Is Your Love In Vain?

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Do you love me, or are you just extending goodwill?
Do you need me half as bad as you say, or are you just feeling guilt?
I’ve been burned before and I know the score
So you won’t hear me complain
Will I be able to count on you
Or is your love in vain?

Are you so fast that you cannot see that I must have solitude?
When I am in the darkness, why do you intrude?
Do you know my world, do you know my kind
Or must I explain?
Will you let me be myself
Or is your love in vain?

Well I’ve been to the mountain and I’ve been in the wind
I’ve been in and out of happiness
I have dined with kings, I’ve been offered wings
And I’ve never been too impressed

All right, I’ll take a chance, I will fall in love with you
If I’m a fool you can have the night, you can have the morning too
Can you cook and sew, make flowers grow
Do you understand my pain?
Are you willing to risk it all
Or is your love in vain?

Copyright © 1978 by Special Rider Music

Is Your Love In Vain (unreleased cover)
Written byBob Dylan
Performed byElvis Costello

Only known performance:
July 26, 2020, Vancouver, BC, Canada
     (1 known performance)


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Recordings by other artists

 Artist  Year  Release  Links
Bob Dylan  1978 Street Legal AllMusicWikipediaAmazonAmazon.uk
 Barb Jungr  2002 Every Grain Of Sand AllMusicWikipediaAmazonAmazon.uk

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