Music Video
Music Video
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Elvis Costello
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Elvis Costello
Producer
Dan Hersch
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
You're sending me tulips mistaken for lilies
You give me your lip after punchin' 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
[Verse 2]
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
[Verse 3]
Down on the main spring, 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
[Verse 4]
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
[Verse 5]
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
[Verse 6]
Somehow I found myself down at the dock side
Thinkin' 'bout the old days of Liverpool and Rotherhithe
Transparent people who live on the other side
Living a life that is almost like suicide
[Verse 7]
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
Written by: Elvis Costello
