Put out my eyes so I may never spy
Waving branches as they're waving good-bye
Their vile perfume brings to my mouth a bitter taste
The murmurring brooks that best speak up
It's a terrible waste

-chorus-

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Songs list of album: My Flame Burns Blue [live] (2006)
         Title Rating
01    Hora Decubitus lyrics Add lyrics   -
02   Favourite Hour lyrics   -
03    That's How You Got Killed Before lyrics Add lyrics   -
04    Upon a Veil of Midnight Blue lyrics Add lyrics   -
05   Clubland lyrics   -
06   Almost Blue lyrics   -
07    Speak Darkly, My Angel lyrics Add lyrics   -
08   Almost Ideal Eyes lyrics   -
09   Can You Be True? lyrics   -
10    Put Away Forbidden Playthings lyrics Add lyrics   -
11    Episode of Blonde lyrics Add lyrics   -
12    My Flame Burns Blue (Blood Count) lyrics Add lyrics   -
13    Watching the Detectives lyrics Add lyrics   -
14   God Give Me Strength lyrics   -
15    Prelude lyrics Add lyrics   -
16    Overture lyrics Add lyrics   -
17    Puck One lyrics Add lyrics   -
18    The Court lyrics Add lyrics   -
19    Workers' Playtime lyrics Add lyrics   -
20    Oberon and Titania lyrics Add lyrics   -
21    The Conspiracy of Oberon and Puck lyrics Add lyrics   -
22    Puck Two lyrics Add lyrics   -
23    The Identity Parade lyrics Add lyrics   -
24    The Face of Bottom lyrics Add lyrics   -
25    The Spark of Love lyrics Add lyrics   -
26    Tormentress lyrics Add lyrics   -
27    Oberon Humbled lyrics Add lyrics   -
28    Twisted - Entangled - Transform and Exchange lyrics Add lyrics   -
29    The Fairy and the Ass lyrics Add lyrics   -
30    Sleep lyrics Add lyrics   -
31    The Play lyrics Add lyrics   -
32    The Wedding lyrics Add lyrics   -
 

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