Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet
Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet
Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet
Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet
Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet
Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet
Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet
Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet
Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet
Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet
Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet
Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet
Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet
Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet
Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet
Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet
Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet
Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet
Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet
Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet
Elvis Costello
[Verse]
I marvel at the wonder of it in our soulless age
Fast flow the tears upon the page
Don't be alarmed, I am her friend
Will I be excused if I presume?
As it's more than disappointment that we share
You share the same sorry life, the families fight
That unhappy blade you both invite
This romantic ideal has a lonely appeal
I once loved someone the way that you do
But I had to let her go
I lived with my regret
Don't despair, my would-be Juliet
Expert Rites was written by Elvis Costello.
Expert Rites was produced by Kevin Killen & Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet.
Elvis Costello released Expert Rites on Tue Jan 19 1993.
From Elvis Costello’s liner notes:
For the next song, ‘Expert Rites,’ I have taken the liberty of imagining a reply made by a character similar to the Veronese professor who unwittingly provided our title. If he should ever hear this piece I hope he will not be offended by our presumption — in this...