Fire Suite 1

I remember that dance On the roof of my car When St. Lucy's mad torch Put away our best bar Say we drank And we prayed Some just sat like a choir Came the smoke In the night Came the heat Came the fire Ember glow lagered ash I was pissed as a fart Stricken some dumb plum numb We was broken at heart Say we drank And we prayed Some just sat like a choir Came the smoke In the night Came the light Came the fire Say we drank And we prayed Some just sat like a choir Came the smoke In the night Came the heat Came the fire Say we drank And we prayed Some just sat like a choir Came the smoke In the night Came the light Came the fire

Fire Suite 1 Words by Ray Dobbins & Roy Nathanson Music by Roy Nathanson Performed by Roy Nathanson featuring Elvis Costello & Cyrus Chestnut Produced by Bob Appel Musicians Elvis Costello - vocal Cyrus Chestnut - piano Brad Jones - bass Erik Friedlander - cello E.J. Rodriguez - drums Recorded ca. 1999, Kampo Cultural Center, New York (backing track) & Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin (vocals) Released March 14, 2000 Albums Roy Nathanson - Fire At Keaton's Bar & Grill, 2000 The Juliet Letters (Rhino reissue), 2006 Various Artists collections Torch: A Six Degrees Collection Of Modern Torch Songs, 2003 Mother Earth Blues Vol. 1, 2007 Length 5:27 First known performance:  May 4, 2000, Live With Regis & Kathie Lee Last known performance:  November 14, 2000, London, England      (7 known performances)

Internal links

• Elvis Costello Home Page: The Juliet Letters | lyrics | TJL info page 1  •  Fire At Keaton's Bar & Grill info page
• Lyrics

External links

• Elvis Costello Reissues: The Juliet Letters