That Day Is Done

Lyrics

I feel such sorrow, I feel such shame

I know I won’t arrive on time

Before whatever out there is gone

What can I do, that day is done

It’s just a promise that I made

I said I’d walk in her parade

Hot scalding tears I thought would flow

Still in my heart they’ll never show

That day is done

That day is done

You know where I’ve gone

I won’t be coming back

That day is done

Well I recall the time and place

Where they announced her precious face

I thought at once my heart would burst

Still every time is like the first

There was applause as she stepped up

I wished that I could interrupt

I made no sign, I made no sound

I know I must stay underground

That day is done

That day is done

You know where I’ve gone

I won’t be coming back

That day is done

That’s why she walks, or so they say

She always knew just what I needed

But if she would just look my way

One time before they proceed

She sprinkles flowers in the dirt

That’s when a thrill becomes a hurt

I know I’ll never see her face

She walks away from my resting place

That day is done

That day is done

You know where I’ve gone

I won’t be coming back

That day is done

You know where I’ve gone

I won’t be coming back

That day is done

That day is done

That day is done

Credits

• Written by: Paul McCartney and D.P.A. MacManus
• Produced by: Mark Prentice and Lee Olsen
• Musicians:

Elvis Costello - lead vocals

The Fairfield Four:

Robert Hamlett - vocals

Isaac Freeman - vocals

Walter Settles - vocals

Joseph Rice - vocals

James Hill - vocals

Larry Knechtel - piano

Discography

Albums:

• The Fairfield Four - I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray, 1997
• All This Useless Beauty (Deluxe Edition), Rhino, 2001
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Singles:

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Collections:

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Alternate Versions:

• That Day Is Done (live at Caffe Milano, Nashville 1997-10-01)

The Fairfield Four And Friends - Live From Mountain Stage, 2000

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Soundtracks:

• none

Various Artists collections:

• none

Covers

Recorded by:

• Paul McCartney, on Flowers In The Dirt (1989)
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Performed by:

• none
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Bootlegs

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