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...This Town...
2,229
Rock
...This Town... was released on February 6, 1989 by Rhino/Warner Records as a part of the album Spike
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AlbumSpike
Release DateFebruary 6, 1989
LabelRhino/Warner Records
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM130

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
D.P.A. MAC MANUS
D.P.A. MAC MANUS
Vocals
T Bone Burnett
T Bone Burnett
Acoustic Guitar
Cait O'Riordan
Cait O'Riordan
Percussion
Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney
Bass
Roger McGuinn
Roger McGuinn
Bass
Ralph Forbes
Ralph Forbes
Drum Programming
Michael Blair
Michael Blair
Glockenspiel
Jim Keltner
Jim Keltner
Snare Drum
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
D.P.A. MAC MANUS
D.P.A. MAC MANUS
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
Producer
T Bone Burnett
T Bone Burnett
Producer
Mike Ross
Mike Ross
Assistant Engineer
Dave Farrell
Dave Farrell
Assistant Engineer
John Grimes
John Grimes
Assistant Engineer
Lance Phillips
Lance Phillips
Assistant Engineer
Stacey Baird
Stacey Baird
Assistant Engineer
Kevin Killen
Kevin Killen
Mixing Engineer
Bob Ludwig
Bob Ludwig
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
That Charlie Sedarka was a-playin' the piano
Like he was pawing a dirty book
Well, he bit a hole in his big bottom lip
And give his very best little boy look
[Verse 2]
Well, it was a song with a topical verse
Which I'm afraid he then proceeded to sing
Somethin' about the moody doomed love
Of the Fish-Finger King
[Verse 3]
You're nobody in this town
You're nobody in this crowd
You're nobody till everybody in this town
Knows you're poison
[Verse 4]
Got your number
Knows it must be avoided
You're nobody till everybody in this town
Thinks you're a bastard
[Verse 5]
Well, Mr. Getgood moved up to Self-Made man row
Though he swears that he's the salt of the earth
Well, he's so proud of the kick-me-hard sign
With it hung on his back at birth
[Verse 6]
Well, he says, I appreciate beauty
I I have one, then it's my fault
Beauty is on my pillow
Beauty is there in my vault
[Verse 7]
You're nobody in this town
Nobody in this crowd
You're nobody till everybody in this town
Knows you're poison
[Verse 8]
Got your number
Knows it must be avoided
You're nobody till everybody in this town
Thinks you're a bastard
[Verse 9]
The girl with the eternity rock
Went down on her bookie to buy some stock
Now all her signs in the shopping arcades
Say, The corporation thief is The New Jesse James
[Verse 10]
Her clothes and her attention were scant
Her eyes were everywhere, her eyes were like absinthe
The little green figures that dance on his screen
Say everything you want to hear and nothing they mean
[Verse 11]
They made love while she was changing her dress
(As she was changing her dress)
She wiped him off, she wiped him out and then she made him confess
(She made him confess)
A little amused by the belief in her power (Her power)
You must remember this, it was the fetish of the hour
[Verse 12]
You're nobody in this town
You're nobody in this crowd
You're nobody till everybody in this town
Knows you're poison
[Verse 13]
Got your number
Knows it must be avoided
You're nobody till everybody in this town
Thinks you're a bastard
[Verse 14]
You're nobody in this town
You're nobody in this town
You're nobody in this town
You're nobody in this town...
Written by: D.P.A. MAC MANUS
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