All These Things

Lyrics

From The River In Reverse, 2006

The touch of your lips next to mine

Gets me excited makes me feel fine

The touch of your hand

Your sweet hello

The fire inside you

When you're holding me close

Your love so warm and tender

The thrill is so divine

It is all these things that make you mine

If you should leave me

I surely would die

You started to go

I started to cry

I've got it bad

But that's alright

As long as you're with me every night

Your love so warm and tender

The thrill is so divine

It is all these things that make you mine

If I should live forever

The only thing that I want to do

With all that time

Would be to give forever

All of my love, all my love

To you

Your love so warm and tender

The thrill is so divine

It is all these things that make you mine

Alternate version

From Blood And Chocolate (Deluxe Edition), 2006

The touch of your lips next to mine

Gets me excited, makes me feel fine

I got it bad, but it's alright

Long as you're near me every night

Your love so warm and tender

The thrill is so divine

It is all these things that make you mine

If you should leave me, I surely would die

When you started to go, I started to cry

I got it bad, but it's alright

Long as you're near me every night

Your love so warm and tender

The thrill is so divine

It is all these things that make you mine

All these things that make you mine

All these things that make you mine

Credits

• Written by: Allen Toussaint
• Produced by: Joe Henry (The River In Reverse version)
• Musicians:

Blood & Chocolate:

Elvis Costello - vocals, guitar

The River In Reverse:

Elvis Costello - vocal

Allen Toussaint - piano, backing vocals

Anthony "AB" Brown - Fender Telecaster

The Imposters:

Steve Nieve - Hammond B3

Davey Faragher - bass, backing vocals

Pete Thomas - drums

The Crescent City Horns:

Carl Blouin - baritone saxophone

Amadee Castenell - tenor saxophone

Joe "Foxx" Smith - trumpet

Sam "Big Sam" Williams - trombone

Discography

Albums:

• Blood And Chocolate (Deluxe Edition), Rhino/Rhino, 2003
• The River In Reverse, 2006

Singles:

• none

Collections:

• none

Soundtracks:

• none

Various Artists collections:

• none

Covers

Recorded by:

• Art Neville, 1962
• The Uniques, 1966
• Aaron Neville, 1969

Performed by:

• none
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Bootlegs

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