The Judgement

The accused will rise To be torn in two Guilty of nothing but loving you This is the judgement And I'm willing to plead Now you don't want me Hoping this torment will cease Will I be released? There'll be lies There'll be tears A jury of your peers With the pitiful look of experience Hand down the judgement And if I've done wrong And loved you too long Stand up and just testify How can you deny it? Objection overruled I wait for my reprieve With trust of the deceived The wisdom of the fooled Is his sorrowful face too heavy for his head? 'Cos he bowed it as something hung over him It was the judgement He falls to his knees "Have mercy on me" He clings to the hem of her gown She says, "Just take him down"

The Judgement Words by Elvis Costello & Cait O'Riordan Music by Elvis Costello Performed by Elvis Costello & The Imposters Produced by Dennis Herring & Elvis Costello Musicians Elvis Costello - vocals, Fender Telecaster guitar Steve Nieve - upright piano, Hammond organ Davey Faragher - Fender Precision bass Pete Thomas - drums Recorded April 2004, Sweet Tea, Oxford, MS Released September 20, 2004 Albums The Delivery Man, 2004 Length 3:50 Background:  First recorded by Solomon Burke in 2002. First known performance:  March 9, 2002 New York, NY Last known performance:  December 3, 2018, Seattle, WA      (63 known performances) Alternate versions The Judgement (Live 2004) Performed by Elvis Costello & The Imposters Musicians Elvis Costello - vocal, guitar Steve Nieve - keyboards Davey Faragher - bass, backing vocal Pete Thomas - drums Recorded September 17, 2004, Hi-Tone Cafe, Memphis, TN Released April 19, 2005 Videos Club Date: Live In Memphis, 2005

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