Invisible Lady

Lyrics - Credits - Discography - Covers - Bootlegs - Chords

Lyrics Nails tap the counter Steps echo and fade Is that a face in the window? With no shadow or shade The naked flame flickered Clothes lie where they’re thrown It’s one hell of a big torch To carry alone She might brush your face with the hem of her gown But it’s hard to wake up with your silly cracked crown An empty of shot glass A shocking blue pane The chamber rolled vacant And loaded again and again and again Return to me Invisible lady Where are the rewards for all the promises I made? Oh where have you gone? And who on earth do I have to thank? The sheet below is blank I fell for the Invisible lady I still sing the words of all of the songs that she gave me The ribbon’s stretched tight But every time that I start to type The key won’t seem to strike The ages that I’d waste staring at that hourglass The minutes I spend for seconds to pass Through a curtain of jet hung on her shoulder Through a curtain of jet hung on her shoulder Return to me Invisible lady Where are the rewards for all the promises I made? Oh where have you gone? And who on earth do I have to thank? The sheet below is blank Pools of shallow and Pools of deep Sometimes they narrow Their secrets to keep Lashes invite you where others dove in Others dove in and were not seen again His body bobbled blue in the cold morning lake Admitting that he knew you was his first mistake His chilly fixed eyes Indicated no blame Despite what they say, no reflection remained It’s an empty of shot glass A shocking blue pane The chamber rolled vacant And loaded again and again and again and again and again and again

Credits Written by: Charles Mingus and Elvis Costello Produced by: Sue Mingus Arranged by: Jack Walrath Adapted for orchestra by: Mike Mossman Musicians: Elvis Costello - vocals The Charles Mingus Orchestra: Conrad Herwig - trombone solo Michael Rabinowitz - bassoon Douglas Yates - bass clarinet Robert Routch - French horn Adam Rogers - guitar Seamus Blake - soprano saxophone Alex Foster - alto saxophone Alex Sipiagin - trumpet David Kikoski - piano Jeff "Tain" Watts - drums Boris Kozlov - bass Discography Albums: Mingus Big Band - Tonight At Noon ... Three Or Four Shades Of Love, 2002 Singles: none Collections: none Alternate Versions: none 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.

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