I'm In The Mood Again

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Hail to the taxis
They go where I go
Farewell the newspapers that know more than I know
Flung under a street-lamp still burning at dawn
I'm in the mood again

I walk the damp streets rather than slumber
Along past the fine windows of shameless and plunder
But none of their riches could ever compare
I'm in the mood again

I don't know what's come over me
But it's nothing that I'm doing wrong
You took the breath right out of me
Now you'll find it in the early hours
In a lover's song

I lay my head down on fine linens and satin
Away from the mad-hatters who live in Manhattan
The Empire State Building illuminating the sky
I'm in the mood, I'm in the mood, I'm in the mood again.

I'm In The Mood Again
Written byElvis Costello
Performed byElvis Costello
Produced byElvis Costello & Kevin Killen
MusiciansElvis Costello - vocals, piano
Bill Ware - vibraphone
RecordedApril-May 2003, Nola Studios and/or Avatar Studios, New York
ReleasedSeptember 11, 2003
AlbumsNorth, 2003
CollectionsUnfaithful Music & Soundtrack Album, 2015
PromosEither Side Of The Same Town Sampler, 2010
Length2:35

First known performance:
September 12, 2003, Madrid, Spain
Last known performance:
February 19, 2023, New York, NY
     (47 known performances)


Alternate versions

I'm In The Mood Again (Piano Jazz version)
Performed byElvis Costello
Produced byShari Hutchinson
MusiciansElvis Costello - vocal, piano
RecordedMay 3, 2003, Manhattan Studio, New York
ReleasedJuly 12, 2005
AlbumsPiano Jazz: Costello/McPartland, 2005
Length2:42
NorthNorth album cover large.jpg

Piano Jazz: Costello/McPartlandPiano Jazz.jpg

Unfaithful Music & Soundtrack AlbumUnfaithful Music & Soundtrack Album album cover.jpg

Covers

Steve Nieve, AJUQ and Muriel Teodori performed live, 2020-04-25, The Daily Improvisation, France 2020 Facebook - 7:15
Erich Sellheim home studio production, sung in German 2021 YouTube

Chords

Bb          Bb7/Ab
 Hail to the taxis  
Eb       Eb/F
 They go where I go  
Bb             Bb7/Ab        Eb         Eb/F
 Farewell the newspapers that know more than I know 
  D5/A       A           Bbmaj7          Gm
Flung under a street-lamp still burning at dawn 
Eb                 F   F/Eb
 I'm in the mood again 

Bb         Bb7/Ab       Eb          Eb/F
 I walk the damp streets rather than slumber 
Bb           B7/Ab             Eb            Eb/F
 Along past the fine windows of shameless and plunder 
    D5/A         A      Dm            Gm
But none of their riches could ever compare 
Eb                 F   F#m-5
 I'm in the mood again

Gm                          d eb B
   I don't know what's come over me 
       C#                          F#maj7
But it's nothing that I'm doing wrong 
C#                          f  f# D
 You took the breath right out of me 
          E
Now you'll find it in the early hours 
     F            (eb)
In a lover's song 

Bb       Bb/Ab        Eb            Eb/F
 I lay my head down on fine linens and satin 
Bb        Bb7/Ab              Eb         Eb/F
 Away from the mad-hatters who live in Manhattan 
    D5/A        A            Dm            Bb/G
The Empire State Building illuminating the sky 
Cm               B6               F#m-5/C    F#m       Bb
 I'm in the mood, I'm in the mood, I'm in the mood again

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