I'll Wear It Proudly

Lyrics - Credits - Discography - Covers - Bootlegs - Chords

Lyrics I hate these flaming curtains they're not the color of your hair I hate these striplights they're not so undoing as your stare I hate the buttons on your shirt when all I wanna do is tear I hate this bloody big bed of mine when you're not here Chorus: Well I finally found someone to turn me upside down And nail my feet up where my head should be If they had a King of Fools then I could wear that crown And you can all die laughing because I'll wear it proudly Well you seem to be shivering dear and the room is awfully warm In the white and scarlet billows that subside beyond the storm You have this expression dear no words could take its place And I wear it like a badge that you put all over my face (Chorus) I'll wear it proudly through the dives and the dancehalls If you'll wear it proudly through the snakepits and catcalls Like a fifteen year old kid wears a vampire kiss If you don't know what is wrong with me Then you don't know what you've missed Were your arms and legs wrapped round more than my memory tonight When the bell rang out and the air around turned blue from fright But in shameless moments you made more of me than just a mess And a handful of eagerness says "What do you suggest?" (Chorus)

Credits Written by: Elvis Costello Produced by: T Bone Burnett & Elvis Costello with Larry Kalman Hirsch Musicians: Elvis Costello - vocals and guitar T-Bone Wolk - electric guitar, piano accordeon Mitchell Froom - Hammond organ/harpsichord Jerry Scheff - string bass Jim Keltner - brushes & drums James Burton - acoustic guitar Tom Canning - piano Steve Nieve - keyboards Bruce Thomas - bass Pete Thomas - drums Needs additions / deletions - exact credits here. Discography Albums: King Of America, 1986 King Of America (reissue), Rykodisc/Demon, 1995 King Of America (Deluxe Edition), Rhino, 2005 This section may be incomplete. Singles: This section may be incomplete. Collections: Album Name, Year This section may be incomplete. Soundtracks: none Various Artists collections: none Covers Recorded by: none This section may be incomplete. Performed by: none This section may be incomplete. Bootlegs This section is incomplete.

Chords

   D                                           A
I hate these flaming curtains they're not the color of your hair
   A7                                      D
I hate these striplights they're not so undoing as your stare
   D                                  D7                 G
I hate the buttons on your shirt when all I wanna do is tear
   G                                                A
I hate this bloody big bed of mine when you're not here

[Chorus]:
        D                               e  f#   G
Well I finally found someone to turn me upside down
     D                           A
And nail my feet up where my head should be
         D                                e     f#  G
If they had a King of Fools then I could wear that crown
     D                                A             G
And you can all die laughing because I'll wear it proudly

     D                                 A
You seem to be shivering dear and the room is awfully warm
         A7                               D
In the white and scarlet billows that subside beyond the storm
 D                                D7                    G
You have this expression dear no words could take its place
       G                                             A
And I wear it like a badge that you put all over my face

[Chorus]

A                                 G             D
I'll wear it proudly through the dives and the dancehalls
    A                                   G            D
If you'll wear it proudly through the snakepits and catcalls
        A                            G       D
Like a fifteen year old kid wears a vampire kiss
        G 
If you don't know what is wrong with me 
                            A
Then you don't know you've missed

          D                                         A
Were your arms and legs wrapped round more than my memory tonight
          A7                                       D      
When the bell rang out and the air around turned blue from fright
         D                                D7              G
But in shameless moments you made more of me than just a mess
       G                                         A
And a handful of eagerness says "What do you suggest?"

[Chorus]

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External links

• Elvis Costello on Rhino King Of America resissue page