音乐视频
音乐视频
制作
出演艺人
埃尔文斯・科斯特洛
声乐
Elvis Costello & The Imposters
表演者
Steve Nieve
键盘
Pete Thomas
鼓
Davey Faragher
男低音
作曲和作词
埃尔文斯・科斯特洛
作曲家
制作和工程
埃尔文斯・科斯特洛
制作人
Sebastian Krys
制作人
Daniel Galindo
工程师
Ron Taylor
工程师
Brian Lucey
母带工程师
歌词
[Verse 1]
He was the youngest of five and the only son
He called his wife by a nickname as his father had done
Not the root
Not the branch
Not the flower or stem
He had the wildest of dreams but he rarely remembered them
[Verse 2]
Turn the red rose
Paint the red rose blue
What was he to do?
But turn the red rose
[Verse 3]
Turn the red rose
Paint the red rose blue
What was he to do?
But turn the red rose
[Verse 4]
The words that came to him
Both the lies and the threats
They arrived all too easily
But they ran up some debts
From the thunder of a pulpit
To the whispers of a lover
'Til he found that he couldn't tell one from the other
[Verse 5]
Turn the red rose
Paint the red rose blue
What are we to do?
But paint the red rose
[Verse 6]
Turn the red rose
Paint the red rose blue
What are we to do?
But paint the red rose
[Verse 7]
He haunted the shadows
And waited until
They had secrets to sell him
And some practical skill
[Verse 8]
Theatrical blood is convenient to spill
He turned on the light switch and watched her undress
Oh, you'd never guess
What came next, unless
[Verse 9]
He said "All of these hours that I've skulked in the shade
The sun never struck me or made me afraid
Now she and I share unspeakable pain
I have to believe in something, in anything"
[Verse 10]
Turn the red rose
Paint the red rose blue
There's nothing left to do but paint the red rose
[Verse 11]
Paint the red rose
Turn the red rose blue
There's nothing left to do but paint the red rose, blue
Written by: Elvis Costello
