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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Roots
Performer
Elvis Costello
Vocals
Mark Kelly
Bass
Questlove
Drums
Kirk Douglas
Electric Guitar
Ray Angry
Clavinet
Brent Fischer
Conductor
Assa Drori
First Violin
Drew Dembowski
Bass
Ken Wild
Bass
Elizabeth Wilson
Violin
Mark Cargill
Violin
Bill Reichenbach
Contrabass Recorder
Sally Berman
Violin
Alex Gorlovsky
Violin
Mike Ferril
Violin
Anna Kostyuchek
Violin
Sam Fischer
Violin
Roland Kato
Viola
Kazi Pitelka
Viola
Robert Berg
Viola
Cécilia Tsan
Cello
Miguel Martinez
Cello
Kevan Torfeh
Cello
Alex Budman
Bass Clarinet
Bob Carr
Contrabassoon
Steve Hughes
Euphonium
Chris Farr
Saxophone
Matt Cappy
Trumpet
Damon Bryson
Sousaphone
William Frank "Bill" Reichenbach Jr.
Euphonium
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Elvis Costello
Composer
Steve Mandel
Composer
Questlove
Composer
Brent Fischer
Orchestrator
Assa Drori
Arranger
Chris Farr
Horn Arranger
Matt Cappy
Horn Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Elvis Costello
Producer
Steve Mandel
Recording Engineer
Questlove
Producer
Dave Kutch
Mastering Engineer
Mike Cashin
Assistant Recording Engineer
Rafa Sardina
Recording Engineer
Eric Eylands
Studio Personnel
Félix Romero
Studio Personnel
Claris Sayadian-Dodge
Studio Personnel
Frank Rodriguez
Studio Personnel
Keith Horn
Studio Personnel
Brendan Steele
Assistant Engineer
Lyrics
Now that you set everybody free
What you going to do about me?
Don't want to be treated like some poor grateful clown
I'd rather go back in the sweet underground
Where I can tell the time by the color of my skin
And I know my neighbor 'cause he's the one, yes he's the one
Who always turns me in
A woman works the tunnel in the middle of the night
Picking up every lost object in sight
Handbags, toupees, lost legs and fingernails
The black market eats up all your failures
Her transistor offers no salvation or regrets
No pool, no pets, no cigarettes
Just non-stop Disco Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes
There's no name, there's no name
There's no name, there's no name
There's no name, there's no name
For the pain we'll cause you again and again
For the pain we'll cause you again and again
The Liberation Forces make movies of their own
Playing their Doors records and pretending to be stoned
Drowning out a broadcast that wasn't authorized
Incidentally the revolution will be televised
With one head for business and another for good looks
Until they started arriving with their rubber aprons and their butcher's hooks
There's no name, there's no name
There's no name, there's no name
There's no name, there's no name
For the pain we'll cause you again and again
For the pain we'll cause you again and again
They're hunting us down here with Liberty's light
A handshaking double talking procession of the mighty
Pursued by a T.V. crew and coming after them
A limousine of singing stars and their brotherhood anthem
The former dictator was impeccably behaved
They're mopping up all the stubborn ones who just refuse to be saved
I refuse to be saved
I refuse to be saved
I refuse to be saved
I refuse to be saved
I refuse to be saved
I refuse to be saved
I refuse to be saved
I refuse to be saved
I refuse to be saved
I refuse to be saved
I refuse to be saved
I refuse to be saved
Written by: Ahmir K. Thompson, Elvis Costello, Questlove, Steve Mandel