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==Credits==
|title = Imagination (Is A Powerful Deceiver)
* Written by: '''[[Elvis Costello]]'''
|writer = [[Elvis Costello]]
* Recorded by: '''[[Dave Robinson]]''' at Hope & Anchor Studios, Islington, U.K. 1975
|performer = [[Flip City]]
* Musicians:
|extra_label = Recorded by
:'''[[Elvis Costello]]''' - [[Singers|vocals]], [[Guitarists|guitar]]
|extra_data = [[Dave Robinson]]
:'''[[Flip City]]''':*
|musicians = [[Declan MacManus]] - vocal, guitar<br>[[Steve Hazlehurst]] - guitar<br>[[Mich Kent]] - bass<br>[[Dickie Faulkner]] - percussion<br>unknown session musician - drums
::'''[[Steve Hazelhurst]]''' - [[Guitarists|guitar]]
|record_info = early 1975, Hope & Anchor Studios, London
::'''[[Mich Kent]]''' - [[Bassists|bass]]
|release_info = October 15, 1993
::'''[[Malcolm Dennis]]''' or '''[[Ian Fowling]]''' - [[Drummers|drums]]
|albums = [[My Aim Is True#My Aim Is True (1993 Rykodisc/Demon edition)|My Aim Is True (Rykodisc/Demon reissue)]], 1993 <br> [[My Aim Is True#My Aim Is True (2001 Rhino/Edsel edition)|My Aim Is True (Rhino/Edsel reissue)]], 2001
::'''[[Dickie Faulkner]]''' - [[Percussionists|percussion]]
|singles =
::'''[[Mike Whelan]]''' and '''[[Ken Smith]]''' - unknown
|collections = [[2½ Years]], 1993
|soundtracks =
|various_artists = [[Surrender To The Rhythm: The London Pub Rock Scene Of The Seventies]], 2020
|promos = [[Selections From My Aim Is True, Spike, And All This Useless Beauty]], 2001
|videos =
|length = 3:38
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> exact personnel on recording unknown, but probably consisted of the listed musicians
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|first = [[Concert 1975-11-30 London|November 30, 1975, London, England]]
 
|last = [[Concert 2023-02-09 New York|February 9, 2023, New York, NY]]
==Discography==
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'''Albums:'''
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* '''[[My Aim Is True (reissue)]]''', [[Rykodisc]]/[[Demon]], [[1993]]
| source =  
* [[My Aim Is True (Deluxe Edition)]], [[Rhino]], [[2001]]
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'''Singles:'''
* none
 
'''Collections:'''
* [[2½ Years]], [[1993]]
* ''This section may be incomplete.''
 
'''Alternate Versions:'''
* ''Alternate takes circulate on bootlegs listed below.''
 
'''Soundtracks:'''
* none
 
'''Various Artists collections:'''
* none
 
==Covers==
'''Recorded by:'''
* none
* ''This section may be incomplete.''
 
'''Performed by:'''
* none
* ''This section may be incomplete.''
 
==Bootlegs==
* [[Bootleg: Aim To Please|Aim To Please]]
* [[Bootleg: Elvis Costello And Marillion|Elvis Costello and Marillion]]
* [[Bootleg: The Flip City Demos|The Flip City Demos]]
* [[Bootleg: Our Aim Is True|Our Aim Is True]]
* [[Bootleg: Stiffed Again|Stiffed Again]]
* ''This section may be incomplete.''


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==Chords==
{{song covers
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==Internal links==  
==Internal links==  
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mait/mait.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: My Aim Is True] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/lyrics/mait.html lyrics] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/guitar/mait.html chords] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mait/mait_info_a03.htm Rykodisc/Demon MAIT reissue info page] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mait/mait_info_a04.htm Rhino MAIT reissue info page]
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mait/mait.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: My Aim Is True] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/lyrics/mait.html lyrics] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/guitar/mait.html chords] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mait/mait_info_a01.htm MAIT info page] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mait/mait_info_a03.htm Rykodisc/Demon MAIT reissue] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/mait/mait_info_a04.htm Rhino/Edsel MAIT reissue]
*[[Template:Imagination (Is A Powerful Deceiver)]]
*[[Template: Imagination (Is A Powerful Deceiver)|Lyrics]] {{-}} [[Imagination (Is A Powerful Deceiver) covers|Covers]]


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.geocities.com/ned3705/rhino.html Elvis Costello on Rhino] [http://www.geocities.com/ned3705/mait.html My Aim Is True reissue page]
*[http://www.inanotherroom.com/mait.html Elvis Costello Reissues: My Aim Is True]
 


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Latest revision as of 19:19, 21 March 2024

So you're trying to make connection, you heard whispers in the hall
She'll be out again this evening, when you come around to call
So, you dodge the lady-killer, who came creepin' 'cross the floor
Then you caught up in a whirlwind, you got blown right out the door

Oh, yes it was a whirlwind, sweet romance was on your side
If you wanna dance on my face, you must tell me why you lied

Imagination is a powerful deceiver
When you try to believe her just a little too much
Imagination is a powerful deceiver
I'll go out of my mind, if I'm losing your touch

I see a look of recognition, so well hidden in your eye
And your peepshow regulations, they just don't seem to apply,
Well, did I see you in the circus, in the ring without a hand
Now you think that you can curse us, steal the show and stop the band

Oh, you can follow your dreams, oh but please don't lead me on,
If you wanna bleed in my face, you were here and now you're gone

Imagination is a powerful deceiver
When you try to believe her just a little too much
Imagination is a powerful deceiver
I'll go out of my mind, if I'm losing your touch
I'll go out of my mind, if I'm losing your touch
I'll go out of my mind, if I'm losing your touch
Imagination (Is A Powerful Deceiver)
Written byElvis Costello
Performed byFlip City
Recorded byDave Robinson
MusiciansDeclan MacManus - vocal, guitar
Steve Hazlehurst - guitar
Mich Kent - bass
Dickie Faulkner - percussion
unknown session musician - drums
Recordedearly 1975, Hope & Anchor Studios, London
ReleasedOctober 15, 1993
AlbumsMy Aim Is True (Rykodisc/Demon reissue), 1993
My Aim Is True (Rhino/Edsel reissue), 2001
Collections2½ Years, 1993
Various Artists collectionsSurrender To The Rhythm: The London Pub Rock Scene Of The Seventies, 2020
PromosSelections From My Aim Is True, Spike, And All This Useless Beauty, 2001
Length3:38

First known performance:
 November 30, 1975, London, England
Last known performance:
 February 9, 2023, New York, NY
     (5 known performances)


My Aim Is TrueMAIT UK initial album cover large.jpg
2½ Years2½ Years album cover.jpg

Covers

Rebecca Griffin performed live, 2008, Berkeley, California 2008 YouTube
Evan O'Kelly performed live, May 29, 2021, Bar MT, Billings, Montana 2021 YouTube

Internal links

External links

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