Motel Matches - Elvis Costello, The Attractions

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

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

Giving you away like motel matches

Giving you away like motel matches

Giving you away like motel matches

Giving you away like motel matches