[ti:Mouth Almighty (Album Version)] [ar:Elvis Costello & The Attractions] [al:Punch The Clock] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Mouth Almighty - Elvis Costello & The Attractions [00:00.34]Your tricks of confidence [00:05.89]All the pavements for miles around are littered with your footprints [00:11.80]Now every girl I get close to seems to be wearing your perfume [00:18.97]And the clock strikes the letters of your name [00:22.06]Both midnight and noon [00:24.89]But I used to shoot my mouth off [00:28.20]Till you'd had enough of me [00:30.84]Once or twice nightly [00:33.05]I know I've got my faults [00:34.92]And among them I can't control my tongue [00:38.21]But if you didn't believe me [00:41.25]Why did you have to leave me [00:44.04]With my mouth almighty [00:47.89]Mouth almighty that's what I've got [00:50.78]Mouth almighty telling you what's what [00:54.10]Mouth almighty [00:57.33]I wish I'd never opened my mouth almighty [01:00.47]I wish I'd never opened my mouth almighty [01:03.62]I wish I'd never opened my mouth almighty [01:08.33]So I threw away the rose and held onto the thorn [01:14.99]Crawling round with my crooner cufflinks and my calling card cologne [01:21.25]But the realization of being replaced starts to tell tales across my face [01:28.00]Without a soul to talk to or a hair out of place [01:34.19]But I used to shoot my mouth off [01:37.21]Till you'd had enough of me [01:40.13]Once or twice nightly [01:42.26]I know I've got my faults [01:44.44]And among them I can't control my tongue [01:47.63]But if you didn't believe me [01:50.67]Why did you have to leave me [01:53.41]With my mouth almighty [01:57.44]Mouth almighty that's what I've got [02:00.37]Mouth almighty telling you what's what [02:03.46]Mouth almighty [02:06.90]I wish I'd never opened my mouth almighty [02:09.71]I wish I'd never opened my mouth almighty [02:12.82]I wish I'd never opened my mouth almighty