Let Them All Talk

Hear what I say See what I do Believe me now, I'm all over you All over you I know a place (I know a place) A certain very tender spot To have and to hold To have and have not Listening to the sad songs that the radio plays Have we come this fa-fa-fa to find a soul cliche Chorus: Let them talk, let them talk, let them all talk Let them all talk, let them talk, let them all talk Let them all talk, let them talk, let them all talk Let them all talk, let them talk, let them all talk Oh yeah we're killing time Just to keep you clocking on These are the best years of your life Now they're here and gone Do the world a service And you could do yourself a favour Whose tongue now is tasting last week's flavour Our day will come (our day will come) When you have squandered all your youth To have and to hold A stranger to the truth Listening to the sad songs that the radio plays Have we come this fa-fa-fa to find a soul cliche (Chorus)

Let Them All Talk Written by Elvis Costello Performed by Elvis Costello & The Attractions (with The TKO Horns & Afrodiziak) Produced by Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley String arrangement David Bedford Musicians Elvis Costello - vocals, guitar Steve Nieve - keyboards Bruce Thomas - bass Pete Thomas - drums Jim Paterson - trombone Jeff Blythe - alto saxophone Paul Speare - tenor saxophone Dave Plews - trumpet Caron Wheeler - backing vocals Claudia Fontaine - backing vocals Recorded January-April 1983, AIR Studios, London Released August 5, 1983 Albums Punch The Clock, 1983 Singles Let Them All Talk, 1983 Collections Singles, Volume 3, 2003 Various Artists collections A Kick Up The 80s, 2001 Promos Let Them All Talk (promo), 1983 Why Study?, 1983 UK Elvis Costello (2006), 2006 Visa Sampler, 2007 Videos The Right Spectacle: The Very Best Of Elvis Costello - The Videos, 2005 Length 3:06 First known performance:  June 3, 1983, Belfast, Northern Ireland Last known performance:  November 3, 1984, London, England      (108 known performances) Alternate versions Let Them All Talk (Demo) Performed by Elvis Costello Musicians Elvis Costello - vocal, all instruments Recorded ca. 1982-1983, Elvis' home Released July 28, 2003 Albums Punch The Clock (Rhino/Edsel reissue), 2003 Length 2:12 Let Them All Talk (Extended Remix) Performed by Elvis Costello & The Attractions (with The TKO Horns) Produced by Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley Released September 9, 1983 Singles Let Them All Talk, 1983 Singles, Volume 3, 2003 Various Artists collections The Spirit Of Rock & Roll Album II, 1983 - Length 5:59

Covers

Erich Sellheim

home studio production, sung in German

2018

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Internal links

• Elvis Costello Home Page: Punch The Clock  •  lyrics  •  chords  •  Info page
• Lyrics  •  Covers

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External links

• Elvis Costello Reissues: Punch The Clock