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 1]
Thank you for the flowers
I threw them on the fire
And I burned the photographs that you had enclosed
God they were ugly children
So you're that little bastard of that brother of mine
Trying to trick a poor old woman
Till I almost had a weakness
[Verse 2]
Last week Cousin Florence
Bit your Uncle Joe
Hit him on the forehead with a knife and a fork
Said that he looked like the devil
Then she said, "Pass the vinegar," I'm beginning to think
That I'm the only one who hasn't taken to the drinking of it
Though I almost had a weakness
[Verse 3]
It pains me to mention
These delicate concerns
But while I have to tolerate you family jewels
I really mustn't grumble
'Cause when I die the cats and dogs will jump up and down
And you little swines will get nothing
Though I almost had a weakness
I Almost Had A Weakness was written by Elvis Costello & Michael Thomas (Violin).
I Almost Had A Weakness was produced by Kevin Killen & Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet.
Elvis Costello released I Almost Had A Weakness on Tue Jan 19 1993.
From Elvis Costello’s liner notes:
After a short introduction of my invention comes Michael Thomas’s first song, ‘I Almost Had A Weakness,’ to which I added the tango passages. It is an eccentric aunt’s curt reply to a begging letter.