075 :: Tears and Candles
Publisher |
Remedy Robinson
Media Type |
audio
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Publication Date |
Mar 07, 2021
Episode Duration |
00:10:41

Today’s slow drag is with “The Birds Will Still Be Singing,” from “The Juliet Letters,” released in 1993. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello’s birth name.

Show Notes:

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

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Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com

Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com

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References:

Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “The Birds Will Still Be Singing”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/The_Birds_Will_Still_Be_Singing

“The Birds Will Still Be Singing”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0L0FTBIvbg

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"The Bird Will Still Be Singing" Lyrics

Summertime withers as the sun descends

He wants to kiss you, will you condescend?

Before you wake and find a chill within your bones

Under a fine canopy of lover's dust and humorous bones

Banish all dismay, extinguish every sorrow

 

Eternity stinks, my darling, that's no joke

Don't waste your precious time pretending you're heartbroken

There will be tears and candles, pretty words to say

Spare me lily-white lily with the awful perfume of decay

 

Banish all dismay, extinguish every sorrow

If I'm lost or I'm forgiven, the birds will still be singing

 

It's so hard to tear myself away

Even when you know it's over

It's too much to say

 

Banish all dismay, extinguish every sorrow

If I'm lost or I'm forgiven, the birds will still be singing

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