Elvis Costello (Declan Patrick MacManus) Quotes

You swore you wouldn't shout. If it's not your punch, then it's your pout.

Elvis Costello

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• Swore
• Pout

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• You swore you wouldn't shout. If it's not your punch, then it's your pout.

  

  Elvis Costello
  • Punch
  • Swore
  • Pout