Lyrics to
Lipstick Vogue

This version of Lipstick Vogue was released by Elvis Costello in 1978.

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Don’t say you love me when it’s just a rumour
Don’t say a word if there is any doubt.
Sometimes I think that love is just a tumour;
you’ve got to cut it out.

You say you’re sorry for the things that you’ve done.
You say you’re sorry but you know you don’t mean it.
I wouldn’t worry. I had so much fun.
Sometimes I almost feel just like a human being

It’s you
not just another mouth in the lipstick vogue
It’s you
not just another mouth in the lipstick vogue
oh yeah.

Get to the slot machine almost dead on arrival
Just hit me one more time with that live wire
Maybe they told you you were only a girl in a million
You say I’ve got not feelings;
this is a good way to kill them.

Select the control and then insert the token
You wanna throw me away but I’m not broken.
You’ve got a lot to say. Well I’m not joking.
There are some words they don’t allow to be spoken.
Sometimes I almost feel just like a human being

It’s you
not just another mouth in the lipstick vogue

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About Lyrics and Lipstick Vogue by Elvis Costello

The lyrics to Lipstick Vogue are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Elvis Costello used when the song was created in 1978. The lyrics to Lipstick Vogue have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Elvis Costello and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Lipstick Vogue by Elvis Costello. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Lipstick Vogue" means the words set to the music of Lipstick Vogue, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Elvis Costello. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Lipstick Vogue and the lyrics to Lipstick Vogue are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Elvis Costello who came here looking just for the lyrics to Lipstick Vogue, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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