Needle Time

I wish that I didn't hate you Least not as much as I do And squander all my contempt for A little nothing like you Liars like you are ten-a-penny Women would slap you, if you knew any Sometimes I feel just like committing a crime I've got this suitcase of phony wisdom to dispense These twenty-seven or so years You'd think I would have made them some cents Now they want me fingerprinted like I was smuggling drugs While the government does deals with the most convenient thugs Sometimes I feel just like committing a crime It's Needle Time I'm trying not to despise you with a passion that's hard to extinguish Or maybe I really love you although it's hard to distinguish I wish I could be more like a saint is Forgiving those who trespass against us Sometimes I feel just like committing a crime I started talking nonsense, just like I did to begin with Around the time I tired of those sour English Sometimes I feel just like committing a crime It's Needle Time

Needle Time Written by Elvis Costello Performed by Elvis Costello & The Imposters Produced by Dennis Herring & Elvis Costello Musicians Elvis Costello - vocals, Gibson Super 400 & Magnatone Typhoon guitars, "S" tambourine Steve Nieve - upright piano, Vox Continental organ, "Kay" melodica Davey Faragher - Gibson EB1 bass Pete Thomas - drums, maracas Recorded April 2004, Sweet Tea, Oxford, MS Released September 20, 2004 Albums The Delivery Man, 2004 Length 5:06 First known performance:  March 7, 2004, Vancouver, BC, Canada Last known performance:  July 18, 2011, North Charleston, SC      (119 known performances) Alternate versions Needle Time (The Clarksdale Sessions version) Performed by Elvis Costello & The Imposters Produced by Dennis Herring & Elvis Costello Musicians Elvis Costello - vocal, guitar Steve Nieve - keyboards Davey Faragher - bass Pete Thomas - drums Recorded April 15, 2004, Delta Recording, Clarksdale, MS Released January 25, 2005 Albums The Clarksdale Sessions, 2005 The Delivery Man (Deluxe Edition), 2005 Length 5:13 Needle Time (Live for iTunes) Performed by Elvis Costello & The Imposters Musicians Elvis Costello - vocal, guitar Steve Nieve - keyboards Davey Faragher - bass Pete Thomas - drums Recorded September 23, 2004, Avatar Studios, New York Released November 30, 2004 Downloads Futurama Sessions, 2004 Length 5:26

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