Love Field

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You lie so unfolded
In a love field
With your contempt for any modesty
In a love field

In a love field
In a love field
You yield with your lips still sealed
In a love field

Lost in a sea of imaginary women
Everything you'd want from the dawn to the dimming

Breath comes sharp and heart beats faster
In a love field
Cold ground for a pillow under a blanket of stars
In a love field

In a love field
In a love field
Headlights that startled this embrace of ours
In a love field

In a crooked house where things can be arranged
You think you're different from the rest
But you don't know how you've changed

Under an archway on a road of white linen
In a love field
Feel the anxious rhythm of a functional stranger
In a love field

In a love field
In a love field
She's so tense but it's never mentioned
In a love field
In a love field
In a love field

Love Field
Written byElvis Costello
Performed byElvis Costello & The Attractions
Produced byClive Langer & Alan Winstanley
MusiciansElvis Costello - vocals, guitar
Maurice Worm (a.k.a. Steve Nieve) - keyboards
Bruce Thomas - bass
Pete Thomas - drums
see Goodbye Cruel World credits for possible additional musicians
RecordedFebruary 1984, SARM West Studios, London
ReleasedJune 18, 1984
AlbumsGoodbye Cruel World, 1984
SinglesI Wanna Be Loved, 1984
CollectionsGirls Girls Girls, 1989 (CD only)
The Very Best Of Elvis Costello & The Attractions, 1994
PromosSelections From Almost Blue, Goodbye Cruel World, Kojak Variety, 2004
Length3:30

First known performance:
February 17, 1984, Nice, France
Last known performance:
2024
     (155 known performances)


Alternate versions

Love Field (Live 1984)
Performed byElvis Costello
MusiciansElvis Costello - vocal, keyboard
RecordedApril 28, 1984, San Francisco, CA
ReleasedJuly 26, 2004
AlbumsGoodbye Cruel World (Rhino/Edsel reissue), 2004
Length3:21

Love Field (Live 1995)
Performed byElvis Costello & Bill Frisell
MusiciansElvis Costello - vocal
Bill Frisell - guitar
RecordedJune 25, 1995, London, England
ReleasedAugust 14, 1995
AlbumsDeep Dead Blue, 1995
Length3:25

Love Field (iTunes Originals Version)
Performed byElvis Costello
MusiciansElvis Costello - vocal, guitar
RecordedMarch 2007, Vancouver
ReleasedJune 19, 2007
DownloadsiTunes Originals, 2007
Length4:48
Goodbye Cruel WorldGCW album cover large.jpg

I Wanna Be Loved singleI Wanna Be Loved US 7" single front sleeve.jpg

Girls Girls GirlsGGG album cover 300.jpg

The Very Best Of Elvis Costello & The Attractions, 1994The Very Best Of Elvis Costello And The Attractions album cover.jpg

Deep Dead BlueDeep Dead Blue album cover.jpg

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Covers

Bonnie Brett The Elvis Costello Songbook 2003
Bonnie Brett performed live, Mississauga Living Arts Centre 2003
Larkin Poe recorded for video prior to supporting EC on 2014 European Tour 2014
Steve Nieve performed live, 2020-04-25, The Daily Improvisation, France 2020 Facebook - 3:45
Erich Sellheim home studio production, sung in German 2019 YouTube

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