Taking My Life In Your Hands
Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet * Track #9 On The Juliet Letters
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- #2For Other Eyes
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- #3Swine
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- #4Expert Rites
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- #5Dead Letter
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- #6I Almost Had A Weakness
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- #7Why?
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- #8Who Do You Think You Are?
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- #9Taking My Life In Your Hands
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- #10This Offer Is Unrepeatable
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- #11Dear Sweet Filthy World
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- #12The Letter Home
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- #14This Sad Burlesque
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- #15Romeo’s Seance
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- #16I Thought I’d Write To Juliet
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- #17Last Post
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- #18The First To Leave
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- #19Damnation’s Cellar
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- #20The Birds Will Still Be Singing
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- #21Lost In The Stars
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Taking My Life In Your Hands by Elvis Costello (Ft. The Brodsky Quartet)
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Elvis CostelloThe Brodsky QuartetTaking My Life In Your Hands Lyrics
[Verse 1]
My dear impulsive darling
I suspect my letter got to you too late
And it's really just a silly fragment of paper
But it means so much to those who wait
All the suffering days and nights
Till I dare dream again
There you suddenly stand and I'll be damned
If you didn't disappear with the dawn
[Chorus]
Hours pass and darkness comes
Soon I will close my eyes
Will you return if you don't reply
You'll be taking my life in your hands
You'll be taking my life in your hands
Taking my life in your hands
[Verse 2]
I don't know why my dearest darling
I can't tell you how I feel when you are near
When I see you have returned my letters unopened
I will tear them up, your voice ringing in my ears
But you're kidding yourself if you think
This correspondence will end
I can always pretend words I don't
Have the courage to send reach you
[Chorus]
Hours pass and darkness comes
Soon I will close my eyes
Will you return if you don't reply
You'll be taking my life in your hands
You'll be taking my life in your hands
Taking my life in your hands
Taking My Life In Your Hands Q&A
Who wrote Taking My Life In Your Hands's ?
Taking My Life In Your Hands was written by Jacqueline Thomas & Elvis Costello & Marina Thomas & Paul Cassidy.
Who produced Taking My Life In Your Hands's ?
Taking My Life In Your Hands was produced by Kevin Killen & Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet.
When did Elvis Costello release Taking My Life In Your Hands?
Elvis Costello released Taking My Life In Your Hands on Tue Jan 19 1993.
What did Elvis Costello say about "Taking My Life In Your Hands"?
From Elvis Costello’s liner notes:
In performance, ‘Taking My Life In Your Hands’ concludes the first half of the sequence. The music was developed from a piece first outlined by Jacqueline Thomas. The letter portrays an obsessive and deluded person, writing letters never sent, expecting impossible...