Elvis Costello — Sparkling Day

[Verse 1] Oh, it was such a sparkling day That I should be singing its praises Just to catch my senses as they slip away But my sentences and phrases Are about as worthless as wonder can be [Verse 2] And there are words that I could say Perhaps I lack the sense of occasion Seems that I’ve been looking down so long you see That it seemed like up to me I should be ashamed, I’m sure you will agree [Pre-Chorus] So don’t go calling out for Jude or Anthony Maybe I was lost I’m a hopeless case So that every night I listen carefully But there is no message for me No message for me [Chorus] Sparkling day, sparkling day Things I never said Some things you never heard Sparkling day, sparkling day Now I wait in vain to see That there was no message for me [Verse 3] I hung beneath the evening star Long enough to hear my lover whisper Though the night kept offering a deeper hue One of every blue persuasion What in heaven was I to do? [Pre-Chorus] So don’t go calling out for Jude or Anthony Maybe I was lost I’m a hopeless case But then every night I listen carefully But there was no message for me No message for me [Chorus] Sparkling day, sparkling day Things I never said Some things you never heard Sparkling day, sparkling day Now I wait in vain to see That there was no message for me [Verse 4] When love is constant and content You always fear some lingering temptation Silhouettes escaping underneath locked doors I’m astonished and amazed Perhaps my message was erased [Pre-Chorus] So don’t go calling out for Jude or Anthony Maybe I was lost I’m a hopeless case But then every night I listen carefully But there was no message for me No message for me [Chorus] Sparkling day, sparkling day Things I never said Some things you never heard Sparkling day, sparkling day Now I wait in vain to see That there was no message from me