Motel Matches lyrics

Song information

Artist: Elvis Costello
Album: Goodbye Cruel World

Lyrics

Somewhere in the distance I can hear "who shot sam?"
This is my conviction, that I am an innocent man
Though you say I'm unkind
I'm being as nice as I can

Bars everywhere, full of pretty catches
I struck lucky with motel matches
Falling for you without a second look
Falling out of your open pocketbook
Giving you away like motel matches

I wake with the siren in an emergency
Though your mind is full of love
In your eyes there is a vacancy
And you know what I'll do
When the light outside changes from red to blue

Chorus

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"Goodbye Cruel World" album track list