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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Elvis Costello
Electric Guitar
Leo Pearson
Performer
Pete Thomas
Drums
Davey Faragher
Bass Guitar
Steve Nieve
Organ
Steven Kennedy
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Elvis Costello
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Elvis Costello
Mixing Engineer
The Imposter
Producer
Ciaran Cahill
Recording Engineer
Leo Pearson
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Kieran Lynch
Assistant Recording Engineer
Kevin Killen
Engineer
Lyrics
Bells are chiming for victory
There's a page back in history
45
They came back to the world that they fought for
Didn't turn out just like they thought
45
Here is a song to sing to do the measuring
What you lose, what you gain, what you win?
Nine years later a child is born
There's a record, so you put it on
45
Nine years more, if we're lucky now
Nine-year-old puts his money down
45
Every scratch, every click, every heartbeat
Every breath that I held for you
45
There's a stack of shellac and vinyl
Which is yours now and which is mine?
45
Here is a song to sing to do the measuring
What you lose, what you gain, what you win?
Bass and treble heal every hurt
There's a rebel in a nylon shirt
But the words are a mystery, I've heard
'Til you turn it down to 33 and 1/3
'Cos it helps with the elocution
Corporations turn revolutions
45
So don't you weep and shed
Just change your name instead
What you lose when it all goes to your head?
I heard something peculiar said:
"Perhaps he's got a shot and now he's dead"
45
Bells are chiming and tears are falling
It creeps up on you without a warning
45
Every scratch, every click, every heartbeat
Every breath that I bless
I'd be lost, I confess
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Writer(s): Tony Battaglia, Brent Smith
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