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Costello Elvis The River In Reverse With Allen Toussaint

(Toussaint) The touch of your lips next to mine Gets me excited makes me feel fine The touch of your hand Your sweet hello The fire inside you When

(Costello, Toussaint) There's a place Where words mean nothing or much less Such a disgrace We got to get out of this mess Coming in under the cover

(Costello, Toussaint) The streets were deserted and the house was dark Down in the basement there was the faintest spark Three boys hoping to make their

(Toussaint) Sunrise Sunset Since the beginning it hasn't changed yet People fly high begin to lose sight You can't see very clearly when you're in flight

(Toussaint) Wake up early in the morning I got you on my mind Even a simple phone call would suit me just fine Tears, tears and more tears I can't

kiss There must be something better than this 'Cos I don't see how it can get much worse What do we have to do to send The river in reverse Every man

(Costello, Toussaint) Where is the love It's such a ruthless business Where is the faith The hope and the forgiveness Twisting the words you say until

(Toussaint) We may seem happy like everything's alright But from the outside looking in Everything's uptight But deep down inside we're covering up