Almost Blue (song)

Lyrics

Almost blue

Almost doing things we used to do

There's a girl here and she's almost you

Almost

All the things that your eyes once promised

I see in hers too

Now your eyes are red from crying

Almost blue

Flirting with this disaster became me

It named me as the fool who only aimed to be

Almost blue

It's almost touching it will almost do

There's a part of me that's always true... always

Not all good things come to an end now, it is only a chosen few

I have seen such an unhappy couple

Almost me

Almost you

Almost blue

Alternate lyric, sung by Chet Baker:

Almost blue
Almost doing things we used to do
There's a girl here and she's almost you
Almost
All the things that you promised with your eyes
I see in hers too
Now your eyes are red from crying

Credits

• Written by: Elvis Costello
• Produced by: Geoff Emerick
• Musicians:

Elvis Costello - vocals and guitar

Steve Nieve - keyboards

Bruce Thomas - bass

Pete Thomas - drums

Discography

Albums:

• Imperial Bedroom, 1982
• Imperial Bedroom (reissue), Rykodisc/Demon, 1994
• Imperial Bedroom (Deluxe Edition), Rhino/Edsel, 2002
• This section may be incomplete.

Singles:

• Baby Plays Around, 1989
• Deep Dark Truthful Mirror, 1989

Collections:

• The Best Of Elvis Costello & The Attractions, 1985
• Girls Girls Girls, 1989
• The Very Best Of Elvis Costello, 1999
• This section may be incomplete.

Soundtracks:

• none

Various Artists collections:

• none

Alternate Versions:

• Almost Blue (live at the Enmore Theatre, Sydney 2002-07-13)

Cruel Smile, 2002

• Almost Blue (Piano Jazz version)

Piano Jazz: Costello/McPartland, 2005

Produced by: Shari Hutchinson

Musicians:

Elvis Costello - vocal, guitar

Marian McPartland - piano

• Almost Blue (live at the Netherlands Congress Centre, The Hague 2004-07-09)

My Flame Burns Blue, 2006

Bootlegs

• This section is incomplete.