Just A Curio

In the cold pale sunlight that was slanting down, I spied Frost reflecting on the glass and in the air outside Fond relations mouthing words of love and tragedy Though it's cold there's vapour rising from a moving stream In a narrow, shallow bed of fine linen and starch Where her long hair tumbled once upon her graceful arch Lace hung on the counters and the walnut cabinets Teeth ware chattering like schoolgirls clicking castanets There will be no light to guide as you ascend the stairs There may be a candle as you kneel and say your prayers Throw the window wide and open, keep this mark from me Just the letter "T" and its most dread companion "B" How in heaven? Hadn't it been conquered long ago? How did it come back again? It's just a curio

Just A Curio Words by Elvis Costello Music by Fleshquartet Performed by Anne Sofie von Otter meets Elvis Costello Produced by Elvis Costello Arranged by Fleshquartet Musicians Anne Sofie von Otter - vocal Fleshquartet:  Jonas Lindgren - violin, electric 5-string violin  Örjan Högberg - viola, electric 5-string violin  Mattias Helldén - cello, electric cello  Sebastian Öberg - cello, electric cello Christian Olsson - drums, percussion Johan Lindström - pedal steel guitar Recorded Fleshquartet recorded September 23-27, 2000, Fleshland, Stockholm Possible additional recording October 2000-January 2001, Atlantis Grammophon AB, Stockholm, Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, and Westside Studios, London Released March 19, 2001 Albums For The Stars, 2001 Length 4:18 First known performance:      (0 known performances)

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