Elvis Costello : Motel Matches

Lyrics for the Elvis Costello song "Motel Matches" from their "Goodbye Cruel World" album. Feel free to browse the rest of our Elvis Costello lyrics here, or download the rest of our Goodbye Cruel World lyrics.

Band: Elvis Costello
Album: Goodbye Cruel World
Song: Motel Matches

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

Boys everywhere, fumbling with the 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