We Despise You

Hey you! Are you looking at me? Don’t waste your time ‘Cos I know your crime and I know that pose And the lines around your eyes don’t show When your face is in repose The skin is tightening as you touch a nerve Did you get what you paid for Or did you only get what you deserve? Go home, go home, go home, go home And don’t come out again until we tell you to Until we say you can Go home, go home, go home, go home And don’t come out again ‘til we analyze you We despise you But we can’t help you now The sins visit on your face As you think about that cul-de-sac and the wit you lack And the slanders you repeat when I don’t fall at your feet Too old to be so frightened And too scared to tell the truth You lie in teenage anguish Which you can no longer blame upon your youth Go home, go home, go home, go home And don’t come out again until we tell you to Until we say you can Go home, go home, go home, go home And don’t come out again as we analyze you We despise you But we can’t help you now We despise you We despise you We despise you We despise you

We Despise You Written by Elvis Costello & Cait O'Riordan Performed by Elvis Costello Produced by Elvis Costello Musicians Elvis Costello - vocals, guitar, bass Pete Thomas - drums Recorded late 1991 or early 1992, Pathway Studios, London Released April 18, 1994 Singles 13 Steps Lead Down, 1994 Sulky Girl, 1995 (Japan) Length 3:10 First known performance:      (0 known performances) Wendy James version Performed by Wendy James Produced by Chris Kimsey Musicians Wendy James - vocals Pete Thomas - drums, percussion Cass Lewis - bass Neil Taylor - guitar Andy Bown - organ Jon Astley - piano Ian Wilson - backing vocal Steve Butler - backing vocal Albums Wendy James: Now Ain't The Time For Your Tears, 1993 Length 3:18

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• 13 Steps Lead Down CD single  •  Sulky Girl Japanese CD single
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