Sparkling Day

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Transcription below is based on comparative listens by several fans.

Oh, it was such a sparkling day
That I should be singing its praises
Just to catch my senses as they slip away
But my sentences and phrases
Are about as worthless as wonder can be

And there are words that I could say
Perhaps I lack the sense of occasion
Seems that I've been looking down so long you see
That it seemed like up to me
I should be ashamed I'm sure you will agree

So don't go calling out for Jude or Anthony
Maybe I was lost
I'm a hopeless case
So that every night I listen carefully
But there was no message for me
No message for me

Sparkling day, sparkling day
Things I never said
Some things you never heard
Sparkling day, sparkling day
Now I wait in vain to see
That there was no message for me

When love is constant and content
You always fear some lingering temptation
Silhouettes escaping underneath locked doors
I'm astonished and amazed
Perhaps my message was erased.

So don't go calling out for Jude or Anthony
Maybe I was lost
I'm a hopeless case
But then every night I listen carefully
But there was no message for me
No message for me

Sparkling day, sparkling day
Things I never said
Some things you never heard
Sparkling day, sparkling day
Now I wait in vain to see
That there was no message from me

Sparkling Day
Written byElvis Costello
Performed byElvis Costello & The Imposters
MusiciansElvis Costello
Steve Nieve
Davey Faragher
Pete Thomas
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Releasedscheduled for release August 15, 2011
CollectionsIn Motion Pictures, 2012
SoundtracksOne Day: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, 2011
PromosSparkling Day, 2011

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Steve Nieve performed live, 2020-08-30, The Immobile Tour Backstage, France 2020 Facebook - 03:25

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