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| *[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mlar/mlar.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: Mighty Like A Rose] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/lyrics/mlar.html lyrics] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/guitar/mlar.html chords] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mlar/mlar_info_a01.htm MLAR info page 1] | | *[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mlar/mlar.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: Mighty Like A Rose] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/lyrics/mlar.html lyrics] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/guitar/mlar.html chords] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mlar/mlar_info_a01.htm Info page] |
| *[[Template: Harpies Bizarre|Lyrics]] | | *[[Template: Harpies Bizarre|Lyrics]] {{-}} [[Elvis Costello covers: Harpies Bizarre|Covers]] |
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| *[http://www.geocities.com/ned3705/mlar.html Elvis Costello Reissues: Mighty Like A Rose] | | *[http://www.inanotherroom.com/mlar.html Elvis Costello Reissues: Mighty Like A Rose] |
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Revision as of 15:53, 15 November 2012
He selects the plainest face from a spiteful row of girls
Elegant insulted women, a flaw of cultured pearls
He drops a name or two, she fails to catch
At last he's met his match
Unspoiled and unaffected, he wants her so much
She puts up half-hearted resistance, like she was taught to do
She's heard some of those small town playboys but this is something new
His promise seems dangerous, she'd like to believe
He says "You'd better leave"
"You've only got yourself to blame, shame, or deceive"
The waiting lines are long
They never get too far
Everyone wearing that medal with pride
Harpies Bizarre
I looked on but hesitated, I failed to interrupt
You're so hard to tell the truth to, so easy to corrupt
I'll memorize your face, your tragic smile
The hurt look in your eyes
As you betrayed yourself to the part of him that dies
The waiting lines are long
They never get too far
They're shining up their shoes to kick a falling star
You think you should be somebody
But you don't know who you are
Everyone wearing that medal with pride
Harpies Bizarre
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Harpies Bizarre |
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Written by | Declan MacManus |
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Performed by | Elvis Costello |
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Produced by | Mitchell Froom, Kevin Killen & D.P.A. MacManus |
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Windband arrangement | Fiachra Trench (from original melody by MacManus) |
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Musicians | Elvis Costello - vocals, electric guitar T-Bone Wolk - hung upside down Rickenbacker tremelo bass Larry Knechtel - harpsichord, tack piano Mitchell Froom - Vox Continental Pete Thomas - drums, tambourine, finger cymbals Nicholas Bucknall - clarinet Richard Morgan - oboe Andrew Findon - flute Simon Rayner - French horn Neil Levesley - bassoon |
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Recorded | late 1990-early 1991, Ocean Way, Hollywood & Westside Studios, London |
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Released | May 10, 1991 |
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Albums | Mighty Like A Rose, 1991 |
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Length | 3:44 |
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Marcelo Uboldi and Claudio Agrelo
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performed live
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2011
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