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"Out Of Our Idiot" was a compilation of unreleased songs and B-Sides dating from the Get Happy sessions to the Blood and Chocolate sessions.  All of the songs here, with the exception of "Little Goody Two Shoes", are available on the extended play sections of the Rykodisk Re-Releases of the albums "Get Happy," "Trust," "Imperial Bedroom," "Punch The Clock," "Goodbye Cruel World," "King Of America," and "Blood and Chocolate."  They are also credited to various artists, from EC and The Attractions, The Costello Show, The Coward Brothers and various other guises Elvis used during that time period.  Due to space considerations I'll put the track listing, links to whatever lyrics I put on other pages, and the credited artist.

1. Seven Day Weekend  -  Jimmy Cliff, Elvis Costello & The Attractions (on Blood and Chocolate Ressiue)
2. Turning The Town Red  -  Elvis Costello & The Attractions (On Goodbye Cruel World Rerelease)
3. Heathen Town  -  Elvis Costello & The Attractions (On Punch the Clock reissue)
4. The People's Limousine  -  The Coward Brothers (On King Of America Reissue)
5. So Young  -  Elvis Costello & The Attractions (On Get Happy reissue)
6. Little Goody Two Shoes  -  Elvis Costello & The Attractions (Only track not reissued)
7. American Without Tears #2 (Twilight Version) - Elvis Costello (on Blood and Chocolate Reissue)
8. Get Yourself Another Fool  -  Elvis Costello & The Attractions (On Goodbye Cruel World reissue)
9. Walking On Thin Ice  -  Elvis Costello & The Attractions with the TKO Horns (On Punch The Clock)
10. Withered And Died - The Imposter (Appears unlisted on Extended Play of Goodbye Cruel World)
11. Blue Chair - Elvis Costello (Appears on Extended Play of Blood and Chocolate)
12. Baby It's You - Nick Lowe and Elvis Costello (On Goodbye Cruel World reissue)
13. From Head To Toe  -  Elvis Costello & The Attractions (On Imperial Bedroom reissue)
14. Shoes Without Heels  -  Elvis Costello & The Confederates (On King Of America reissue)
15. Baby's Got A Brand New Hairdo - The Costello Show featuring the Attractions (Blood & Chocolate)
16. The Flirting Kind  -  Elvis Costello & The Attractions (On Punch The Clock reissue)
17. Black Sails In The Sunset  -  Elvis Costello & The Attractions (On Trust reissue)
18. A Town Called Big Nothing (Really Big Nothing) - The MacManus Gang (On Blood And Chocolate)
19. Big Sister  -  Elvis Costello & The Attractions (On Trust reissue)
20. The Stamping Ground  -  The Emotional Toothpaste  (On Imperial Bedroom Reissue

Little Goody Two Shoes

(Written By Elvis Costello, Submitted by Craig Ciccone)


You can take a powder, you can take a drink
You can keep the shrink and the kitchen sink
You can write my name in heaven in invisible ink
Just leave a feeling when there's no time to think

Little goody two shoes is here to clinch
You can miss by a mile or you can miss by an inch
Don't move a muscle, baby, don't even flinch
Or little goody two shoes will feel the pinch

You can tear me under, you can give me lip
You can tear me over, you can give me the slip
You can take off everything or tear me off a strip
With a bullet in the chamber and another in the clip

Little goody two shoes is here to clinch
You can miss by a mile or you can miss by an inch
Don't move a muscle, baby, don't even flinch
Or little goody two shoes will feel the pinch

Just when you thought you got what you deserved
Just when it's time to stop trying
A voice says, "Boy, have you got a nerve--
Why do you have to keep crying and crying?"

You can take me outside, you can take me apart
You can take me upstairs, you can take me to heart
You can take the decision that it's time to depart
Don't try to stop me when you told me to start

Little goody two shoes is here to clinch
You can miss by a mile or you can miss by an inch
Don't move a muscle, baby, don't even flinch
Or little goody two shoes will feel the pinch

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