Weird Nightmare

Lyrics

Weird nightmare

You haunt my every dream

Weird nightmare

Tell me what's your scheme?

Can it be that you're a part

Of a lonely broken heart?

Weird nightmare

Why must you torment me?

Weird nightmare

Pain and misery

In a heart that's loved and lost

Take away the grief you've caused

Can't sleep at night

Twist, turn in fright

With the fear that I'll live it all again

In my dreams

You're there to haunt me

When you say she doesn't want me

I've been hurt

Do you know what that means?

Weird nightmare

Take away this dream you've borne

Weird nightmare

Mend a heart that's torn

That has paid the price of love

A thousand fold

Bring me a love

With a heart of gold

Weird nightmare

Credits

• Written by: Charles Mingus
• Produced by: Hal Willner
• Deep Dead Blue version recorded at the Meltdown Festival, Queen Elizabeth Hall RFH2, London 1995-06-25
• Musicians:

Weird Nightmare: Meditations On Mingus version:

Elvis Costello - Vocals, harmonic canon

Don Alias - Percussion

Michael Blair - Drums

Art Baron - Trombone

Don Byron - Clarinet

Greg Cohen - Bass

Bill Frisell - Guitar

Francis Thumm - Partch instruments

Deep Dead Blue version:

Elvis Costello - Voice

Bill Frisell - Guitar

Discography

Albums:

• Deep Dead Blue, 1995
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Singles:

• none

Collections:

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Alternate Versions:

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Soundtracks:

• none

Various Artists collections:

• Weird Nightmare: Meditations On Mingus, 1992

Covers

Recorded by:

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Performed by:

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Bootlegs

• Beacon Theatre 2001
• Weird Nightmare