Mental Revenge

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I hope the friend you've thrown yourself with gets drunk and loses his job
And that the road you're walking on gets cold, rocky and hard
I couldn't make you love me you only made me blue

So all in all should the curtain fall I hope it falls on you
I hope it falls on you

Then I will get sweet, sweet, sweet mental revenge
I will get sweet, sweet, sweet mental revenge

I hope the train from Caribou, Maine runs over your sweet love affair
You walk the floor from door to door and pull out your peroxide hair
You never was my woman cause you were never true

So all in all should the curtain fall I hope it falls on you
I hope it falls on you

Then I will get sweet, sweet, sweet mental revenge
I will get sweet, sweet, sweet mental revenge

Mental Revenge (unreleased cover)
Written byMel Tillis
Performed byElvis Costello

Only known performance:
November 23, 1984, Geneva, Switzerland
     (1 known performance)


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Recordings by other artists

 Artist  Year  Release  Links
Mel Tillis  1966  A-side of single and Stateside AllMusic
Waylon Jennings  1967  B-side of "Born To Love You"
The Flying Burrito Brothers  on various bootlegs
Linda Ronstadt  1970 Silk Purse DiscogsAmazon
 The Long Ryders  1983 10-5-60 DiscogsAmazon

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