Your Mind Is On Vacation

Lyrics

I see you laughing right in my face

I guess I'm going to have to put you in your place

Because if silence was golden

You couldn't raise a dime

Because your mind is on vacation

And your mouth is working overtime

You're quoting figures and dropping names

You're telling stories about the dames

You're over-laughing when things ain't funny

You're trying to sound like you're the big money, honey

If talk was criminal

You'd lead a life of crime

Because your mind is on vacation

And your mouth is working overtime

Life is short, talk is cheap

Don't go making promises that you can't keep

If you don't like this little song I'm singing

Just grin and bear it

All I can say is if the red shoe fits, wear it

If you must keep talking, please try to make it rhyme

Because your mind is on vacation

And your mouth is working overtime

I see you laughing right in my face

I guess I'm going to have to put you in your place

Because if talk was criminal

You'd lead a life of crime

Because your mind is on vacation

And your mouth is working overtime

Credits

• Written by: Mose Allison
• Produced by: (none credited)
• Recorded live at the Broadway Theatre, New York City, 1986-10-23
• Musicians:

Elvis Costello - vocal, guitar

James Burton - lead guitar

Jerry Scheff - bass

Jim Keltner - drums

T Bone Burnett - rhythm guitar

Mitchell Froom - keyboards

T-Bone Wolk - accordion, vocals

Michael Blair - marimbas, vibraphone, percussion

Ralph Carney - saxophone

Discography

Albums:

• King Of America (reissue), Rykodisc/Demon, 1995
• King Of America (Deluxe Edition), Rhino/Edsel, 2005

Singles:

• none

Collections:

• none

Soundtracks:

• none

Various Artists collections:

• none

Alternate Versions:

• none

Covers

Recorded by:

• Mose Allison, 1962
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Bootlegs

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