Changing Partners

We were dancing together To a dreamy melody When they called out "change partners" And you waltzed away from me Now my arms feel so empty As I gaze around the floor And I'll keep on changing partners Till I hold you once more Though we danced for one moment And too soon we had to part In that wonderful moment Something happened to my heart So I'll keep changing partners Till you're in my arms again Oh my darling I may never Change partners again Though we danced for one moment And too soon we had to part In that wonderful moment Something happened to my heart So I'll keep changing partners Till you're in my arms again Oh my darling I will never Change partners again Oh my darling I will never Change partners again

Changing Partners Words by Joe Darion Music by Larry Coleman Performed by Elvis Costello Produced by T Bone Burnett Recorded March 31-April 2, 2008, Sound Emporium Studio, Nashville Released June 2, 2009 Albums Secret, Profane & Sugarcane, 2009 First known performance:  April 17, 2009, New York, NY      (7 known performances) “The music offers the way out. It offers the way home. So it was that the ideal song to close this album seemed to be, ‘Changing Partners’, a simple number that I learned from an old Bing Crosby recording. It is likely to be the last dance at all our upcoming appearances.” — elviscostello.com, March 23, 2009.

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