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==Lyrics==
==Lyrics==
{{Sleep Of The Just}}
 
The soldier asked my name and did I come here very often
 
Well I thought that he was asking me to dance
 
In my holy coat and hat and him in his red bonnet
 
We'd have made a lovely couple but we never had the chance
 
 
[chorus]
 
And now you say that you've got to go
 
Well if you must you must
 
I suppose that you need the sleep of the just
 
Well it was a powerful day and there were black crows in the road
 
And I kept my strong opinions to my chest
 
I suppose I should have told them that I was on fire for you
 
When the bus burst into flames outside some place, 'The Poet's Rest'
 
 
[chorus]
 
 
A girl woke up in a naked light and said "Oh no not again"
 
He even looked like her brother in the army but she never mentions him
 
He'll be tucked up in his bed tonight with his dirty-pictures girl
 
Saying, 'You're some mother's daughter you know or is it
 
immaterial girl?'
 
 
Now she's pinned up upon the barracks wall in her home town
 
All the soldiers taking turns with their attentions
 
And as they speculate what she'd look like beneath that thin nightgown
 
His family pride was rising up as he cast his eyes down
 
 






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==Credits==
==Credits==
* Written by: '''[[Elvis Costello]]'''
* Written by: '''[[Elvis Costello]]'''

Revision as of 19:58, 24 April 2006

Lyrics - Credits - Discography - Covers - Bootlegs - Chords

Lyrics

The soldier asked my name and did I come here very often

Well I thought that he was asking me to dance

In my holy coat and hat and him in his red bonnet

We'd have made a lovely couple but we never had the chance


[chorus]

And now you say that you've got to go

Well if you must you must

I suppose that you need the sleep of the just

Well it was a powerful day and there were black crows in the road

And I kept my strong opinions to my chest

I suppose I should have told them that I was on fire for you

When the bus burst into flames outside some place, 'The Poet's Rest'


[chorus]


A girl woke up in a naked light and said "Oh no not again"

He even looked like her brother in the army but she never mentions him

He'll be tucked up in his bed tonight with his dirty-pictures girl

Saying, 'You're some mother's daughter you know or is it

immaterial girl?'


Now she's pinned up upon the barracks wall in her home town

All the soldiers taking turns with their attentions

And as they speculate what she'd look like beneath that thin nightgown

His family pride was rising up as he cast his eyes down



Credits

Elvis Costello - vocals and guitar
T-Bone Wolk - electric guitar, piano accordeon
Mitchell Froom - Hammond organ/harpsichord
Jerry Scheff - string bass
Jim Keltner - brushes & drums
James Burton - acoustic guitar
Tom Canning - piano
Steve Nieve - keyboards
Bruce Thomas - bass
Pete Thomas - drums
Needs additions / deletions - exact credits here.

Discography

Albums:

Singles:

  • This section may be incomplete.

Collections:

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

  • This section is incomplete.
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Internal links

External links

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