Magnificent Hurt

After talking in tongues I began to preach “What falls from the branch is an apple or peach” Hold on to me There's a Red Alert It's the way you make me feel Magnificent Hurt I took a little walk I took another stimulant I shed a single tear For my predicament Don't act surprised or insolent It's the way you make me feel Magnificent Hurt When we first met, I knew you were beautiful You fit like the seat of a blue mohair suit But the pain that I felt Let me know I'm alive And I opened my heart To the way you make me feel Magnificent Hurt I speak low and intimate Like a cardboard sophisticate What if this is true love? Not some town hall certificate It's the way you make me feel Magnificent Hurt I stood at the door and I almost went through with it Tight as the angle of my amen And I swore there and then As I feign and I flirt I unbuttoned my shirt To the way you make me feel Magnificent Hurt To the way you make me feel Magnificent Hurt It's the way you make me feel It's the way you make me feel Magnificent

Magnificent Hurt Written by Elvis Costello Performed by Elvis Costello and The Imposters Produced by Sebastian Krys & Elvis Costello Musicians Elvis Costello - vocals, guitar Steve Nieve - Vox Continental, electronic keyboards Pete Thomas - drums, percussion Davey Faragher - bass, vocals Released October 27, 2021 Albums The Boy Named If, 2022 Promos Magnificent Hurt b/w Farewell, OK (promo single), 2021 Length 3:13 First known performance:  October 13, 2021, Memphis, TN Last known performance:  November 14, 2021, Oakland, CA      (106 known performances) “I wanted to write about the pain of desire.” — Interview with Ken Bruce, BBC Radio 2

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