Today’s slow drag is with “Drum and Bone,” from “Momofuku,” released in 2008. 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, “Drum & Bone”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Drum_%26_Bone

“Drum & Bone”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eewL9YmNM1Y

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"Drum and Bone" Lyrics:

Maybe we're nothing but skin and bone

Blare and rubber

Eyes that blubber

Teeth that bite

Hands that slight

 

And I'm trying to do the best I can

But I'm a limited, primitive kind of man

 

Maybe we're nothing but skin and bone

Nerves that shatter

Tongues that flatter

Lips that mutter

Lashes that flutter

 

Mounds of dust and lips of ripe

Twice as vicious

As the words I type

Under a ribbon

Of every stripe

 

There's a grip that tightens

A dark that frightens

A wise that crackles

A fear that shackles

 

And I'm trying to do the best I can

But I'm a limited, primitive kind of man

 

And then that kinder creation

Becomes a fine fixation

All of a sudden

With the parts we've hidden

Because they are forbidden

 

Beneath a hide of pain

You'll find a soul of stain

While fists still beat

At heart's deceit

 

And I'm trying to do the best I can

But I'm a limited, primitive kind of man

 

Maybe with nothing but a drum and drone

I want to beat it 'til I get unknown

 

Pig some skin

Stretch it tight

Make myself up overnight

 

Maybe this is nothing but drum and drone

Wanna beat it 'til I get unknown

 

Dig my pin

Kick up some stink

Find myself a brand-new kink

 

Prick that berry

And squeeze this ink

Scratch out all of the words I think

Before your very eyes can blink

 

And I'm trying to do the best I can

But I'm a limited, primitive kind of man