Pay It Back

Lyrics - Credits - Discography - Covers - Bootlegs - Chords

Lyrics Stop thief; you're gonna come to grief If you don't take a little more care You're gonna get more than the family plan From this one shoestring affair I may be crazy but I can't contemplate Being trapped between the doctor and the magistrate Chorus: One of these days I'm gonna pay it back, pay it back, one of these days One of these days I'm gonna pay it back, pay it back, one of these days And then they told me I could be somebody If I didn't let too much get in my way And I tried so hard just to be myself But I keep on fading away And then the lights went out, I didn't know what to do If I could fool myself, then maybe I'd fool you (chorus) I wouldn't say that I was raised on romance Let's not get stuck in the past I love you more than everything in the world I don't expect that will last They told me everything was guaranteed Somebody somewhere must've lied to me (chorus)

Credits Written by: Elvis Costello Produced by: Nick Lowe Musicians: Elvis Costello - vocals, guitar The Shamrocks (a.k.a. Clover): John McFee - guitar, pedal steel Sean Hopper - piano, organ, backing vocals Johnny Ciambotti - bass, backing vocals Mickey Shine - drums Nick Lowe - backing vocals Discography Albums: My Aim Is True, 1977 Viva England, 1982 (Spain) My Aim Is True (reissue), Rykodisc/Demon, 1993 My Aim Is True (Deluxe Edition), Rhino, 2001 This section may be incomplete. Singles: Mystery Dance, 1977 (Belgium) Collections: 2½ Years, 1993 This section may be incomplete. Alternate Versions: This section may be incomplete. Soundtracks: none Various Artists collections: none Covers Recorded by: none This section may be incomplete. Performed by: none This section may be incomplete. Bootlegs This section is incomplete.

Chords

Intro  | G | G | C | C |
 
G
Stop thief; you're gonna come to grief
		C
if you don't take a little more care.
 		G            Em7	C	G
You're gonna get more than the family plan
 			C	G
from this one shoestring affair.
Em 	A			C	G
I may be crazy but I can't contemplate
F					      C	     Bm		
being trapped between the doctor and the magistrate.

G
One of these days I'm gonna pay it back, pay it back,
C
one of these days.
G
One of these days I'm gonna pay it back, pay it back,
C
one of these days.

And then they told me I could be somebody
if I didn't let too much get in my way.
And I tried so hard just to be myself,
but I keep on fading away.
Until the lights went out, I didn't know what to do.
If I could fool myself, then maybe I'd fool you too.

chorus

I wouldn't say that I was raised on romance.
Let's not get stuck in the past.
I love you more than everything in the world.
I don't expect that will last.
They told me everything was guaranteed.
Somebody somewhere must've lied to me.

Chorus, repeat to fade

Translation

• Pay It Back (français)

Internal links

• Elvis Costello Home Page: My Aim Is True | lyrics | chords | MAIT info page | Viva England info page | Rykodisc/Demon MAIT reissue info page | Rhino MAIT reissue info page
• Elvis Costello Home Page: Mystery Dance Belgian single info page
• Template:Pay It Back

External links

• Elvis Costello on Rhino My Aim Is True reissue page