Alison may refer to:
Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick MacManus, 25 August 1954) is an English singer-songwriter. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s and later became associated with the punk/New Wave genre. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader than that of most popular songs. His music has drawn on many diverse genres; one critic described him as a "pop encyclopaedia", able to "reinvent the past in his own image".
Costello has won multiple awards in his career, including a Grammy Award, and has twice been nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Male. In 2003, Elvis Costello & the Attractions were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Costello number 80 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
Costello was born Declan Patrick MacManus in St Mary's Hospital, London, the son of Lilian Alda (née Ablett, b. 1927, Liverpool) and Ross MacManus (1927–2011), a musician and bandleader. He is of Irish heritage. Costello lived in Twickenham, attending Hounslow Secondary Modern School, which is now St Mark's Catholic Secondary School, in neighbouring Hounslow. With a musically inclined father (who was a jazz trumpeter and sang with The Joe Loss Orchestra), Costello's first broadcast recording was alongside his dad in a television commercial for R. White's Lemonade (I'm a Secret Lemonade Drinker). His father wrote and sang the song; Costello provided backing vocals. The advertisement won a silver award at the 1974 International Advertising Festival.
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He has seven days to save the world. What's he doing in Newfoundland?
Oh, it's so funny
To be seeing you after so long, girl
From the way you look I understand
That you were not impressed
But I heard you let that little friend of mine
Take off your party dress
I'm not going to get too sentimental
Like those other sticky valentines
'Cause I don't know if you've been loving somebody
I only know it isn't mine
Alison, I know this world is killing you
Oh Alison, my aim is true, yeah
Well, I see you've got a husband now
Did he leave your pretty fingers lying
In the wedding cake?
You used to hold him right in your hands
I'll bet he took all he could take
Sometimes I wish that I could stop you from talking
When I hear the silly things that you say
I think somebody better put out the big light
'Cause I can't stand to see you this way
Alison, I know this world is killing you
Oh Alison, my aim is true, my aim is true
My aim is true, yeah yeah, my aim is true
My aim is true, my aim is true
Oh it's so funny to be seeing you after so long, girl.
And with the way you look I understand
that you are not impressed.
But I heard you let that little friend of mine
take off your party dress.
I'm not going to get too sentimental
like those other sticky valentines,
'cause I don't know if you've been loving somebody.
I only know it isn't mine.
Alison, I know this world is killing you.
Oh, Alison, my aim is true.
Well I see you've got a husband now.
Did he leave your pretty fingers lying
in the wedding cake?
You used to hold him right in your hand.
I'll bet he took all he could take.
Sometimes I wish that I could stop you from talking
when I hear the silly things that you say.
I think somebody better put out the big light,
cause I can't stand to see you this way.
Alison, I know this world is killing you.
Oh, Alison, my aim is true.
My aim is true.
Alison, Alison
Locked inside your head
Keep the words I said
And you'll always remember
Alison, Alison
They come to you and cry
Help to dry their eyes
Soothing their sorrow
Waking in the morning
She is moody as she opens the day
Slowly through the hour
She will open like a flower
And smile in her way
Alison, Alison
Waking in the morning
She is moody as she opens the day
Slowly through the hour
She will open like a flower
And smile in her way
Alison, Alison
Alison
I will remember
I will remember
Long ago,
High on a mountain in Mexico
Lived a young shepherd boy, Angelo
Who met a young girl and he loved her so
Rich was she,
Came from a very high family,
Angelo knew it could never be,
They ran away to their destiny
Running away together
Running away forever
Angelo
Running away from danger
Hiding from every stranger
Angelo
They knew it wasn't wrong
They found a love so strong
They took their lives at night
And in the morning light
They found them on the sand
They saw them lying there, hand-in-hand
Long ago,
High on a mountain in Mexico
Lived a young shepherd boy, Angelo
Who met a young girl and he loved her so
Running away together,
Running away forever,
Angelo
Running away from danger,
Hiding from every stranger,
Angelo
They knew it wasn't wrong
They found a love so strong
They took their lives at night
And in the morning light
They found them on the sand
They saw them lying there, hand-in-hand
Running away together,
Running away forever,
Angelo
Running away from danger,
Hiding from every stranger,
Angelo
They knew it wasn't wrong
They found a love so strong
They took their lives at night
And in the morning light
They found them on the sand
They saw them lying there, hand-in-hand
Running away together,
Running away forever,
Angelo
Hiding from every stranger,
Angelo
They knew it wasn't wrong
They found a love so strong
They took their lives at night
And in the morning light
They found them on the sand
Oh, it's so funny to be seeing you after so long, girl
And with the way you look I understand
That you are not impressed
But I heard you let that little friend of mine
Take off your party dress
I'm not going to get too sentimental
Like those other sticky valentines
'Cause I don't know if you've been loving somebody
I only know it isn't mine
Alison, I know this world is killing you.
Oh, Alison, my aim is true
Well, I see you've got a husband now
Did he leave your pretty fingers lying
In the wedding cake?
You used to hold him right in your hand
I'll bet he took all he could take
Sometimes I wish that I could stop you from talking
When I hear the silly things that you say
I think somebody better put out the big light
Cause I can't stand to see you this way
Alison, I know this world is killing you
Oh Alison, oh Alison, Alison, oh Alison, Alison, Alison,
Oh Alison Don't think me a fool for loving you
I can't go to school to unlearn this feeling.
There is no tool to chisel, to sand, to undo this reeling.
Ring back, ring back.
Oh Alison, oh Alison,
Don't think me dumb for loving you.
There's no rule of thumb to go by to get through.
And the days go by but don't let them take you away.
But I know you won't because you're strong,
and I was wrong, so Alison, here's your song.
Oh Alison, Oh Alison, oh Alison
Oh Alison, Oh Alison, oh Alison
Oh Alison, Oh Alison, oh Alison
Oh Alison, Oh Alison, oh Alison
Oh Alison, Oh Alison, oh Alison
Well, it's so funny to be seeing you after so long, girl
Ah, but the way you look I understand that you are not impressed
But I heard you let that little friend of mine
Take off your party dress
I'm not gonna get too sentimental
Like those other sticky valentines
'Cause I don't know if you were loving somebody
I only hope he wasn't mine
Alison, I know this world is killing you
Oh, Alison, my aim is true
Well, I see you've got a husband now
Well, did he leave your pretty fingers lying in the wedding cake?
You used to hold him right in your hand
Ah, but he took all he could take
Sometimes, I wish that I could stop you from talking
When I hear the silly things that you say
I think, somebody better put out the big light
'Cause I can't stand to see you this way
Alison, I know this world is killing you
Oh, Alison, my aim is true, my aim is true
Oh it's so funny to be seeing you after so long, girl.
And with the way you look I understand
that you were not impressed.
But I heard you let that little friend of mine
take off your party dress.
I'm not going to get too sentimental
like those other sticky valentines,
'cause I don't know if you are loving some body.
I only know it isn't mine.
Alison, I know this world is killing you.
Oh, Alison, my aim is true.
Well I see you've got a husband now.
Did he leave your pretty fingers lying
in the wedding cake?
You used to hold him right in your hand.
Bet he took all he could take.
Sometimes I wish that I could stop you from talking
when I hear the silly things that you say.
I think somebody better put out the big light,
'cause I can't stand to see you this way.
Alison, I know this world is killing you.
Oh, Alison, my aim is true.
My aim is true.
Oh it's so funny to be seeing you after so long, now.
The way you look I understand
That you were not impressed.
I heard you let that little friend of mine
Take off your party dress.
I'm not going to get too sentimental
Like those other sticky valentines,
'Cause I don't know if you've were loving some body.
I only know it isn't mine.
Alison, I know this world is killing you.
Alison, my aim is true.
I see you've got a husband now.
Did he leave your pretty fingers lying
In the wedding cake?
You used to hold him right in your hand.
I'll bet he took all that he could take.
Sometimes I wish that I could stop you from talking
When I hear the silly things that you say.
I think somebody better put out the big light,
'Cause I can't stand to see you this way.
Alison, I know this world is killing you.
Oh, Alison, my aim is true.
Think about you every now and then
Then I get so alone again
All I know is Alison is gone
And you know I'll never cheat on you
Come back and I'll show you soon
Think about the way things used to be
I can't take any more
What is my heart for?
Chorus
Alison I wanna talk to you
Alison I'll be forever blue
Alison:.Alison
Now you're gone
And friends is cool
I think of all the shit I put you through
Don't you know I'm glad that it's the end
I was alone when she came along
A brand new girl and a brand new song
Just to let you know that things are done
I can't take any more
What the fuck is my life for?
Chorus
Alison I wanna talk to you
Alison I'll be forever blue
Alison:.Alison
Time has passed and things have changed
But I think you've stayed the same
Time has passed and I'm alright
Come check out this new girlfriend of mine
Don't wanna talk about this
Don't wanna talk about it
Don't wanna talk about this:.no no
Alison:.I wanna talk to you
Alison:.I'll be forever blue
Alison:.don't wanna talk to you
Alison wrote me a song and told me to listen
She picked up her guitar and started humming her melody
I remember wanting to know if she needed assistance
She said why don't you try you might strike the right
chord in me?
So what's it to you now?
You're going down
And what's it to you now?
You're going down
Nobody laughed when Alison said she'd be famous
Although nobody really knew that she had a voice
Alison hit number one in the start of September
And by Christmas she was already singing 'bout other
boys
So what's it to you now?
You're going down
And what's it to you now?
You're going down
Sure it was seven inches of gold produced by desire
But fifteen of minutes of fame was more than she would
share
You see Alison's now got a new favourite taking her
higher
And I'm just a kid trying to work my way outta here
So what's it to you now?
You're going down
What's it to you now?
You're going down
When Alison's band fell apart she wrote me a letter
Guess she was trying to thank me for letting her go
She said you keep on playing her songs in lack of
something better
But I bet she was wondering how she would do back home
So what's it to you now?
You're going down
What's it to you now?
You're going down
What's it to you now?
You're going down
What's it to you now?