Go Away Lyrics - Singles - Elvis Costello & The Imposters

Are we rolling? 

One, two, one, two, three, four 

Here in my little spy movie 

With my garter and dagger 

And my gag and my cuff 

And my gunslinger swagger 

You used to be my hand-painted villain 

You used to be so thrilling 

It's a switch that you're flicking 

A fuse you're always tripping 

A button that you're pressing 

A number that you're pushing 

You're always delaying 

Denying and betraying 

Why don't you come back, baby? 

Why don't you go away? 

Go away, go away 

Why don't you go away? 

Why don't you come back, baby? 

Why don't you go away? 

Budapest intrigue 

Three hours of black and white 

Squinting at subtitles 

Through a telescopic sight 

Hungarian melody 

Repeating endlessly 

Is this the end I see? 

Approaching in front of me 

A switch that you're flicking 

A fuse you're always tripping 

A button that you're pressing 

A number that you're pushing 

You're always delaying 

Denying or betraying 

Why don't you come back, baby? 

Why don't you go away? 

Go away, go away 

Why don't you go away? 

Why don't you come back, baby? 

Why don't you go away? 

In this hysterical epic 

Secret passage of the palace 

Powder from a hollow ring 

Into the poisonous chalice 

Unfrocked fondler 

In a half moonlit gondola 

Pampered hog in a ringlet wig 

Gamboled a merry jig 

You're always pursuing 

But she won't need possessing 

Just undoing and undressing 

Please don't stop confessing 

You're always delaying 

Denying or betraying 

Why don't you come back, baby? 

Why don't you go away? 

Go away, go away 

Why don't you go away? 

Why don't you come back, baby? 

Why don't you go away? 

In my mystery caper 

As I lower my lamp 

On a fey little gunsel 

Who dreamed of drilling that vamp 

I'm walking the shade 

Of this silent parade 

With my pepper and mace 

And my heartbroken face 

Rainy railway station 

Drowns out a tearful parting 

Last canister rolling 

On our little melodrama 

It's a one-horse opera 

A screwball comedy 

Mistaken identity 

Well, who do you want to be? 

A switch that you're flicking 

A fuse you're always tripping 

A button that you're pressing 

A number that you're pushing 

You're always delaying 

Denying or betraying 

Why don't you come back, baby? 

Why don't you go away? 

Go away, go away 

Why don't you go away? 

Why don't you come back, baby? 

Why don't you go away? 

Hey, hey, hey 

Why don't you go away? 

Why don't you go away?