072 :: Broken Playthings
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Remedy Robinson
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Publication Date |
Feb 14, 2021
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00:11:58

Today’s slow drag is with “The Name of This Thing is Not Love,” from “The Delivery Man,” released in 2004. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello.

Show Notes:

Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA

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References:

Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “The Name of This Thing Is Not Love”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/The_Name_Of_This_Thing_Is_Not_Love

“The Name of This Thing Is Not Love”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-OQZvFoh_Q

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"The Name of This Thing Is Not Love" Lyrics:

There's a part of this feeling that I just cannot kill

But the name of this thing is not love

And I can't take a potion, and I won't take a pill

So, it tortures me still

But the name of this thing is not love

 

Then you start entertaining such a terrible thought

Life is so very short

And the name of this thing is not love

 

There's a bruise on her arm and some blood on the floor

But the name of this thing is not love

And they're taunting some girl that they claim to adore

She can't take anymore

But the name of this thing is not love

 

Who in the world do you think that you are?

That you pushed me this far

The name of this thing is not love

 

He thinks of her still, although you'd never guess

He's trying hard to forget her

The occasional moments that he'll always bless

Watching her dress for worse or better

 

He watched her pick over her broken playthings

What played on his mind is not love

The cast-aside tokens and discarded rings

Over one of his flings

But the name of this thing is not love

 

Then he threw something down in the wild rushing river

And won't ever recover

The name of this thing is not love

 

Then you start out pretending that you're so very tough

Life is not short enough

But the name of this thing is not love

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