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I wish that I didn't hate you
Least not as much as I do
And squander all my contempt for
A little nothing like you
Liars like you are ten-a-penny
Women would slap you, if you knew any
Sometimes I feel just like committing a crime
I've got this suitcase of phony wisdom to dispense
These twenty-seven or so years
You'd think I would have made them some cents
Now they want me fingerprinted like I was smuggling drugs
While the government does deals with the most convenient thugs
Sometimes I feel just like committing a crime
It's Needle Time
I'm trying not to despise you with a passion that's hard to extinguish
Or maybe I really love you although it's hard to distinguish
I wish I could be more like a saint is
Forgiving those who trespass against us
Sometimes I feel just like committing a crime
I started talking nonsense, just like I did to begin with
Around the time I tired of those sour English
Sometimes I feel just like committing a crime
It's Needle Time
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| Needle Time |
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| Written by | Elvis Costello |
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| Performed by | Elvis Costello & The Imposters |
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| Produced by | Dennis Herring & Elvis Costello |
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| Musicians | Elvis Costello - vocals, Gibson Super 400 & Magnatone Typhoon guitars, "S" tambourine
Steve Nieve - upright piano, Vox Continental organ, "Kay" melodica
Davey Faragher - Gibson EB1 bass
Pete Thomas - drums, maracas |
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| Recorded | April 2004, Sweet Tea, Oxford, MS |
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| Released | September 20, 2004 |
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| Albums | The Delivery Man, 2004 |
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| Length | 5:06 |
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