Take your tiny feet out of your mother's shoes
Or there is going to be a terrible scene
It's not just the lipstick drawn on crooked
When they find how wicked we are
How wicked we have been
How I've been tempted
How you tripped at every step
You tripped at every step
You tripped at every step
How you tripped at every step
There's a merry tune that starts in "I" and ends in "You"
Like many famous pop songs do
And you would sing along with little tell-tale staggers
While balancing on daggers
Though they were killing you
You looked so deadly
As you tripped at every step
You tripped at every step
You tripped at every step
As you tripped at every step
And I would run to catch you
Anytime you call
Only you drank that potion
And went out of control
There's nothing to stop you
So how can you fall
Let me take your hand
Put down that frying pan
Darkness would become me
Underneath the table
As the fury raged around the house
Your despairing tread was angry and unstable
You never suspected
Just as that cartoon mouse
Went undetected
So you tripped at every step
In another world of gin and cigarettes
Those cocktail cabinets put mud in your eye
Maybe that is why you find it hard to see me
And if you don't believe me
Before you start to cry
"Don't ever leave me"
As you start to lose your grip
(As you start losing your grip)
You will stumble and you slip
(And you will stumble and slip)
As you tripped at every step
You tripped at every step
You tripped at every step
As you tripped at every step
You tripped at every step
You tripped at every step
As you tripped at every
As you tripped at every
You tripped at every step
You tripped at every step
As you tripped at every
As you tripped at every step
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You Tripped At Every Step |
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Written by | Declan MacManus |
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Performed by | Elvis Costello & The Attractions |
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Produced by | Mitchell Froom & Elvis Costello |
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Musicians | Elvis Costello - vocals, guitar Pete Thomas - drums Steve Nieve - keyboards Bruce Thomas - bass |
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Recorded | 1993, Olympic Studios, London |
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Released | March 8, 1994 |
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Albums | Brutal Youth, 1994 |
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Singles | You Tripped At Every Step, 1994 |
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Promos | Words And Music, 1994 Warner Music United Kingdom New Releases, 1994 Malice And Magic (Japan), 1994 Selections From This Year's Model - Blood & Chocolate - Brutal Youth, 2002
Either Side Of The Same Town Sampler, 2010 |
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Length | 4:07 |
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Chords
D Bm/F# G D/A
Take your tiny feet out of your mother's shoes
F#m Bm Em7 A7
Or there is going to be a terrible scene
D Bm/F# G D/A
It's not just the lipstick drawn on crooked when they
F#m Bm
Find how wicked we are
F# F#dim G
How wicked we have been
B Em
How I've been tempted
G D/A A G
How you tripped at every step
Bm G Bm
You tripped at every step, you tripped at every step
G F#m A/E G
Oh, how you tripped at every step
D Bm/F# G D/A
There's a merry tune that starts in "I" and ends
F#m Bm Em7 A7
in "You", like many famous pop songs do
D Bm/F# G D/A
You would sing along with little tell-tale staggers
F#m Bm
While balancing on daggers
F# F#dim G
Though they were killing you
B Em
You looked so deadly
G D/A A G
As you tripped at every step
Bm G Bm
You tripped at every step, you tripped at every step
G F#m A/E G
Oh, as you tripped at every step
F Gm7
And I would run to catch you
Eb6 D7
Anytime you call
Gm7
Only you drank that potion
Eb7
And went out of control
F Gm7
There's nothing to stop you
Eb6 D7
So how can you fall
G Em
Let me take your hand
Eb/Bb A/C#
Put down that frying pan
D Bm/F# G D/A
Darkness would become me, underneath the table
F#m Bm Em7 A7
As the fury raged around the house
D Bm/F# G D/A
Your despairing tread was angry and unstable
F#m Bm
You never suspected
F# F#dim G
Just as that cartoon mouse
B Em
Went undetected
G D/A A G
So you tripped at every step
D Bm/F# G D/A
In another world of gin and cigarettes
F#m Bm Em7 A7
Those cocktail cabinets put mud in your eye
D Bm/F# G D/A
Maybe that is why you find it hard to see me
F#m Bm
And if you don't believe me
F# F#dim G
Before you start to cry
B Em
"Don't ever leave me."
G D/A A G
As you start to lose your grip
G D/A A G
You will stumble and you slip
G D/A A G
As you tripped at every step
Bm G Bm
You tripped at every step, you tripped at every step
G D/A A G
Oh, as you tripped at every step
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