Heart Shaped Bruise

Tell me now or are you only teasing? I felt the cold hard facts of life Five degrees from freezing Does it amuse you to always hurt me so? I try my best; it's not enough Should I give up and let you? What more is there to take from me? There's nothing else to give you, dear There's nothing more that I can lose Except this heart shaped bruise It will fade from purple to violet It will fade Just as the day dissolves into twilight Tell me now or am I only dreaming? You said that you'd be mine for life And now you say you're leaving If I could hold you once more before you go When I approach you just lash out Should I give up and let you? What more is there to take from me? There's nothing else to give you, dear There's nothing more that I can lose Accept this heart shaped bruise It will fade from purple to violet It will fade

Heart Shaped Bruise Written by Elvis Costello Performed by Elvis Costello & The Imposters (with Emmylou Harris) Produced by Dennis Herring & Elvis Costello Musicians Elvis Costello - vocals, Gibson J-50, Gibson Super 400 & Fender Bass 6 guitar Emmylou Harris - vocals Steve Nieve - upright piano, Hammond organ Davey Faragher - Fender Precision bass Pete Thomas - drums, tambourine John McFee - pedal steel guitar Recorded April 2004, Sweet Tea, Oxford, MS Emmylou Harris recorded at Ocean Way Studios, Nashville Released September 20, 2004 Albums The Delivery Man, 2004 Length 4:06 First known performance:  October 27, 1999, Nashville, TN      (61 known performances) Heart Shaped Bruise (Live 2004) Performed by Elvis Costello & The Imposters with Emmylou Harris Musicians Elvis Costello - vocal, guitar Emmylou Harris - vocal Steve Nieve - keyboards Davey Faragher - bass Pete Thomas - drums Recorded September 17, 2004, Hi-Tone Cafe, Memphis, TN - either early or late show Released April 19, 2005 Videos Club Date: Live In Memphis, 2005

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