Intro: EC#mEC#mEC#mE
You never asked me what I wanted. You only asked me why.
C#mEC#mEBE
I never thought that so much trouble was a restin' on my reply,
AE
I could say it was the nights when I was lonely
AC#m
And you were the only one who'd come.
AE
I could tell you that I like your sensitivity,
F# B
When you know it's the way that you walk.
AE
Why do you have to say that there's always someone
AE
Who can do it better than I can?
AE
But don't you think that I know that walking on the water
B n.c. B
Won't make me a miracle man?
EC#m
Baby's gotta have the things she wants.
EC#m
You know she's gotta have the things she loves.
EC#m
She's got a ten-inch bamboo cigarette holder
EBE
and her black patent leather gloves.
AE
And I'm doing everything just tryin' to please her,
AC#m
Even crawling around on all fours.
AE
Oh, I thought by now that it was gonna be easy,
F# B
But she still seems to want for more.
AE
Why do you have to say that there's always someone
AE
Who can do it better than I can?
AE
But don't you think that I know that walking on the water
B n.c. B
Won't make me a miracle man? Oh yeah
EC#mE
Yeah they're givin' you a bad reputation just because you've never been denied.
C#mEC#mE
You try to say you've done it all before. Baby, you know that you
BEAE
just get tired. Yet everybody loves you so much, girl.
AC#mAE
I just don't know how you stand the strain. Oh, but I'm the one who's here
F# B
tonight, and I don't wanna do it all in vain.
AE
Why do you have to say that there's always someone
AE
Who can do it better than I can?
AE
But don't you think that I know that walking on the water
BB
Won't make me a miracle man? Oh yeah
B
A miracle man? Oh yeah
B
A miracle man? Oh yeah
B
A miracle man? Oh yeah
o nome verdadeiro de Elvis Costello é Declam mcManus. O nome artístico veio da junção de Elvis Presley com o comediante Lou Costello (da dupla Abbot and Costello).
Antes de assinar contrato com uma gravadora nos anos 70 Costello trabalhava programando computadores.