Elvis Costello — There's A Story In Your Voice (w/ Lucinda Williams)
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Once upon another time
If you had the need
I'd step right in the shoes that you've been walking
'Cos someone put the hurt in you
For every one to see
And you only have to speak to tell your fortune
There's a story in your voice
Both by damage and by choice
It tells of promises and pleasure
And a tale of wine and woe
The uneasy time to come
And the long way 'round we go to get there
Once you told me fairytales
Everybody knows
But I didn't care for their prediction
Now you say you're leaving me
And packing up your clothes
I finally see you were a work of fiction
There's a story in your walk
Then you crumble just like chalk
And I could say that I was sorry
But I wouldn't mean it much
There are pages I can't touch
And something that's been torn out of this chapter
Far away, not far enough
'Cos I can still recall
How it felt when I read that last sentence
Now I go inside some rooms with Gideon in them all
And hide myself from all hope of repentance
There's a story in your eyes
Cheap sunglasses might disguise
But when the bedroom light reveals
All that bravado and that fright
That you cover up in spite
Attempts to strip away this fabrication
There's a story in your voice
Both by damage and by choice
It tells of promises and pleasure
And a tale of wine and woe
The uneasy time to come
And the long way 'round we go to get there
If you had the need
I'd step right in the shoes that you've been walking
'Cos someone put the hurt in you
For every one to see
And you only have to speak to tell your fortune
There's a story in your voice
Both by damage and by choice
It tells of promises and pleasure
And a tale of wine and woe
The uneasy time to come
And the long way 'round we go to get there
Once you told me fairytales
Everybody knows
But I didn't care for their prediction
Now you say you're leaving me
And packing up your clothes
I finally see you were a work of fiction
There's a story in your walk
Then you crumble just like chalk
And I could say that I was sorry
But I wouldn't mean it much
There are pages I can't touch
And something that's been torn out of this chapter
Far away, not far enough
'Cos I can still recall
How it felt when I read that last sentence
Now I go inside some rooms with Gideon in them all
And hide myself from all hope of repentance
There's a story in your eyes
Cheap sunglasses might disguise
But when the bedroom light reveals
All that bravado and that fright
That you cover up in spite
Attempts to strip away this fabrication
There's a story in your voice
Both by damage and by choice
It tells of promises and pleasure
And a tale of wine and woe
The uneasy time to come
And the long way 'round we go to get there
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Gulp. Don't like this one. Noisy and silly, drunken nonsense to these ears.
I like Lucinda and I like Elvis, however I don't believe the whole is greater than the sum of the parts in this instance. Rather errrr......noisy.
Not every Lucinda Williams performance reaches the same heights. Upon a first hearing, this falls into the lamentable zone. She can do such great things, but not every time or place. I can think of few musicians who I really like whose output is so erratic.
Tarquin wrote:
9years almost to the day. Not exactly "soon" but better later than never. Definitely nice to hear some new songs in rotation. I like this one.
I was just browsing through the Music section and came across this tune. I rated it, then scrolled down to see what other users thought about it, then saw it's never been played on RP. I didn't know we could talk about songs that haven't been played. Anyway, I love this song. Let's hope it comes around sometime soon.
9years almost to the day. Not exactly "soon" but better later than never. Definitely nice to hear some new songs in rotation. I like this one.
I was just browsing through the Music section and came across this tune. I rated it, then scrolled down to see what other users thought about it, then saw it's never been played on RP. I didn't know we could talk about songs that haven't been played.
Anyway, I love this song. Let's hope it comes around sometime soon.