I can hardly bear the sight of lipstick
On the cigarettes there in the ashtray
Lying cold the way you left them
But at least your lips caressed them while you packed
Or the lip-print on a half-filled cup of coffee
That you poured and didn't drink
But at least you thought you wanted it
That's so much more than I can say for me
What a good year for the roses
Many blooms still linger there
The lawn could stand another mowing
Funny I don't even care
As you turn to walk away
As the door behind you closes
The only thing I have to say
It's been a good year for the roses
After three full years of marriage
It's the first time that you haven't made the bed
I guess the reason we're not talking
There's so little left to say we haven't said
While a million thoughts go racing through my mind
I find I haven't said a word
From the bedroom the familiar sound
Of our baby's crying goes unheard
What a good year for the roses
Many blooms still linger there
The lawn could stand another mowing
Funny I don't even care
As you turn to walk away
As the door behind you closes
The only thing I have to say
It's been a good year for the roses
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Good Year For The Roses |
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Written by | Jerry Chesnut |
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Performed by | Elvis Costello & The Attractions |
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Produced by | Billy Sherrill |
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Musicians | Elvis Costello - vocal, guitar Steve Nieve - keyboards Bruce Thomas - bass Pete Thomas - drums John McFee - guitar Tommy Millar - fiddle Nashville Edition - backing vocals |
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Recorded | May 18-29, 1981, CBS Studio A, Nashville |
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Released | September 1981 |
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Albums | Almost Blue, 1981 |
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Singles | Good Year For The Roses, 1981 Green Shirt, 1985 |
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Collections | The Best Of Elvis Costello & The Attractions, 1985 The Man (The Best Of Elvis Costello), 1985 The Very Best Of Elvis Costello & The Attractions, 1994 The Very Best Of Elvis Costello, 1999 Singles, Volume 2, 2003 The Best Of Elvis Costello The First 10 Years, 2007 |
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Various Artists collections | Hits Hits Hits, 1981 The History Of Rock: Vol. 39, 1986 New Country, 1994 Country Collection, 1994 The All Time Greatest Country Songs, 1997 That's Country, 1998 Blast From The Past: The Other Side Of The '80s, 1998 The Best Country Ballads In The World... Ever!, 1998 Now That's What I Call Music 1981 - The Millennium Series, 1999 The History Of Rockmusic: Pure Rock 1981, 1999 Summer Country (41 Classic Country Hits For A Modern World), 2002 Elite Eighties, 2003 Country Love, 2003 The Very Best Of Country Gold, 2003 Country Ballads, 2003 101 Love Songs, 2003 The Essential Country Album, 2003 Recline, 200_ Inspired - The World's Greatest Covers, 2004 The Ultimate All Time Classic Tearjerkers, 2004 Foute Kerst-CD Van Deckers En Ornelis - 19 Foute Kerstsongs, 2005 |
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Promos | Elvis Costello Introduces... The Tracks From His New Album 'Almost Blue', 1981 Excerpts From The Album 'Almost Blue', 1981 Highlights From Almost Blue & Imperial Bedroom, 1994 Selections From Almost Blue, Goodbye Cruel World, Kojak Variety, 2004 |
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Videos | The Right Spectacle: The Very Best Of Elvis Costello - The Videos, 2005 |
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Length | 3:06 |
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