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Elvis, I Don't Love You Anymore Lyrics
I followed you as far as <i>Spike</i>
But there were some I didn't like at all
I said I liked it all
<i>Goodbye Cruel World</i> and <i>Almost Blue</i>
And half of <i>Trust,</i> to name a few
The twilight of your embers
I couldn't see how true your aim was
Elvis, I don't love you
Elvis, I don't love you
Elvis, I don't love you anymore
Bought every single reissue
Read each appalling interview
In which you talked like rock was just some silly phase that you went through
But even when your heart got set
On Bacharach and string quartets
My ringing ears drew closer
To parse the pose of the composer
Elvis, I don't love you
Elvis, I don't love you
Elvis, I don't love you anymore
I felt your pain, it didn't hurt
Tastes like cold revenge
Maybe just deserts
You'll never know how much you meant to me
I think I speak for all of us when now I say, "You've gotta go"
And if you must, you must, you must
We all enjoyed your <i>Brutal Youth</i>
We'd like it back, to tell the truth
We grew apart, we both know how
I hope that you're happy now
Elvis, I don't love you
Elvis, I don't love you
Elvis, I don't love you anymore
Elvis, I don't love you
Elvis, I don't love you
Elvis, I don't love you anymore
Oh, I just don't know where to begin
But there were some I didn't like at all
I said I liked it all
<i>Goodbye Cruel World</i> and <i>Almost Blue</i>
And half of <i>Trust,</i> to name a few
The twilight of your embers
I couldn't see how true your aim was
Elvis, I don't love you
Elvis, I don't love you anymore
Read each appalling interview
In which you talked like rock was just some silly phase that you went through
But even when your heart got set
On Bacharach and string quartets
My ringing ears drew closer
To parse the pose of the composer
Elvis, I don't love you
Elvis, I don't love you anymore
Tastes like cold revenge
Maybe just deserts
You'll never know how much you meant to me
I think I speak for all of us when now I say, "You've gotta go"
And if you must, you must, you must
We'd like it back, to tell the truth
We grew apart, we both know how
I hope that you're happy now
Elvis, I don't love you
Elvis, I don't love you anymore
Elvis, I don't love you
Elvis, I don't love you anymore
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This song is about starting off as a huge Elvis Costello fan and then becoming more and more dissatisfied with him as he "progresses" and how he is really hit and miss (either really good or really bad). The whole song is filled with allusions to Elvis Costello songs and albums.