How Deep Is The Red
From ElvisCostello
LyricsAndersen: They said that Jenny too was once an ugly wretch And how her dress was torn and ragged Back when her life was brief and rugged She had no sense for fine perfume And still her eyes cast down as she walks through each gilded room
You'll note her gowns are never hung with a string of pearls No one who sees her, plain and modest, senses the illegitimate girl Hidden within ... So, hark and hail "The Swedish Nightingale"
Is this not a riddle? A bow shoots arrows through the air A bow drags notes from a fiddle But who is the beau of poor girl’s dreams? That a king may send to battle
Is this not a pretty tale? Is this not a riddle? If red is the breast of soldier’s tunic hung with a silver medal And red is the thorn that protects the rose, a deeper red than the petal How deep is the red our redeemer bled, the debt of our sins to settle? How deep is the red? How deep is the red? How deep is the red our redeemer bled? How deep is the red?
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DiscographyThis unreleased song is intended for Elvis' chamber opera The Secret Songs Of Hans Christian Andersen. Covers
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