Inch By Inch

Lyrics

You can take a powder

You can take a drink

You can keep the shrink

And the kitchen sink

Write my name in heaven in invisible ink

I just woke up from dreaming, I think

You can take me over

You can give me a lip

You can take me under

You can give me the slip

Take off everything or tear me off a strip

Like a lady in the chamber and another in the clip

Chorus:

Don't move a muscle, baby

Don't even flinch

You can miss me by a mile

Or just inch by inch

Inch by inch

Inch by inch, Inch by inch

You can pull me up again inch by inch

Inch by inch, as pulses race

I long to see that look upon your face

You can take me outside

You can take me apart

You can take me upstairs

You can take me to heart

You made me love you when you thought you were smart

Don't try to stop me now you told me to start

(Chorus)

I long to see that look upon your face

I long to see that look upon your face

Credits

• Written by: Elvis Costello
• Produced by: Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley
• Musicians:

Elvis Costello - vocals and guitar

Steve Nieve - keyboards

Bruce Thomas - bass

Pete Thomas - drums

Gary Barnacle - saxophone

Jim Paterson - trombone

Luis Jardim - percussion

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Discography

Albums:

• Goodbye Cruel World, 1984
• Goodbye Cruel World (reissue), Rykodisc/Demon, 1995
• Goodbye Cruel World (Deluxe Edition), Rhino, 2004
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Singles:

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Collections:

• Album Name, Year
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Soundtracks:

• none

Various Artists collections:

• none

Covers

Recorded by:

• none
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Performed by:

• none
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Bootlegs

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