The Sweetest Punch (song)

Lyrics

You only saw red after I said, "How can we continue?"

Hidden from your view in the blue corner that I painted myself into

Then we started to fight and it changed everything

Here's the ring

You dropped the band, I can't understand it

Not after all we've been through

Words start to fly, my glass jaw and I

Will find one to walk right into

You knocked me out

It was the sweetest punch

The bell goes...

I can hear it ringing, but I didn't see it coming

We all say things we don't mean

You can't take it back

Now the room is spinning, but was I the last to notice?

I can see I'll never win

So if you're going, then you better go to him

Then you better go to him

I only saw stars, I dropped my guard, and that's how it ended

What was I to do in the blue corner where I seemed to hang suspended?

Then with seconds to go, you delivered the blow

Here I go

You dropped the band, I can't understand it

Not after all we've been through

Words start to fly, my glass jaw and I

Will find one to walk right into

You knocked me out

It was the sweetest punch

The bell goes...

I can hear it ringing, but I didn't see it coming

We all say things we don't mean

You can't take it back

Now the room is spinning, but was I the last to notice?

I can see I'll never win

So if you're going, then you better go to him

Then you better go to him

Credits

• Written by: Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello
• Produced by: Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello
• Arranged and Conducted by: Burt Bacharach
• Featured Musicians:

Elvis Costello - voice

Burt Bacharach - piano

Steve Nieve - keyboards

Jim Keltner - drums

Greg Cohen - bass

Dean Parks - guitar

Donna Taylor - vocals

Lisa Taylor - vocals

Sue-Ann Carwell - vocals

Discography

Albums:

• Painted From Memory, 1998
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Singles:

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Collections:

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Alternate Versions:

• The Sweetest Punch (instrumental)

The Sweetest Punch, 1999

Soundtracks:

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Various Artists collections:

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Covers

Recorded by:

• none
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Performed by:

• none
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Bootlegs

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