Look Up Again

3am Then as you look up again Hands that keep score Circle the wall And it's 2:04 Look up again And the glass fills right up the brim Amid the din of midnight Revels begin It's light out Unaware As you're descending the stairs Who in that room Whispers the rumours of wild affairs Look up again As the car that you ride won't arrive May won't regret December You can't forget There's nothing to remember Oh please Look up again Now and not then Look up again As the pen drinks the ink from the page Those farewell lines will vanish Who were they meant to punish? Oh please Look up again I can't go on pretending Times at an end Or is it never ending? Oh please Look up again Now and not when Look up again

Look Up Again Words by Elvis Costello Music by Burt Bacharach Performed by Elvis Costello Recorded September 2021, Capitol Studios, Los Angeles Released March 3, 2023 Albums The Songs Of Bacharach & Costello, 2023 Length 5:17 Only known performance:  February 19, 2023, New York, NY      (3 known performance) Herb Alpert version Performed by Herb Alpert Produced by Herb Alpert & Bill Cantos Released September 30, 2016 Albums Herb Alpert: Human Nature, 2016 Length 4:04 Note The first released recording is this instrumental version.

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