Human Touch

Lyrics

I know I've just gotta get out of this place

I can't stand any more of that mechanical grace

Though you say it's only an industrial squeeze

It looks like a luxury and feels like a disease

Chorus:

Oh give it to me, give it to me

I don't want to know much about much

Give it to me, give it to me

I need, I need, I need the human touch

Left with just a house to hold, drinking your way to drydock

It's easy to break up a model citizen, living in the state of shock

I just can't believe I am responsible for this

What the makeup hides can't be made up with a kiss

(Chorus)

When I'm talking in tongues I go where you lead

I don't make you plead, oh I need you

How I'd like to fix her in a picture of rage

How I'd like to catch her when she's acting her age

But when she's laying stretched out on the floor

It's no mystery to me anymore

(Chorus)

Credits

• Written by: Elvis Costello
• Produced by: Nick Lowe
• Musicians:

Elvis Costello - vocals, guitar

Steve Nieve - keyboards

Bruce Thomas - bass

Pete Thomas - drums

Discography

Albums:

• Get Happy!!, 1980
• Get Happy!! (reissue), Rykodisc/Demon, 1994
• Get Happy!! (Deluxe Edition), Rhino/Edsel, 2003

Singles:

• none

Collections:

• none

Soundtracks:

• none

Various Artists collections:

• none

Alternate Versions:

• Human Touch (Alternate Version)

Get Happy!! (Deluxe Edition), Rhino/Edsel, 2003

Produced by: Nick Lowe

Musicians:

Elvis Costello - vocals, guitar

Steve Nieve - keyboards

Bruce Thomas - bass

Pete Thomas - drums

Covers

Recorded by:

• none
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Performed by:

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Bootlegs

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