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|title = Suit Of Lights | |||
|writer = [[Declan MacManus]] | |||
|performer = [[The Costello Show]] (featuring [[The Attractions]]) | |||
|producer = [[T Bone Burnett|J. Henry (T-Bone) Burnett]] & [[Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus]] with [[Larry Kalman Hirsch]] | |||
|musicians = [[The Little Hands Of Concrete]] - vocals, acoustic guitar<br>[[Bruce Thomas]] - electric bass<br>[[Pete Thomas]] - sticks & drums<br>[[Steve Nieve]] - piano, Hammond organ | |||
|record_info = ca. August 1985, Ocean Way, Hollywood<br>possibly Sunset Sound and/or The Sound Factory | |||
|release_info = February 21, 1986 | |||
|albums = [[King Of America]], 1986 | |||
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|collections = [[Girls Girls Girls]], 1989 (cassette only) | |||
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|various_artists = [[Oor 1981-1990: 10 Jaar Popmuziek]], 2002 | |||
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|length = 4:02 | |||
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|first = [[Concert 1986-10-05 Los Angeles|October 5, 1986, Los Angeles, CA]] | |||
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*[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/koa/koa.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: King Of America] | *[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/koa/koa.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: King Of America] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/lyrics/koa.html lyrics] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/guitar/koa.html chords] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/koa/koa_info_a01.htm KOA info page 1] | ||
*[[Template:Suit Of Lights]] | *[[Template: Suit Of Lights|Lyrics]] | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.geocities.com/ned3705/ | *[http://www.geocities.com/ned3705/koa.html Elvis Costello Reissues: King Of America] | ||
[[Category:1986]] | [[Category:1986]] | ||
[[Category:King Of America]] | |||
[[Category:Songs]] | [[Category:Songs]] | ||
[[Category:Lyrics]] | [[Category:Lyrics]] | ||
[[Category:Chords]] | [[Category:Chords]] | ||
Revision as of 05:24, 1 May 2009
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Chord EADGBe G/B X2000X F/A X03210 C/G 3X2010 C/E 032010 C/Bb X12010 F/Eb XX1211 C G/B F/A C/G While Nat King Cole sings "Welcome To My World" F C/E Dm E You request some song you hate you sentimental fool Em Am And it's the force of habit Em If it moves then you fuck it Am If it doesn't move you stab it C G/B F/A C/G And I thought I heard "The Working Man's Blues" F C/E Dm E7 He went out to work that night and wasted his breath Em Am Outside there was a public execution Em Am Inside he died a thousand deaths C G/B F/A C/G And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground C G/B F/A C/G And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground C G/B C/Bb F/A And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground C/G G C G/B F/A C/G F C/E Dm C And they put him in a suit of lights C G/B F/A C/G In the perforated first editions F C/E Dm E Where they advocate the hangman's noose Em Am Then tell the sorry tale of the spent Princess Em Am Her uncouth escort looking down her dress C G/B F/A C/G Anyway they say that she wears the trousers F C/E Dm And learnt everything that she does E7 C G/B C/Bb F C/E And doesn't know if she should tell him yes F/Eb Gsus Gsus G Or let him go C G/B F/A C/G And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground C G/B F/A C/G And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground C G/B C/Bb F/A And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground C/G G C And they put him in a suit of lights G F C/E G/D C G G Well it's a dog's life in a rope leash or a diamond collar G F C/E G/D C It's enough to make you think right now F F But you don't bother C G/B F/A C/G For goodness sake as you cry and shake F C/E Dm E7 Let's keep you face down in the dirt where you belong C G/B C/Bb F C/E F/Eb Gsus4 And think of all the pleasure that it brings Gsus4 G Though you know that it's wrong G F C/E And there's still life in your body G/D C G G But most of it's leaving G F C/E G/D C Can't you give us all a break F F Can't you stop breathing C G/B F/A C/G And I thought I heard "The Working Man's Blues" F C/E Dm E I went to work last night and wasted my breath Em Am Outside they're painting tar on somebody Em Am Gsus4 G It's the closest to a work of art that they will ever be C G/B F/A C/G And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground C G/B F/A C/G And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground C G/B C/Bb F/A And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground C/G G C And they put him in a suit of lights repeat ... C/G G C G/B F/A C/G F C/E Dm C And they put him in a suit of lights C G/B F/A C/G F C/E Dm C repeat ...