So Like Candy

Here lies the powder and perfume The pretty clothes are scattered 'round the room And it's so like Candy Here lies the lipstick and the face The coloured tablets keep it all in place And it's so like Candy So like Candy (chorus): What did I do to make her go Why must she be the one That I have to love So like Candy Here lies a picture of a girl Her arms are tight around that lucky guy And it's so like Candy And in her eyes a certain look I thought I'd seen the last of long ago And it's so like Candy So like Candy (chorus) I remember the day that the picture was taken We were so happy then But that's so like Candy She seemed so sweet to me, I was mistaken Oh no, not that again But that's so like Candy She just can't face the day So she turns and melts away Here lie the records that she scratched And on the sleeve I find a note attached And it's so like Candy "My Darling Dear, it's such a waste" She couldn't say "goodbye", but "I admire your taste" And it's so like Candy So like Candy

So Like Candy Written by Paul McCartney & Declan MacManus Performed by Elvis Costello Produced by Mitchell Froom, Kevin Killen & D.P.A. MacManus Musicians Elvis Costello - vocals, electric & acoustic rhythm guitars Jim Keltner - drums Mitchell Froom - Mellotron, Chamberlain, celeste Marc Ribot - Spanish & electric guitar Larry Knechtel - tack piano Jerry Scheff - bass T-Bone Wolk - intro/outro bass figures Recorded late 1990-early 1991, Ocean Way, Hollywood & Westside Studios, London Released May 10, 1991 Albums Mighty Like A Rose, 1991 Singles So Like Candy, 1991 Collections Extreme Honey: The Very Best Of The Warner Bros. Years, 1997 The Very Best Of Elvis Costello, 1999 Various Artists collections Colours Of Love: Brigitte Edition, 2004 Theme Time Radio Hour Season 3, 2010 Promos Hitmakers: Top40 CD Sampler Vol. 56 (Japan), 1991 Georgie And Her Rival (Germany), 1991 The Album Network: Tune Up 39 (US), 1991 Malice And Magic (Japan), 1994 Malice And Magic (US), 1995 A Taste Of Extreme Honey, 1997 Selections From Armed Forces - Imperial Bedroom - Mighty Like A Rose, 2002 Videos The Right Spectacle: The Very Best Of Elvis Costello - The Videos, 2005 Length 4:34 First known performance:  May 21, 1989, London, England      (161 known performances)

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• Elvis Costello Home Page: Mighty Like A Rose | lyrics | chords | MLAR info page 1
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External links

• Elvis Costello Reissues: Mighty Like A Rose