I'll Wear It Proudly

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Lyrics - Credits - Discography - Covers - Bootlegs - Chords

Lyrics

I hate these flaming curtains they're not the color of your hair

I hate these striplights they're not so undoing as your stare

I hate the buttons on your shirt when all I wanna do is tear

I hate this bloody big bed of mine when you're not here


[Chorus:]

Well I finally found someone to turn me upside down

And nail my feet up where my head should be

If they had a King of Fools then I could wear that crown

And you can all die laughing because I'll wear it proudly


Well you seem to be shivering dear and the room is awfully warm

In the white and scarlet billows that subside beyond the storm

You have this expression dear no words could take its place

And I wear it like a badge that you put all over my face


[Chorus]


I'll wear it proudly through the dives and the dancehalls

If you'll wear it proudly through the snakepits and catcalls

Like a fifteen year old kid wears a vampire kiss

If you don't know what is wrong with me

Then you don't know what you've missed


Were your arms and legs wrapped round more than my memory tonight

When the bell rang out and the air around turned blue from fright

But in shameless moments you made more of me than just a mess

And a handful of eagerness says "What do you suggest?"


[Chorus]



Credits

The Little Hands Of Concrete - vocals, acoustic guitar
Jerry Scheff - electric bass
Jim Keltner - brushes & drums
Mitchell Froom - Hammond organ

Discography

Albums:

Singles:

  • none

Collections:

Soundtracks:

  • none

Various Artists collections:

  • none

Alternate Versions:

  • I'll Wear It Proudly (Solo Demo)
King Of America (Deluxe Edition), Rhino/Edsel, 2005
Produced by: (none credited)
Musicians:
Elvis Costello - vocal, guitar

Covers

Recorded by:

  • Thom Yorke & Jonny Greenwood (live once in 1999)
  • This section may be incomplete.

Performed by:

  • none
  • This section may be incomplete.

Bootlegs

  • This section is incomplete.

Chords

   D                                           A
I hate these flaming curtains they're not the color of your hair
   A7                                      D
I hate these striplights they're not so undoing as your stare
   D                                  D7                 G
I hate the buttons on your shirt when all I wanna do is tear
   G                                                A
I hate this bloody big bed of mine when you're not here

[Chorus]:
        D                               e  f#   G
Well I finally found someone to turn me upside down
     D                           A
And nail my feet up where my head should be
         D                                e     f#  G
If they had a King of Fools then I could wear that crown
     D                                A             G
And you can all die laughing because I'll wear it proudly

     D                                 A
You seem to be shivering dear and the room is awfully warm
         A7                               D
In the white and scarlet billows that subside beyond the storm
 D                                D7                    G
You have this expression dear no words could take its place
       G                                             A
And I wear it like a badge that you put all over my face

[Chorus]

A                                 G             D
I'll wear it proudly through the dives and the dancehalls
    A                                   G            D
If you'll wear it proudly through the snakepits and catcalls
        A                            G       D
Like a fifteen year old kid wears a vampire kiss
        G 
If you don't know what is wrong with me 
                            A
Then you don't know you've missed

          D                                         A
Were your arms and legs wrapped round more than my memory tonight
          A7                                       D      
When the bell rang out and the air around turned blue from fright
         D                                D7              G
But in shameless moments you made more of me than just a mess
       G                                         A
And a handful of eagerness says "What do you suggest?"

[Chorus]

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