Toledo

Lyrics

All through the night you telephoned

I saw the light blinking red

Beside the cradle

But you don't know how far I've gone

Now I must live with the lie

That I made

But if I call, I know I won't have to say it

You'll hear my voice - something is bound to betray it

But do people living in Toledo know that their name hasn't travelled very well?

And does anybody in Ohio dream of that Spanish citadel?

But it's no use saying that I love you

And how that girl really didn't mean a thing to me

For if anyone should look into your eyes

It's not forgiveness that they're gonna see

You hear her voice - "How could you do that?"

You hear her voice - "How could you do that?"

So I walked outside in the bright sunshine

And lovers pass by smiling and joking

But they don't know the fool I was

Why should they care what was lost, what was broken?

But if I call, I know I won't have to say it

You'll hear my voice - something is bound to betray it

But do people living in Toledo know that their name hasn't travelled very well?

And does anybody in Ohio dream of that Spanish citadel?

But it's no use saying that I love you

And how that girl really didn't mean a thing to me

For if anyone should look into your eyes

It's not forgiveness that they're gonna see

But do people living in Toledo know that their name hasn't travelled very well?

And does anybody in Ohio dream of that Spanish citadel?

But we still have Florence, Alabama

We don't have Paris, and we don't have Rome

Or New York or even Amsterdam

None of those lonely towns will be my home

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 - piano

Jim Keltner - drums

Greg Cohen - bass

Dean Parks - guitar

Jerry Hey - flugelhorn

Gary Grant - flugelhorn

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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Alternate Versions:

• Toledo (alternate version)

The Sweetest Punch, 1999

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Covers

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Performed by:

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Bootlegs

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