The Only Flame In Town

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Lyrics - Credits - Discography - Covers - Bootlegs - Chords

Lyrics

I know a girl got my mind in a mess

I never heard her say goodnight and God bless

She's not the only flame in town


And when we're alone, we never quarrel

I'm miles away, now here's the moral

She's not the only flame in town


She's not the only flame in town

She's got to stop thinking that I'm carrying this torch around


He struck a match and it lit up her face

We should have struck a match, girl

To burn down the whole place

Now you're not the only flame in town


But you blew hot and cold

Turned my heart to a cinder

And with each passing day

You're less tender and more tinder

Now you're not the only flame in town


She's not the only flame in town

She's got to stop thinking that I'm carrying this torch around

You're not the only flame

You're not the only flame


Thought I saw your face in the fire

But it's so hard to remember

Even an inferno can cool down to an ember

Now you're not the only flame

You're not the only flame

You're not the only flame in town

Alternate Lyrics

Alternate verses one and two from demo version on All This Useless Beauty (Deluxe Edition) (2001)

I know a girl got my mind in a mess

I'll never hear her say goodnight and God bless

She's not the only flame in town


It's a love that I lost that I'll always regret

It's so easy to fall and so hard to forget

That she's not the only flame in town


Credits

Elvis Costello - vocals and guitar
Steve Nieve - keyboards
Bruce Thomas - bass
Pete Thomas - drums
Gary Barnacle - saxophone
Jim Paterson - trombone
Luis Jardim - percussion
Daryl Hall - vocals

Discography

Albums:

Singles:

  • This section may be incomplete.

Collections:

Alternate Versions:

  • The Only Flame In Town (demo)
All This Useless Beauty (Deluxe Edition), Rhino, 2001

Soundtracks:

  • none

Various Artists collections:

  • none

Covers

Recorded by:

  • none
  • This section may be incomplete.

Performed by:

  • none
  • This section may be incomplete.

Bootlegs

  • This section is incomplete.

Chords

C#m G#m F#m (4 times)

E              F#m     
 I know a girl, got my mind in a mess
G#m                   A             G#m    F#m
 I never heard her say goodnight and God bless
B                    E
She's not the only flame in town

E F#m G#m A G#m F#m E

And when we're alone, we never quarrel
I'm miles away, now here's the moral
                                E
She's not the only flame in town

*E G#m F#m A G#m B A
 
Chorus:
A      B            G#m          C#m
She's not the only flame in town
D         E            
 She's got to stop thinking that I'm
A    G#m       F#m        B                        
Carrying this torch around

He struck a match and it lit up her face
We should have struck a match, girl 
To burn down the whole place
Now you're not the only flame in town

But you blew hot and cold
Turn my heart to a cinder
And with each passing day
You're less tender and more tinder
Now you're not the only flame in the town

Chorus

C#m G#m F#m (4 times)

Thought I saw your face in the fire
But it's so hard to remember
Even an inferno can cool down to an ember
B                    G#m
 Now you're not the only flame
       C#m
You're not the only flame
C               B        
 You're not the only flame
C#m G#m F#m
   ... in town

C#m G#m F#m (repeat and fade)


*The keyboard, the only instrument actually making chords,
cuts out here and the bass and saxophone play the root notes
of these chords. The easier, and possibly better sounding, 
alternative for playing on guitar is an E F#m G#m A walkup, 
as is used on the alternate versions on the Goodbye Cruel World
reissues.

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