Back Stabbers

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What they do
Smiling in your face
All the time they want to take your place
The back stabbers
Smiling in your face
All the time they want to take your place
The back stabbers

I keep getting all these visits
From my friends
They come to my house
Again and again and again and again
So are they there to see my woman
I don't even be home but they still keep on coming
What can I do to get on the right track
Wish they'd take some of these knives out my back
Yeah yeah yeah

Back Stabbers / King Horse (Live 1983)
Written byLeon Huff, Gene McFadden & John Whitehead
Performed byElvis Costello & The Attractions (with The TKO Horns)
MusiciansElvis Costello - vocal, guitar
Steve Nieve - keyboards
Bruce Thomas - bass
Pete Thomas - drums
Jim Paterson - trombone
Jeff Blythe - saxophone
Paul Speare - saxophone
Dave Plews - trumpet
RecordedSeptember 7, 1983, Austin, TX
ReleasedJuly 28, 2003
AlbumsPunch The Clock (Rhino/Edsel reissue), 2003
Length4:47

First known performance:
May 25, 1982, Melbourne, Australia - medley with King Horse
Last known performance:
September 13, 1996, Tokyo, Japan - medley with (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea


Punch The ClockPunch The Clock Rhino album cover.jpg


Recordings by other artists

  • The O'Jays, on Back Stabbers, 1972
  • MFSB, on MFSB, 1973
  • Tina Turner, on Love Explosion, 1979

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