He'll Have To Go

Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone We'll pretend we're together all alone I'll tell the man to turn the jukebox way down low You can tell your friend who's with you he'll have to go Whisper to me, darling say you love me too Or is he holding you the way I do? Though love is blind, make up your mind, I have to know Should I hang up or will you tell him he'll have to go? You can't say the words I want to hear When you're with some other man Do you want me, answer "yes" or "no" Darling, I will understand Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone We'll pretend we're together all alone I'll tell the man to turn the jukebox way down low You can tell your friend who's with you he'll have to go And you can tell your friend who's with you he'll have to go You can tell your friend who's with you he'll have to go

He'll Have To Go (Live 1979) Written by Joe Allison & Audrey Allison Performed by Elvis Costello & The Attractions Musicians Elvis Costello - vocal, guitar Steve Nieve - keyboards Bruce Thomas - bass Pete Thomas - drums John McFee - guitar Recorded February 16, 1979, North Hollywood, CA Released July 26, 2004 Albums Almost Blue (Rhino/Edsel reissue), 2004 Length 2:51 First known performance:  December 29, 1978, Bath, England Last known performance:  November 18, 1987, Tokyo, Japan - last full performance      (19 known performances, 70 as a snippet)

Recordings by other artists

• Billy Brown, 1959
• Jim Reeves, 1959
• Ernest Tubb, 1960
• Nat King Cole, 1962
• Paul Anka, 1963
• Solomon Burke, 1964
• Kitty Wells, 1966
• Jerry Lee Lewis, 1969
• Ry Cooder, 1976
• Elvis Presley, 1977
• Bryan Ferry, 1988

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• Elvis Costello Home Page: Almost Blue  •  lyrics  •  chords
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External links

• Elvis Costello Reissues: Almost Blue