Elvis Costello & Metropole Orkest
Elvis Costello & Metropole Orkest
Elvis Costello & Metropole Orkest
Elvis Costello & Metropole Orkest
Elvis Costello & Metropole Orkest
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello & Metropole Orkest
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello & Metropole Orkest
Elvis Costello & Metropole Orkest
Elvis Costello & Metropole Orkest
Elvis Costello & Metropole Orkest
Elvis Costello & Metropole Orkest
Elvis Costello & Metropole Orkest
Elvis Costello
From the My Flame Burns Blue liner notes by Elvis Costello:
This song has its origins in a most unusual commission. In early 1995, I was asked to contribute to a concert marking the tercentenary of the death of Henry Purcell. The viol consort, Fretwork, was to perform Purcell’s fantasias alongside...
[Verse]
Put away forbidden playthings, amusements and distractions
And dismantle the contraption and carry it away
In time as beauty dissolves into glamour
It slips from your heart and falls under the hammer
Put away forbidden playthings
Put away forbidden playthings
And never return to pluck out that jewel
Or find the thrill
That lingers still
While suffering the dream of disobeying
Put away forbidden playthings, put away forbidden playthings
Put away forbidden playthings
Put Away Forbidden Playthings was written by Elvis Costello.
Put Away Forbidden Playthings was produced by Elvis Costello.
Elvis Costello released Put Away Forbidden Playthings on Tue Feb 28 2006.