Lyrics
I want to vanish
This is my fondest wish
To go where I cannot be captured
Laid on a decorated dish
Even in splendor, this curious fate
Is more than I care to surrender
Now, it's too late
Whether in wonder or indecent haste
You arrange the mirrors and the spools
To snare the rare and precious jewels
That were only made of paste
If you should stumble upon my last remark
I'm crying in the wilderness
I'm trying my best to make it dark
How can I tell you I'm rarer than most
I'm certain as a lost dog
Pondering a sign post
Whether in wonder or indecent haste
You arrange the mirrors and the spools
To snare the rare and precious jewels
That were only made of paste
I want to vanish
This is my last request
I've given you the awful truth
Now give me my rest
WRITERS
DECLAN MACMANUS
PUBLISHERS
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Sadness
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All This Useless Beauty
1996
01
The Other End of the Telescope
Elvis Costello
02
Little Atoms
Elvis Costello
03
All This Useless Beauty
Elvis Costello
04
Complicated Shadows
Elvis Costello
05
Why Can't a Man Stand Alone?
Elvis Costello
06
Distorted Angel
Elvis Costello
07
Shallow Grave
Elvis Costello
08
Poor Fractured Atlas
Elvis Costello
09
Starting to Come to Me
Elvis Costello
10
You Bowed Down
Elvis Costello
11
It's Time
Elvis Costello
12
I Want to Vanish
Elvis Costello
