Love For Tender

You won't take my love for tender You can put your money where your mouth is But you're so unsure I could be a miser or a big spender But you might get much more than you bargained for Checking on a checkmate Grassing on a classmate So beautiful and fortunate You're the one who hates to love But he's the one who loves to hate He can fix you all for good Because he is the neighbourhood You can get money for blood Blood money for doing no good Better tell me now, have you made your selection? Are you ready for correction? 'Cause the wages of sin are an expensive infection It'll make you bankrupt Better pay up now, don't interrupt So in love, I'm so sincere Just like a well-known financier You know I've never been corrupt I'll pay you a compliment And you'll think I am innocent You can total up the balance sheet And never know if I'm a counterfeit You won't take my love for tender...

Love For Tender Written by Elvis Costello Performed by Elvis Costello & The Attractions Produced by Nick Lowe Musicians Elvis Costello - vocals, guitar Steve Nieve - keyboards Bruce Thomas - bass Pete Thomas - drums Recorded October 1979, Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands and/or Eden Studios, London Released February 1980 Albums Get Happy!!, 1980 Singles High Fidelity, 1980 (France) Promos Eleven Years And Counting: Spring '94 Collection, 1994 Videos The Right Spectacle: The Very Best Of Elvis Costello - The Videos, 2005 Length 1:57 First known performance:  December 10, 1979, Cannes, France Last known performance:  January 4, 1981, Vancouver, BC, Canada “‘Love For Tender’ (itself a re-working of the Armed Forces outtake ‘Clean Money’) made use of the same ‘You Can't Hurry Love’ riff that The Jam would take to the top of the UK charts three years later with the vastly superior song, ‘Town Called Malice’.” - Get Happy!! (Rhino/Edsel reissue) liner notes, 2003. Love For Tender (Demo) Performed by Elvis Costello Produced by Elvis Costello Musicians Elvis Costello - vocals, all instruments Recorded 1979, Archipelago Studios, London Released April 29, 1994 Albums Get Happy!! (Rykodisc/Demon reissue), 1994 (cuts off abruptly at 1:39) Get Happy!! (Rhino/Edsel reissue), 2003 (complete) Length 2:05

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