Can You Be True?

Lyrics

Can you be true?

Can this possibly be real?

I knew quite suddenly

Do you sense how I feel?

I long to hear you whisper my name

'Til you tell me

"My Darling, you may be my man."

There will be days when you must go from my sight

There may be nights when clouds deny us starlight

Only time will tell us

I hope that it speaks gently if it isn't meant to be

Then again

By then we might not be listening so attentively

I will be there

If the days bring torments and trials

To close the distances only measured in miles

I long to hold you all through the night

And to tell you

"My Darling, you make everything seem right"

And then I'll hear you calling in my name

And I'll answer

"My Darling, I may be your man"

Credits

• Written by: Elvis Costello
• Produced by: Elvis Costello and Kevin Killen
• Arranged and Conducted by: Elvis Costello
• Musicians:

Elvis Costello - vocals

Steve Nieve - piano

Peter Erskine - drums

Michael Formanek - bass

Bill Ware - vibraphone

Pamela Sklar - alto flute

John Moses - clarinet

Roger Rosenberg - bass clarinet

Dave Mann - alto sax

Andy Snitzer - tenor sax

Bobby Routch - French horn

Bob Carlisle - French horn

Lew Soloff - flugelhorn

Conrad Herwig - tenor trombone

Discography

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• North, 2003
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