Elvis Costello - My Thief Lyrics






When I go to sleep, you become my thief
Why don't you steal what you can keep?
But you won't let me be
You break into my dreams
And every day seems different
Sometimes I pretend you'll come back again
And you'll console the heart you stole
Have pity on the man
Who knows that you have gone
And has begun to break down

I feel almost possessed
So long as I don't lose this glorious distress then
You can take all I have left
I know it's over
If you can't be my lover
Be my thief

I'm so drowsy now, I'll unlock the door
What fades in time will hurt much more
So here's that happy scene
Where you come back to me
It's only found in fiction

I feel almost possessed
So long as I don't lose this glorious distress then
You can take all I have left
I know it's over
If you can't be my lover
Be my thief

"I didn't lead you on,
But there will always be
A little larceny in everyone

So hush and don't you cry
I'm trying to be kind
Because I have a perfect alibi"





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  1. C.... B....

    Elvis Costello, casado con Diane Krall, cantante que también se ha presentado con Burt Bacharach...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TACjujXgq48&list=PLSQeYxPI06_AWnhHvxdDBKgAyqkxbyJcQ&index=3

  2. R.... M....

    OMG. Just beautiful.

  3. e.... s....

    I'm crying because I am that man, I've been that haunted fool for most of my adult life and now, in the autumn, its seems I am destined to die that man. Could i survive one more love affair? Do I dare? It would be good to feel love and maybe I wouldn't lose love again. God, please give me the strength.

  4. O.... E....

    A Masterpiece!

  5. L.... S....

    Un capolavoro che non ha bisogno di essere tradotto , grandi

  6. J.... G....

    If this song is ever playing and I'm not crying it's because I'm dead.

  7. F.... C....

    Elvis Costello tiene un timbre de voz unico... excelente

  8. P.... G....

    So if one hundred thousand people have watched this, who are the other 1,000 apart from me?

  9. S.... ....

    I own a LOT of music and I think I have good taste but this album is another level

    S.... ....

    Which other albums would you say are on "another level"?

  10. K.... A....

    A master work.

  11. D.... H....

    The Dark Side of Love. I have to take just a small sliver of it or I'll live that smokey, heavy side.

  12. E.... o....

    This is one of my favorite songs by him

  13. J.... G....

    If you don't cry you are a chicken. This is a milestone

  14. M.... A....

    Angie, please forgive me. Life is grey without you. I'm doing better now, have a job and a better life. I miss you

  15. b.... s....

    wow ------- 3:33 melted

  16. t.... f....

    How could an album be this perfect? The combination of Burt and Elvis is sublime - every track exquisite. If I have to choose a particular song it would be this "My Thief" .... heart wrenching.

    t.... f....

    I agree Tony. It's truly perfection!

  17. E.... A....

    Very dark.

  18. j.... l....

    The story of my life wreck

    j.... l....

    james lynch So sorry to hear. May you be granted restoration in all ways possible. Blessings from Sweden.

  19. I.... T....

    between the song and the lovely violinist closing her eyes to feel the music she's playing, gets me every time...

  20. S.... L....

    Lisa sounds like the late Syreeta Wright, Stevie Wonder's first wife.

  21. S.... B....

    Elvis Costello has found his niche: it is in working with other gifted composers and musicians to create music SUBLIME.
    He is amazing here with Bacharach, also his voice combined with Paul McCartney's was so naturally similar in tone and character to Lennon/McCartney harmony (although I am happy the two worked together on the one album together and put this aside for now—they are both too good to limit themselves or try to conform to a certain musical formula.) Still, this delightful combination of talent can always be combined at will in the future...

  22. C.... F....

    Weeping....Weeping for a the mistakes I've made!

    C.... F....

    I'm with you Catherine!

  23. i.... ....

    can we get another singer?

    i.... ....

    @***** oooh, I see you're into freaky sex shit huh

    i.... ....

    Are you a total moron? Costello's voice ain't the greatest but it works brilliantly with these songs by Burt Bacharach.

    i.... ....

    Well what a pleasant person you seem to be

    i.... ....

    @islezeus what a piece of work you are. You know, going through four divorces doesn' t make you a horrible man. But discarding Costello does. You have no idea...

    i.... ....

    Elvis Costello is one of the greatest singers in the history of popular music. Had been far a long time but the evidence is certainly all over this album. What other rock singer could belt God Give Me Strength? I don't know what you people are hearing/not hearing.

  24. K.... A....

    How sweet is that solo vocal at the end---Lisa Taylor

    K.... A....

    You are so right.

  25. U.... ....

    That 5/4 bar right after the 1st 4/4 bar of the verse....just sounds so natural..Bacharach HAD to have added this!??

  26. I.... M....

    Oh my God, how good is this. Beautiful Beautiful 5 minutes, absolute bliss!

  27. e.... s....

    Take my heart, it's broken and of no use to me.

  28. B.... P....

    The tenderness and cruelty of love in a whispering

  29. C.... L....

    This is from the Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach Painted from Memory album. correct?

  30. W.... P....

    fantastic.....every song is really top notch. 

  31. I.... ....

    Hai rgagione, un vero capolavoro, come tutto il disco "Painted From Memory". Grazie per averlo pubblicato!

  32. F.... P....

    I love this song. Gets me.

  33. K.... R....

    "I didn't lead you on,
    But there will always be
    A little larceny in everyone

    So hush and don't you cry
    I'm trying to be kind
    Because I have a perfect alibi"

    K.... R....

    One of the best lines ever written

    K.... R....

    Thanks Keith,I hadn't caught that lyric, beautiful for sure

  34. J.... ....

    I adore this entire album. I would listen to it more often, but it brings me to tears too easily, so I savor each time I listen to these wonderful songs.

  35. n.... ....

    What CD does this song belong to?

    n.... ....

    Painted From Memory
    By Elvis & Burt collaboration album
    1998

  36. C.... A....

    I can listen to 3:33 to the end all day long. Lisa Taylor!

  37. R.... C....

    been a great fan of this album for ever

  38. d.... ....

    perfect ending...

  39. M.... D....

    Lucciconi....

  40. g.... ....

    these two should get together again and write some songs for Mad Men

  41. u.... ....

    Like Mozart and Shakepeare getting together to write a few tunes

  42. d.... ....

    One of my all time favorite albums. Desert island music.

  43. d.... ....

    Whenever I have to give someone important a birthday present, this cd is my gift. I even gave it to my own 'thief'....
    If ever I have to choose 1 cd as the only one I can listen to for the rest of my life, this is it...

  44. d.... d....

    è così bello da far male.

  45. p.... ....

    I am so blown away by this whole CD. I have run out of words to express it. Just listen and experience this magic for yourself.

  46. B.... E....

    magnificent!!!!

  47. N.... W....

    Beautiful.