New Amsterdam Lyrics

You're sending me tulips mistaken for lilies
You give me your lip after punching me silly
You turned my head till it rolled down the brain drain
If I had any sense now I wouldn't want it back again

New Amsterdam it's become much too much
Till I have the possession of everything she touches
Till I step on the brakes to get out of her clutches
Till I speak double dutch to a real double duchess

Down on the mainspring, listen to the tick tock
Clock all the faces that move in on your block
Twice shy and dog tired because you've been bitten
Everything you say now sounds like it was ghost-written

Chorus

Back in London they'll take you to heart after a little while
Though I look right at home I still feel like an exile

Somehow I found myself down at the dockside
Thinking of the old days of Liverpool and Rotherhithe
The transparent people who live on the other side
Living a life that is almost like suicide

Chorus

Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Get Happy!!

Sep 2003

1. Love for Tender
2. Opportunity
3. The Imposter
4. Secondary Modern
5. King Horse
6. Possession
7. Men Called Uncle
8. Clowntime Is Over
9. New Amsterdam
10. High Fidelity
11. Black & White World
12. 5ive Gears in Reverse
13. B Movie
14. Motel Matches
15. Human Touch
16. Beaten to the Punch
17. Temptation
18. I Stand Accused
19. Riot Act
20. So Young
21. Girls Talk
22. Clowntime Is Over, No.2
23. Getting Mighty Crowded
24. From a Whisper to a Scream
25. Dr. Luther's Assistant
26. Ghost Train
27. New Lace Sleeves
28. Hoover Factory
29. Just a Memory
30. Seven O'Clock
31. Don't Look Back