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|performer  = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[The Imposters]]
|performer  = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[The Imposters]]
|producer = [[Sebastian Krys]] & [[Elvis Costello]]
|producer = [[Sebastian Krys]] & [[Elvis Costello]]
|musicians = [[Elvis Costello]]<br>[[Steve Nieve]]<br>[[Pete Thomas]]<br>[[Davey Faragher]]
|musicians = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocals, guitar, piano<br>[[Steve Nieve]] - piano, keyboards<br>[[Pete Thomas]] - drums, percussion<br>[[Davey Faragher]] - bass, vocals
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|record_info  =  
|release_info = January 14, 2022
|release_info = December 10, 2021 (stream/download track)<br>January 14, 2022 (album)
|albums = [[The Boy Named If]], 2022
|albums = [[The Boy Named If]], 2022
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|first = [[Concert 2021-10-15 Louisville|October 15, 2021, Louisville, KY]]
|first = [[Concert 2021-10-15 Louisville|October 15, 2021, Louisville, KY]]
|last = [[Event 2021-11-19 London|November 19, 2021, London, England]]
|last = [[Concert 2023-09-22 Luxembourg|September 22, 2023, Luxembourg]]
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| quote      = The account of someone who has long-courted theatrical darkness, only for its violence and cruelty to become all too real. In its wake, a bereft couple learn to love again, painting a melancholy blue over the red of romance.
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| source    = [https://www.theocelot.co.uk/elvis-costello-the-imposters-drop-new-song-paint-the-red-rose-blue/ The Ocelot magazine]
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Latest revision as of 04:47, 5 October 2023

He was the youngest of five and the only son
He called his wife by a nickname as his father had done
Not the root
Not the branch
Not the flower or stem
He had the wildest of dreams but he rarely remembered them

Turn the red rose
Paint the red rose blue
What was he to do?
But turn the red rose

Turn the red rose
Paint the red rose blue
What was he to do?
But turn the red rose

The words that came to him
Both the lies and the threats
They arrived all too easily
But they ran up some debts
From the thunder of a pulpit
To the whispers of a lover
‘Til he found that he couldn't tell one from the other

Turn the red rose
Paint the red rose blue
What are we to do?
But paint the red rose

Turn the red rose
Paint the red rose blue
What are we to do?
But paint the red rose

He haunted the shadows
And waited until
They had secrets to sell him
And some practical skill
Theatrical blood is convenient to spill
He turned on the light switch and watched her undress
Oh, you’d never guess
What came next, unless

He said “All of these hours that I’ve skulked in the shade
The sun never struck me or made me afraid
Now she and I share unspeakable pain
I have to believe in something, in anything”

Turn the red rose
Paint the red rose blue
There’s nothing left to do but paint the red rose

Paint the red rose
Turn the red rose blue
There’s nothing left to do but paint the red rose blue
Paint The Red Rose Blue
Written byElvis Costello
Performed byElvis Costello & The Imposters
Produced bySebastian Krys & Elvis Costello
MusiciansElvis Costello - vocals, guitar, piano
Steve Nieve - piano, keyboards
Pete Thomas - drums, percussion
Davey Faragher - bass, vocals
ReleasedDecember 10, 2021 (stream/download track)
January 14, 2022 (album)
AlbumsThe Boy Named If, 2022
Length4:46

First known performance:
 October 15, 2021, Louisville, KY
Last known performance:
 September 22, 2023, Luxembourg
     (8 known performances)


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“The account of someone who has long-courted theatrical darkness, only for its violence and cruelty to become all too real. In its wake, a bereft couple learn to love again, painting a melancholy blue over the red of romance.” — The Ocelot magazine

The Boy Named IfThe Boy Named If album cover.jpg


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