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If there's anything that you want
If there's anything that you need
There's no need to be evasive
Money talks and it's persuasive
Possession
Now you're sending me your best wishes
Signed with love and vicious kisses
You lack lust, you're so lacklustre
Is that all the strength you can muster?
Possession
Even when we are out of touch
Now I know that I've seen too much
Seen too much
So I see us lying back to back
My case is closed, my case is packed
I'll get out before the violence
Or the tears or the silence
Possession
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| Possession |
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| Written by | Elvis Costello |
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| Performed by | Elvis Costello & The Attractions |
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| Produced by | Nick Lowe |
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| Musicians | Elvis Costello - vocals, guitar, organ
Steve Nieve - keyboards
Bruce Thomas - bass
Pete Thomas - drums |
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| Recorded | October 1979, Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands and/or Eden Studios, London |
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| Released | February 1980 |
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| Albums | Get Happy!!, 1980 |
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| Collections | Girls Girls Girls, 1989 |
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| Promos | Get Happy!! (Promo Album), 1980 |
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| Videos | The Right Spectacle: The Very Best Of Elvis Costello - The Videos, 2005 |
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| Length | 2:02 |
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“Another drunken composition (or is it decomposition). On the run from a cleverly isolated Dutch studio, we sought excitement in a small cafe. Sure enough I started to fall ‘in love’ with the waitress, but was hustled back to work before the trouble began. I began my protestations of desire in the taxi, and although other grim thoughts came to mind, the song was ‘complete’ by the time we reached the studio. Naturally we recorded it right away and in a childishly literal gesture I insisted on playing organ (very badly).” — Girls Girls Girls liner notes, 1989.
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