The First To Leave by Elvis Costello (Ft. The Brodsky Quartet)
The First To Leave by Elvis Costello (Ft. The Brodsky Quartet)

The First To Leave

Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet * Track #18 On The Juliet Letters

The First To Leave Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I should open with a kiss
For if you're reading this
You must have opened up your case
And found this letter where I placed it
In between the silk and lace
There were other clues
Like your walking shoes
But I still refused to believe
That you were meant to be the first to leave

[Bridge]
Everybody here sends you their love
How could I forget you still walk above
Or below
Perhaps you'll never know this purgatory
We never could agree
There's a thought, there's a pause
No time to repent
Eternally yours
In a permanent Lent

[Verse 2]
But if I should give you up
If you're right and life just stops
And I never see your face again
Then from unearthly pleasures, proud and plain
I shall abstain
Till you realize my loss is your surprise
Unless you know otherwise
Then don't grieve
You see I had to be the first to leave

The First To Leave Q&A

Who wrote The First To Leave's ?

The First To Leave was written by Elvis Costello.

Who produced The First To Leave's ?

The First To Leave was produced by Kevin Killen & Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet.

When did Elvis Costello release The First To Leave?

Elvis Costello released The First To Leave on Tue Jan 19 1993.

What did Elvis Costello say about "The First To Leave"?

From Elvis Costello’s liner notes:

[‘Last Post’] runs without a break into ‘The First To Leave.’ In this song, a man who believes in the afterlife leaves a letter for his atheist lover, which, we must assume, she is reading after his demise.

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