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|release_info = January 5, 1979
|release_info = January 5, 1979
|albums = [[Armed Forces]], 1979
|albums = [[Armed Forces]], 1979
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|singles = [[Single: Senior Service|Senior Service]], 1979
|collections = [[2½ Years]], 1993
|collections = [[2½ Years]], 1993
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|first = [[Concert 1978-12-28 Portsmouth|December 28, 1978, Portsmouth, England]]
|first = [[Concert 1978-12-28 Portsmouth|December 28, 1978, Portsmouth, England]]
|last = [[Concert 1979-01-20 Leeds|January 20, 1979, Leeds, England]]
|last = [[Concert 2014-06-27 Wilmington|June 27, 2014, Wilmington, DE]]
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{{song covers
{{song covers
|covers = {{:Elvis Costello covers: Senior Service}}
|covers = {{:Senior Service covers}}
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==Internal links==
==Internal links==
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/af/af.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: Armed Forces] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/lyrics/af.html lyrics] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/guitar/af.html chords]
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/af/af.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: Armed Forces] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/lyrics/af.html lyrics] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/guitar/af.html chords]
*[[Template: Senior Service|Lyrics]] {{-}} [[Elvis Costello covers: Senior Service|Covers]]
*[[Template: Senior Service|Lyrics]] {{-}} [[Senior Service covers|Covers]]


==External links==
==External links==

Latest revision as of 09:57, 16 April 2022

Chorus:
Senior service
Junior dissatisfaction
It's a breath you took too late
It's a death that's worse than fate
Senior service
Junior dissatisfaction
Though it may be second hand
It's by no means second rate

I want your neck
I want the seat that you sit at
I want your cheque
Because they told me I would get on
I wanna chop off your head and watch it roll into the basket
If you should drop dead tonight then they won't have to ask me twice

(Chorus)

They took me in the office and they told me very carefully
The way that I could benefit from death and disability

(Chorus)

I want your company car
I want your girlfriend and love
I want your place at the bar
Because there's always another man
To chop off your head and watch it roll into the basket
If you should drop dead tonight then they won't have to ask me twice

(Chorus)
Senior Service
Written byElvis Costello
Performed byElvis Costello & The Attractions
Produced byNick Lowe
MusiciansElvis Costello - vocals, guitar
Steve Nieve - keyboards
Bruce Thomas - bass
Pete Thomas - drums
RecordedAugust-September 1978, Eden Studios, London
ReleasedJanuary 5, 1979
AlbumsArmed Forces, 1979
SinglesSenior Service, 1979
Collections2½ Years, 1993
Length2:16

First known performance:
 December 28, 1978, Portsmouth, England
Last known performance:
 June 27, 2014, Wilmington, DE
     (4 known performances, 4 as a snippet)


Armed ForcesArmed Forces Rykodisc album cover.jpg
Armed ForcesArmed Forces Rhino album cover.jpg
2½ Years2½ Years album cover.jpg

Covers

Dog Toy (Doug Tye) SoundCloud upload 2014 SoundCloud
Saraswati performed live, 2003-11-21, Tonic Ball 2, Indianapolis 2003 info needed
Erich Sellheim home studio production, sung in German 2013 YouTube

Internal links

External links

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