Elvis Costello（埃爾維斯 科斯特洛）1954年8月25日出生於倫敦，他是從朋克和新浪潮狂潮中湧現出來的英國第一流的搖滾樂天才。自1977年他第一次出現在舞台上起，他已經成長為一位偉大的歌手和歌曲創作者。儘管科斯特洛從來沒有躋身於唱片銷量超級明星行列，但他卻深受同行和批評家的尊敬。他把多種元素和朋克結合起來並加以改良，使得音樂聽起來沒那么極端。他是一個流行音樂人的同時還是歌手與歌曲創作者，這些音樂天賦都跟他是以色列後裔這一事實息息相關。在80年代初期，Elvis Costello是發揚倫敦酒吧搖滾場景藝術為數不多的先鋒人物。在形成自己獨特的風格和唱腔之前，他也曾投身於朋克音樂和新浪潮音樂。Elvis Costello的第一張唱片於1977年發行。
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she may be the face I can't forget
the trace of pleasure I regret
may be my treasure or the price I have to pay
she may be the song that summer sings
may be the chill that autumn brings
may be a hundred different things
within the measure of the day.
she may be the beauty or the beast
may be the famine or the feast
may turn each day into heaven or a hell
she may be the mirror of my dream
a smile reflected in a stream
she may not be what she may seem
inside her shell
she who always seems so happy in a crowd
who's eyes can be so private and so proud
no one's allowed to see them when they cry
she may be the love that cannot hope to last
may come to me from shadows of the past
that I'll remember till the day I die
she may be the reason I survive
the why and wherefore I'm alive
the one I'll care for through the rough and rainy years
