Elvis Costello - This Year's Girl Lyrics






See her picture in a thousand places
'cause she's this year's girl.
You think you all own little pieces
of this year's girl.

Forget your fancy manners,
forget your English grammar,
'cause you don't really give a damn
about this year's girl.
Still you're hoping that she's well spoken
'cause she's this year's girl.
You want her broken with her mouth wide open
'cause she's this year's girl.
Never knowing it's a real attraction,
all these promises of satisfaction,
while she's being bored to distraction
being this year's girl.

Time's running out. She's not happy with the cost.
There'd be no doubt, only she's forgotten
much more than she's lost.

A bright spark might corner the market
in this year's girl.
You see yourself rolling on the carpet
with this year's girl.
Those disco synthesizers,
those daily tranquilizers,
those body building prizes,
those bedroom alibis,
all this, but no surprises for this year's girl.
All this, but no surprises for this year's girl.
All this, but no surprises for this year's girl.





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  1. K.... ....

    I LOVE this man and his wonderful Band !!! Seen them several times in concert , and they are UNREAL !!!!!!!!

  2. M.... 2....

    J'adore...générique de the Deuce😍

  3. K.... ....

    Back in the days when the bass line was instead of the lead guitar AWESOME..

  4. K.... ....

    Saw Elvis several times in Sydney. Unreal concerts !! Fell in love with him in the mid 70's..still love him and all his music in 2019

  5. J.... K....

    Elvis takes photos, we all know it.

  6. E.... ....

    Right, "The Deuce" be it. That's where I heard it, remembered how cool it was & had to come here after finding out whose song it was. The Other Elvis.

    E.... ....

    The Elvis who stayed hip.

  7. J.... l....

    Elvis is the bomb 😍 🔥

  8. m.... ....

    You are here, because of The Deuce.

  9. n.... ....

    Could have sworn it was Marc Bolan, the first time I heard this

  10. J.... R....

    This song was an answer to a Rolling Stones song

  11. J.... R....

    Damn that was a good show

  12. M.... B....

    Just when you thought nothing was cooler than a Stones b side along comes this brilliant re-write.

  13. C.... T....

    Sounds like Stewie Griffin🤣

    C.... T....

    Hahaha underrated comment!

  14. D.... S....

    The real king...Elvis Costello!!! Btw that’s me dropping the mic 🎤

  15. S.... L....

    THE DEUCE! Bringing it to a new Gen!

  16. S.... L....

    I turned a girl named Cheri on to this song. She bought the album right after. That was decades ago. But every time I hear this song I think back to those carefree days and the fun we had jamming to this tune

  17. T.... ....

    The Duece.

  18. K.... ....

    That harmony...


    Time's running out, she's not happy with the cost
    There'd be no doubt
    Only she's forgotten much more than she's lost...

  19. T.... B....

    Elvis is dead
    Long live Elvis

  20. T.... B....

    freakin awesome bass player in this band

  21. S.... L....

    Cool beans,thanks for posting!

  22. G.... T....

    I have heard of Elvis Costello but I must say this is the only song I know I have heard of his. The Deuce brought me here. I am gonna give his music a spin around the block, cause I like this song so much .

    👍

    G.... T....

    You are in for a long treat. check the 1st 5 albums & imperial bedroom for the acme of elvis...

  23. F.... D....

    This song should have been on his greatest hits album

  24. F.... D....

    Just heard this song for the first time though it was a new song from Elvis Costello amazing timeless.

  25. C.... ....

    I’m here because of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The season four episode circa 2000, called “This Year’s Girl” where Faith wakes up from her coma and goes after Buffy. The lyrics are spot-on for Faith’s character and story!

  26. F.... D....

    Timeless music by the great Elvis Costello

  27. T.... S....

    Pisses me of the deuce got cancelled bcuz ppl cant handle americas history or reality.get over ourselves. America loves its drugs. Prositiution,meh. Oldest profession in history. Take the human trafficing away,its still better than mcds. So,such is life.dome of us,alot,do things were not particularly proud of but id rather live indoors too. So much to it. Btw America-stop frontin like prudes. Bunch of posers r closet pervs.lov ya

  28. m.... ....

    A Ringo beat.

  29. B.... C....

    I think I'm gonna be sad.... I think its today... Yeah.... She's got a ticket to ride...

  30. j.... K....

    What ever brought you here welcome,The whole Album was good and it wasn't rare back then albums were heavy with hits.Check out Pump it up,it was most definitely punk redefined and later sons Allison, My Blue Chair,Peace love and Understanding all went another direction.I believe he had a cameo on one of the Austin Powers movies also.

  31. G.... J....

    A O C. 2Q2Q. no surprises........
    for this year's girl (s).....
    let's not forget the other
    two fresh women

  32. c.... ....

    Where are the lyrics?

  33. D.... S....

    'A bright spark might corner the market'...

  34. P.... B....

    A superb track from an even better album. Thanks for posting.

  35. M.... M....

    THE DEUCE❤️

  36. M.... D....

    I remember David Lee Roth saying that critics preferred Elvis Costello over Van Halen because the critics all looked like Elvis and not Van Halen!

  37. S.... ....

    THE DEUCE !

  38. T.... S....

    I am here to read comments about "I am here because of The Deuce"

    T.... S....

    Love that show!

    T.... S....

    At this point it's cliche/parody but you got to respect a curious mind that wants to learn and takes the time and effort to search new information. Every day is school.

  39. T.... T....

    i love the female vocals on this song so much!!!

  40. J.... D....

    The Deuce

  41. F.... V....

    The Deuce 2 all day, what a gem

  42. t.... T....

    Can’t help but to think of Abby❤️

  43. M.... D....

    C’mon, this is such a classic.... If I trashy TV series brought you here then......welcome !

  44. M.... O....

    Sounds exactly like Tom Petty.

    M.... O....

    you would have to grow up in those times .like me. No it isnt tom petty

  45. J.... V....

    "The Duece" brought me here.

  46. M.... P....

    This atrocious theme song to the second season of The Deuce is sung by... Elvis Costello? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...!!!

    M.... P....

    What's your point genius

  47. B.... M....

    " THE DEUCE. "  YES, YES, YES!!!

  48. D.... M....

    Best song ever?

  49. a.... ....

    My finace told me she always thought it was "Odysseus's Girl" and she said honestly. lol

  50. N.... B....

    The version produced for The Deuce is much better - the female voice (Natalie Bergman) suits the song better........ and Costello was never a great singer anyway (let the flaming ensue ;))

    N.... B....

    costello's a great singer wat da fuck are you talking about

  51. A.... S....

    anybody have any oxy

  52. �.... A....

    l Push My Girl Friend Around And After 20 Years l’ve Realized l’m Not Such A Dick...

  53. d.... ....

    Great song brings the good days back.....79 I think...damn 40 yrs ago I havnt heard this song in 35 it’s a great tune

  54. R.... I....

    This song made me watch The Deuce.

  55. S.... ....

    I like the mix better on The Deuce. Faster beat, combined vocals with Natalie Bergman

  56. B.... P....

    1977 - a hell of a year on The Deuce

  57. J.... W....

    Is the girl singing on duece version Maggie gynennall?

  58. E.... J....

    The Duece brought me here. Cool song

  59. s.... y....

    Elvis Costello was COOL!:)

    s.... y....

    **was**????

  60. M.... A....

    The Wire, Xtreme, are we really surprised ? Bittersweet it's only 3 seasons but god damned it's beautiful television

  61. m.... ....

    Nobody cares that the deuce brought you here

  62. M.... ....

    Elvis Presley may have recorded a similar album for his divorced Scientology Priscilla "wife" if he had survived his death in 1977.....! In 1978 I was a part of the male "civilian hospital service" + punk/new wave scene in my German home town + we impiously laughed about the unnecassary early death of Elvis Presley. In the meantime I think differently + a lot deeper.

  63. W.... P....

    The Deuce brought me here.

  64. T.... B....

    40 years later and 'This Year's Model" is still my favorite Costello album.

  65. a.... o....

    Elvis mimics Bruce...

  66. r.... s....

    Love this song but I want to know who's the woman singing with him on this ?

    r.... s....

    There is nothing in the Liner Notes but I know it wasn't Natalie Bergman as she wouldn't be born for another 11 years.

    r.... s....

    i could've bet my left tittie , that it was stevie nicks.

    r.... s....

    rita spera surely it’s the man himself

    r.... s....

    Surely it’s the man himself on the original

    r.... s....

    There is no woman singing in this version. Did you even listen too it?

  67. d.... b....

    best bass player  reminds me jack bruce

  68. M.... D....

    My women is every years girls

  69. D.... L....

    A GOOD SONG TO PROTEST FOR THE ME TOO MOVEMENT AND USING WOMEN AS ORNAMENTS

  70. L.... H....

    All the people here because of The Deuce, what rock have you been hiding under for the last 30+ years?

    L.... H....

    can zygotes hide under rocks?

    L.... H....

    Now I know where Girls got their sound!

    L.... H....

    They were not even alive when this song was released.

    L.... H....

    I can't believe people are reminded of this song while taking a deuce. It is NOT poop!!

    L.... H....

    they're fuckin plebs

  71. L.... ....

    I like the original, but I really like the re-version of this ft Natalie Bergman.

  72. P.... J....

    Who's the woman who sings on the Deuce version?

    P.... J....

    it's Natalie Bergman from the band Wild Belle

  73. C.... ....

    The Deuce

  74. 8.... D....

    THE DEUCE BROUGHT ME HERE🔥🔥🔥🔥

  75. l.... ....

    The intro for the 2nd season of "The Deuce."

    l.... ....

    if your reading this, do not watch this show, i tried, i mean i really tried to watch it. but after 5 episodes i am done, the story line is so bad and takes ages to actually go somewhere. the costumes and the set are so fake you can clearly tell its done in a studio. the only reason i watched this started to watch this is because James Franco is in it. and hes the only good actor in it as the rest are hopeless. i immediately gave up when i found out there was going to be a season 2- if you do not like the first 2 episodes, you wont like the rest because the first 2 episodes were the best, it just gets worse from there

    l.... ....

    @Degree7 Interesting, I thought Maggie show's a incredible acting skill in the show. Lot of realistic aspects of the time period as well.

  76. J.... F....

    I am here because of The Deuce too.

    J.... F....

    Actually Elvis Costello brought you here ..derp

    J.... F....

    YES🍒

    J.... F....

    TO be able to make a point...
    we're you even born....
    when it was what it was

    J.... F....

    Alright, Manhattan porn and prostitution, 80's. You get it, it makes for the shortest synopsis ever.

    Synopsis: Micks, Spicks, Blacks, Mob, Gangs, Racketeering, Sex, drugs and murder.

    It is likely the easiest subject-matter for a writer.

    After 2 episodes I am still not sure how much I like The Deuce. Not sold at all.

    At the one hand its okay, not awfully good or captivating. At the other hand its a bit: more of the same. If you've just finished one of the many crime series, such as board walk, the wire or something along the lines of these genres, I'd say - hold off watching this for a while.

    The cast and acting, nothing wrong with it. It's all good. No comments there. The story-line is sometimes somewhat fuzzy and unlikely.

    For the rest, the push for liberal TV continues as there are many scrotum to see. I wonder why we have to see dicks? My girlfriend is not impressed by them, she prefers to see boobs or soft porn. I want to bet that no woman is really interested in seeing dicks. They are simply grotesque looking, unpleasing and not impressive at all. Also not when XL or XXL.

    J.... F....

    @Degree7 As a woman, I'm neither impressed nor unimpressed, I've seen tits and dicks in life and onscreen.None are grotesque, just human physionomy.For me, showing people's bodies in situations where it would be unnatural to have actors cover themselves with a sheet is a great thing, as opposed to just showing them off as a statement (which is e.g. common for HBO "look at these, we can afford it!") I've always thought it was unfair to just show female parts and expose female actors.If I don't like an actor's dick, I won't stare at it.It's not porn, 2-3 seconds of an onscreen dick never hurt anyone. Another thing is that traditionally, men have always been considered to be less shy about their bodies than women.So in TV shows, who mostly thrive on stereotypes anyway, it always looked weird when ladies showed their parts, while men were cut from the waist down or whatever methods were used not to shock the modest viewer.

  77. O.... D....

    The Deuce. That is all.

    O.... D....

    I wonder if the 3rd and final season will stretch into the very late 70s and early 80s.From 80 to like 83 was such a wonderfully,free and sleazy time for porn.Seka,Savannah,Traci Lords the list boggles.Maybe a punk or disco or more new wave theme song.Btw had to throw in that this song has always been great.I originally thought the new version had Marianne Faithful on it.Which wouldve been cool.

    O.... D....

    @Gerald King Is there going to be a 3rd season? I figured it kind of wrapped up but I'd love a 3rd

    O.... D....

    I just endured the pilot episode. I swear I will not watch the rest. The show has great production values. The set, decors, and costumes are all great - the soundtrack totally lacks originality or imagination, though. So if you want to rate the show based on reconstruction ratings, it's doing great. I know the pilot is a teaser supposed to get us to be interested in the characters so we watch the whole series. But the characters are just wafer-thin clichés, the plot is so hokey, unimaginative, it's an insult to any viewer who has any experience of the 70's through real life or good written or screen fiction. I got bored after 10 minutes, and I only forced myself to watch until the end, just to make sure I would not be surprised. A steaming pile of clichés, poorly characterized. what a waste of money and talent. 4/10 for showing off the money on the screen.

    O.... D....

    Fucking boring millenials

    O.... D....

    ​@Rob 7 Gottisass! A cultural theory class or some back issues of TV guide maybe? Lets not go nuts

  78. j.... t....

    short marriage don't you think

  79. E.... R....

    btw, i'd always bring this cd to photo shoots, thanks so much :-)

  80. M.... ....

    Why am I here because of dallon weekes (?)

    THIS IS SUCH AN AMAZING SONG OMYGOD

  81. B.... ....

    Here because of Dallon weekes and I’m not sad about it

    B.... ....

    Beth SAME

    B.... ....

    heck same!!!

  82. A.... A....

    Best backing combo in the history of rock n roll.

  83. S.... C....

    Elvis is King~!

  84. P.... L....

    Brilliant. Check Ticket to RIde, and Steve's homage to Ringo. I see in my mind's eye, Judy Geeson and Sidney Poitier dancing at the end of "To Sir With Love".

  85. j.... ....

    this song is 40 years old and still destroys

    j.... ....

    Someone should destroy this songs existence

    j.... ....

    @Lazaretto boi 3 getouttahere

  86. M.... ....

    KÖNNTEN WIR VON VERLOGENER DEUTSCHER WERBUNG MIT DEM FURCHTBAREN KITSCH-"SCHAUSPIELER" BILL MOCKRIDGE VOR ENGLISCHEN MUSIKVIDEOS VERSCHONT BLEIBEN? DANKE!

  87. D.... k....

    How many " this Year's Girl", have we had 2 suffer since 1978??? Elle McPherson, Tyra Banks, Halle Berry, Beyonce, Lady GaGa, Madonna ,Kate Upton, And the beat goes on.Unfortunately.

    D.... k....

    Some of the women you mentioned stayed relevant for much more than a year...Sounds like someone has a problem with successful women

    D.... k....

    @Jeff Watts They may have been famous for more than a year, but still suck, & damn, near single-handedly destroyed Western pop-culture, ass-hat. And, I admire many strong, successful women. My mom, Ella Fitzgerald, Tina Weymouth, Artha Franklin, Audrey Hepburn, Carol King, Carole Kaye. I don't need to explain myself to your jumping to barely thought through, SJW reactionary, cliches nonsense, fuck-face.

  88. C.... B....

    Moving in on concepts of "beauty", that 'mad' and vehement take on females found a friend in this 1978 area where most were still serving and not allocating!

  89. C.... H....

    The God`s honest truth!

  90. w.... ....

    loud, abrasive and snotty....Elvis at his best......

  91. P.... L....

    Pete's take on Ringo rocks so hard, Bruce on bass is tremendous and of course Elvis is spot on. One of my all time go to licks. Timeless.

    P.... L....

    I left out the rock steady and half-and-a-quarter genius Steve Nieves!

    P.... L....

    patrick leiva Pete's playing the drum pattern from Ticket to Ride

  92. B.... H....

    Some great bass playing on this album, though I don't think they'll ever get the original band back together....

  93. A.... P....

    A brilliant singer songer with a shit hot band at the top of its game. What more do want?

    A.... P....

    Adam Powell Right on the money my man. Let's not forget what a great year this was for music. Far too many to name, but there's ton of fun in checking it out!

  94. C.... D....

    After seeing the Donald Trump ad before this,Donald Trump is This Year's Colossal Prick! lol

    C.... D....

    And your this years Collossal Moron.
    Back to Mommy’s basement asshole.

    C.... D....

    great retort

    C.... D....

    Fuck you Trump is the best president since Reagan!

    C.... D....

    This Year's Fascist TWat @Dead Pool

    C.... D....

    @Scott Briggs Awww another libtard with hurt feelings. Poor snowflake.

  95. J.... S....

    She came up on me proper. Jumped the rail. I was like, what what? She said I looked just like the boyfriend who turned her down. I looked like just like whomever he was. I didn't say no. I said. Okay.

  96. o.... s....

    mary kay place's cover is better

    o.... s....

    I just had a listen. The MK Place version is indeed awesome.

  97. J.... K....

    Elvis puts the grease on the pavement and then the pedal to the metal to get the audio track in luxurious stereophonic about this year's girl.

  98. H.... H....

    Those disco synthesisers, those daily tranquilliserszz

    H.... H....

    Those Bedroom Alibis!

    H.... H....

    best lines in the song...

    H.... H....

    @joeviking61 exactly my thoughts....those four lines just burrow into your skin like lice....hard to shake off...

    H.... H....

    those Karen McDougals

    H.... H....

    Best lyric ever!

  99. P.... L....

    Ringo's licks from Ticket to Ride. Tribute from Pete Thomas. Brilliant.

    P.... L....

    Awesome to pick that out!!

    P.... L....

    Sliver in the mind my brother!

    P.... L....

    Ringo played some memorable drum parts.

  100. S.... R....

    The bass is brilliant, but it's the "YEAAH!" at the end that slays me...

    S.... R....

    Fuck yeah!