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 was written and recorded in the 1950s by the great New Orleans bandleader Dave Bartholomew. I first performed it in 1986 as the opening number of concerts billed as Elvis Costello and His Confederates and later recorded it as the...
[Verse 1]
Well, you're standing on the corner, flagging all the girls you see
Now do like I say and let those ladies be
You know that's wrong, man, you know that's wrong
I'm just tryin' to tell you - that's how you got killed before
[Verse 2]
That big girl you met who got a big guy for a pal
Who'll put knots on your head for messing with his gal
So take it easy, man, you better take it slow
I'm just trying to tell you - that's how you got killed before, oh
[Instrumental Break including Trumpet, Tenor Saxophone, and Trombone Solos]
[Verse 3]
Oh well, you wouldn't listen to me, you got two black eyes
That's what you get, man, for messing with men's wives
So take it easy, well let those women go
I'm just trying to tell you - that's how you got killed before
That’s How You Got Killed Before (Live) was written by Dave Bartholomew.
That’s How You Got Killed Before (Live) was produced by Elvis Costello.
Elvis Costello released That’s How You Got Killed Before (Live) on Tue Feb 28 2006.