I thought it might be a good idea to collate any tidbits that arise about it on a single thread for our quick reference, once comments/posts have been made on the usual 'scoop' threads. Also, stories for which URLs are given, such as the one below, could then disappear from their sites.
COSTELLO GETS SWEATY - ELVIS BRINGS STRINGS AND HORNS TO UPCOMING ALBUM (Rolling Stone magazine, June 5 2003)
Elvis Costello will release his twenty-fourth album in September. Recorded in three weeks in New York, with Kevin Killen co-producing, the album will be more lavishly arranged than 2002's rock & roll-minded When I Was Cruel.
"Everything happens in the foreground in pop records, trying to knock your eyes out," Costello says. "I wanted to go for sounds that might be twenty feet away from you."
To that end, Costello wrote arrangements that incorporate a nine-piece horn section and a twenty-eight-piece string section. He conducted the strings himself, waving his arms around and trying not to confuse the musicians.
"I don't think the New York Philharmonic is going to call me up," he notes dryly.
Costello wrote most of the songs after last year's Cruel concerts -- still in his sweaty stage clothes, he would play piano for two hours in a white heat of composition.
"I don't know what kind of thing this is," he says of the album's unusual creative process. "I just think it's good."
GAVIN EDWARDS
(June 5, 2003)
Three weeks? That was quick.
So, what else is known about the album? Er... see, I've forgotten already.
What We Know About The Upcoming EC Album
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More stuff
I hope not Mug, you'd have to be pretty thick not to know about the new versatile Costello by now.
Just went over to narbawlz's...
-This, from Billboard May 30, 2003 http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/artic ... id=1898879
Elvis Costello Crafting 'Quite Different' Album
Elvis Costello tells Billboard.com his next studio album "will be something quite different." Of the as-yet-untitled album, due Sept. 23 from Deutsche Grammophon, the recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee adds, "It's all original songs written at the piano. There are 11 songs and they are among the most direct I've ever written lyrically, and, musically, I hope they do something new."
Costello has also written all of the orchestrations for the material. "[It] ranges from a 35-piece ensemble to solo piano, so there's quite a range, but it's all of one piece. It kind of can be heard as a story -- there's a thread running through it."
In a further break from his usual methods, the artist only plays guitar on one track and is going in new directions in terms of his singing style. "I'm singing exclusively in my speaking register, everything in baritone range, with the exception of maybe four notes on the record that go above middle C," he reveals.
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-This info -- about the plans he had to record another album -- had also appeared at http://www.astheygo.com/whatsnew.htm (it's still there, along with the above).
"Costello recently hinted that artists of his "age and profile" may need to record two albums a year, "the way the Who did in the Sixties, for a much more reasonable amount of money, but only expect to sell as much as jazz artists." This would certainly be a welcome development for fans, many of whom long for the days when the gaps between albums were a matter of months, not years.
Originally, EC had planned to make two albums in 2003 -- the other was to be recorded during a US tour of Southern states, where he and the Imposters would play the new songs in small theaters and record them in local studios to capture some of the local flavour. This project is still a priority for Costello, but he will most likely wait until next year rather than flood the market with albums and reissues. "
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-Also, Lewis Nash, drummer, worked on one track for EC's new album. And he won't say anything else about it. (still the "uptown album"? By all indications, I would assume). Lewis Nash site: http://www.lewisnash.com/music/
Just went over to narbawlz's...
-This, from Billboard May 30, 2003 http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/artic ... id=1898879
Elvis Costello Crafting 'Quite Different' Album
Elvis Costello tells Billboard.com his next studio album "will be something quite different." Of the as-yet-untitled album, due Sept. 23 from Deutsche Grammophon, the recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee adds, "It's all original songs written at the piano. There are 11 songs and they are among the most direct I've ever written lyrically, and, musically, I hope they do something new."
Costello has also written all of the orchestrations for the material. "[It] ranges from a 35-piece ensemble to solo piano, so there's quite a range, but it's all of one piece. It kind of can be heard as a story -- there's a thread running through it."
In a further break from his usual methods, the artist only plays guitar on one track and is going in new directions in terms of his singing style. "I'm singing exclusively in my speaking register, everything in baritone range, with the exception of maybe four notes on the record that go above middle C," he reveals.
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-This info -- about the plans he had to record another album -- had also appeared at http://www.astheygo.com/whatsnew.htm (it's still there, along with the above).
"Costello recently hinted that artists of his "age and profile" may need to record two albums a year, "the way the Who did in the Sixties, for a much more reasonable amount of money, but only expect to sell as much as jazz artists." This would certainly be a welcome development for fans, many of whom long for the days when the gaps between albums were a matter of months, not years.
Originally, EC had planned to make two albums in 2003 -- the other was to be recorded during a US tour of Southern states, where he and the Imposters would play the new songs in small theaters and record them in local studios to capture some of the local flavour. This project is still a priority for Costello, but he will most likely wait until next year rather than flood the market with albums and reissues. "
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-Also, Lewis Nash, drummer, worked on one track for EC's new album. And he won't say anything else about it. (still the "uptown album"? By all indications, I would assume). Lewis Nash site: http://www.lewisnash.com/music/
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Plus, you know,
Love Me Do, Please Please Me
From Me To You, With The Beatles, She Loves You, TOURING
A Hard Days Night MOVIE, A Hard Days Night SOUNDTRACK, I Feel Fine/She's a Woman, I want to hold your hand, TOURING
Beatles For Sale, Eight Days A Week, Help! MOVIE, Help! SOUNDTRACK, RUBBER SOUL, Day Tripper, We Can Work it Out, TOURING
Paperback Writer, REVOLVER, TOURING, Penny Lane/Strawberry fields Forever, intense studio work
SERGEANT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND, All You Need Is Love, introducing the east to the west, MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR FILM, MMT SOUNDTRACK, I AM THE WALRUS
lady madonna, HEY JUDE/REVOLUTION, THE WHITE ALBUM!
Get Back, The Ballad of John and Yoko, LET IT BE, ABBEY ROAD, COLD TURKEY, INSTANT KARMA!
But that's just off the top of my head....there's much more proliferation there per year for sure.
Love Me Do, Please Please Me
From Me To You, With The Beatles, She Loves You, TOURING
A Hard Days Night MOVIE, A Hard Days Night SOUNDTRACK, I Feel Fine/She's a Woman, I want to hold your hand, TOURING
Beatles For Sale, Eight Days A Week, Help! MOVIE, Help! SOUNDTRACK, RUBBER SOUL, Day Tripper, We Can Work it Out, TOURING
Paperback Writer, REVOLVER, TOURING, Penny Lane/Strawberry fields Forever, intense studio work
SERGEANT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND, All You Need Is Love, introducing the east to the west, MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR FILM, MMT SOUNDTRACK, I AM THE WALRUS
lady madonna, HEY JUDE/REVOLUTION, THE WHITE ALBUM!
Get Back, The Ballad of John and Yoko, LET IT BE, ABBEY ROAD, COLD TURKEY, INSTANT KARMA!
But that's just off the top of my head....there's much more proliferation there per year for sure.
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Loving this board since before When I Was Cruel.
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Shabbs, I think I'm gonna LOVE that new album.
I had a dream the other night that I met EC, and I was in shock right?
There was a piano in the background and all I could say was:
"Sir, there's a piano."
Oh man, I hope I'd be better than that in real life!
I had a dream the other night that I met EC, and I was in shock right?
There was a piano in the background and all I could say was:
"Sir, there's a piano."
Oh man, I hope I'd be better than that in real life!
Loving this board since before When I Was Cruel.
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LTZ/ SPOOKYG: I wouldnt even be able to manage that! If I met him in real life I would stand there like a stupid giggling schoolgirl and act like a complete plank! I am a very shy person and its made a thousand times worse if its a celebrity - not that ive met that many. The one time I met my fav band in a pub I was struck dumb - but fortunately for me my partner is a gasbag (in england that means he talks a lot not farts a lot for you american type people....wait a minute...he farts a lot too - but thats another story!) 
so he waffled on while I just stood there grinning and answering with a yes or no! 
so he waffled on while I just stood there grinning and answering with a yes or no! COME ON YOU SPURS!!
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"NORTH"
New EC album, "NORTH" - due Sept 23, on Deutsche Grammophon.
- Written at the piano by Costello between Autumn 2002 and New Year's Day 2003.
- Recorded at Avatar Studios and Nola. Recording in NYC between April and May 03.
- Produced by Elvis Costello and Kevin Killen, who engineered and mixed the record.
- Steve Nieve on piano, Peter Erskine/Pete Thomas? on drums and Mike Formanek on double bass.
- Also featured are: Marc Ribot (guitar), Mingus Big Band, Jazz Passengers and The Brodsky Quartet.
- Features horn nonet consisting of: alto flute, Bb flat clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, Flugel Horn, two French Horns and trombone.
- Instrumentation on the album ranges from solo piano to a forty-eight piece ensemble, composed of a rhythm section, horn nonet and twenty-eight string players. All the orchestrations were arranged and conducted by Costello.
- Tracks Listing*, for proposed Jap release (translated from Japanese, may be subject to corrections):
1) PRELUDE/YOU LEFT ME IN THE DARK
2) SOMEONE TOOK THE WORDS AWAY
3) WHEN DID I STOP DREAMING?
4) YOU TURNED TO ME
5) FALLEN
6) WHEN IT SINGS
7) STILL
8.) LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT HER
9) CAN YOU BE TRUE?
10) WHEN GREEN EYES TURN BLUE
11) I'M IN THE MOOD AGAIN
12) IMPATIENCE
13) TOO BLUE (bonus track to Japanese edition)
14) NORTH (special track available from the Internet)
*(see next post for full song credits)
- Written at the piano by Costello between Autumn 2002 and New Year's Day 2003.
- Recorded at Avatar Studios and Nola. Recording in NYC between April and May 03.
- Produced by Elvis Costello and Kevin Killen, who engineered and mixed the record.
- Steve Nieve on piano, Peter Erskine/Pete Thomas? on drums and Mike Formanek on double bass.
- Also featured are: Marc Ribot (guitar), Mingus Big Band, Jazz Passengers and The Brodsky Quartet.
- Features horn nonet consisting of: alto flute, Bb flat clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, Flugel Horn, two French Horns and trombone.
- Instrumentation on the album ranges from solo piano to a forty-eight piece ensemble, composed of a rhythm section, horn nonet and twenty-eight string players. All the orchestrations were arranged and conducted by Costello.
- Tracks Listing*, for proposed Jap release (translated from Japanese, may be subject to corrections):
1) PRELUDE/YOU LEFT ME IN THE DARK
2) SOMEONE TOOK THE WORDS AWAY
3) WHEN DID I STOP DREAMING?
4) YOU TURNED TO ME
5) FALLEN
6) WHEN IT SINGS
7) STILL
8.) LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT HER
9) CAN YOU BE TRUE?
10) WHEN GREEN EYES TURN BLUE
11) I'M IN THE MOOD AGAIN
12) IMPATIENCE
13) TOO BLUE (bonus track to Japanese edition)
14) NORTH (special track available from the Internet)
*(see next post for full song credits)
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NORTH Album Credits
"NORTH" Album Credits
PRODUCED BY: Elvis Costello and Kevin Killen
MIXED BY: Kevin Killen at Avatar Studios, NYC
ENGINEERED BY: Bill Moss at Nola Studios, NYC and Kevin Killen at Avatar Studios, NYC
BRODSKY QUARTET RECORDING ENGINEERED BY: Jon Bailey @ Air Studios, London UK
ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING BY: Pete Doris
ASSISTANT ENGINEERS: Peter Doris (Avatar) and Keir Milligan (Air)
PRO TOOLS EDITING on "Impatience" by Andy Snitzer
PRODUCTION MANAGER AND CONTRACTOR: Jill Dell'Abate
MASTERED BY: Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering
STRINGS:
Violins: Elena Barere (Leader) Avril Brown, Cenovia Cummins, Jonathan
Dinklage, Cecilia Hobbs Gardner, Maura Giannini, Yana Goichman, Joyce
Hammann, Regis Iandiorio Ann Leathers, Laura McGinniss, Jan Mullen, Paul Peabody, Ricky Sortomme, Katherine Livolsi-Stern, Marti Sweet, Yuri
Vodovos, Carol Webb and Peter Winograd
Violas: Crystal Garner, Sue Pray, Sarah Adams, Karen Dreyfus, Maxine Roach
and Rebecca Young
Celli: Richard Locker, Diane Barere, Jeanne LeBlanc, Ellen Westermann and
Fred Zlotkin
Bass: Tim Cobb and Jacqui Danilow
Harp: Stacy Shames
1) YOU LEFT ME IN THE DARK
Drums - Peter Erskine
Bass - Mike Formanek
Piano - Steve Nieve
French Horns - Bobby Routch and Bob Carlisle
Tenor Trombone - Conrad Herwig
Bass Trombone - Dave Taylor
Arranged and Conducted by Elvis Costello
2) SOMEONE TOOK THE WORDS AWAY
Drums - Peter Erskine
Bass - Mike Formanek
Vibraphone - Bill Ware
Alto Flute - Pamela Sklar
Clarinet - John Moses
Bass Clarinet - Roger Rosenberg
Alto Sax - Dave Mann
Tenor Sax - Andy Snitzer
French Horns - Bobby Routch and Bob Carlisle
Flugelhorn - Lew Soloff
Tenor Trombone - Conrad Herwig
Alto Sax solo - Lee Konitz
Arranged and Conducted by Elvis Costello
3) WHEN DID I STOP DREAMING
Drums - Peter Erskine
Bass - Mike Formanek
Alto Flute - Pamela Sklar
Clarinet - John Moses
Bass Clarinet - Roger Rosenberg
Alto Sax - Dave Mann
Tenor Sax - Andy Snitzer
French Horns - Bobby Routch and Bob Carlisle
Flugelhorn - Lew Soloff
Tenor Trombone - Conrad Herwig
Bass Trombone - Dave Taylor
Arranged and Conducted by Elvis Costello
4) YOU TURNED TO ME
Bass - Brad Jones
Piano - Steve Nieve
5) FALLEN
Bass - Brad Jones
Piano - Steve Nieve
Strings Arranged and Conducted by Elvis Costello
6) WHEN IT SINGS
Piano, Hohner pianet and Celesta - Steve Nieve
Drums - Peter Erskine
Bass - Mike Formanek
Guitar - Elvis Costello
Vibraphone - Bill Ware
7) STILL
Piano - Steve Nïeve
Brodsky Quartet
Violin - Andrew Haveron
Violin - Ian Belton
Viola - Paul Cassidy
Cello - Jacqueline Thomas
Arranged by Elvis Costello and Steve Nieve
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT HER
Piano - Elvis Costello
Drums - Peter Erskine
Bass - Mike Formanek
Flugelhorn - Lew Soloff
9) CAN YOU BE TRUE?
Piano - Steve Nieve
Drums - Peter Erskine
Bass - Mike Formanek
Viibraphone - Bill Ware
Alto Flute - Pamela Sklar
Clarinet - John Moses
Bass Clarinet - Roger Rosenberg
Alto Sax - Dave Mann
Tenor Sax - Andy Snitzer
French Horns - Bobby Routch and Bob Carlisle
Flugelhorn - Lew Soloff
Tenor Trombone - Conrad Herwig
Arranged and Conducted by Elvis Costello
10) WHEN GREEN EYES TURN BLUE
Piano - Steve Nieve
Drums - Peter Erskine
Bass - Mike Formanek
Alto Flute - Pamela Sklar
Clarinet - John Moses
Bass Clarinet - Roger Rosenberg
Alto Sax - Dave Mann
Tenor Sax - Andy Snitzer
French Horns - Bobby Routch and Bob Carlisle
Flugelhorn - Lew Soloff
Tenor Trombone - Conrad Herwig
Arranged and Conducted by Elvis Costello
11) I'M IN THE MOOD
Piano - Elvis Costello
Vibraphone - Bill Ware
Bonus tracks:
IMPATIENCE
Piano - Elvis Costello
Bass - Davey Faragher
Drums -Pete Thomas
Hohner Pianet - Steve Nïeve
Guitar - Marc Ribot
Frank Lacy - Trumpet and Trombone Solo
Roy Nathanson - Alto Sax and Flute
Marty Ehrlich - Tenor Sax and Flute
Jay Rodriguez - Baritone Sax and Flute
Clark Gayton - Tenor Trombone
Strings arranged by Elvis Costello and Steve Nieve
Horns arranged by Roy Nathanson and Jay Rodriguez
TOO BLUE
Piano - Elvis Costello
B3 Hammond Organ - Steve Nieve
Drums - Peter Erskine
Bass - Mike Formanek
Vibraphone - Bill Ware
NORTH
Piano - Elvis Costello
PRODUCED BY: Elvis Costello and Kevin Killen
MIXED BY: Kevin Killen at Avatar Studios, NYC
ENGINEERED BY: Bill Moss at Nola Studios, NYC and Kevin Killen at Avatar Studios, NYC
BRODSKY QUARTET RECORDING ENGINEERED BY: Jon Bailey @ Air Studios, London UK
ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING BY: Pete Doris
ASSISTANT ENGINEERS: Peter Doris (Avatar) and Keir Milligan (Air)
PRO TOOLS EDITING on "Impatience" by Andy Snitzer
PRODUCTION MANAGER AND CONTRACTOR: Jill Dell'Abate
MASTERED BY: Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering
STRINGS:
Violins: Elena Barere (Leader) Avril Brown, Cenovia Cummins, Jonathan
Dinklage, Cecilia Hobbs Gardner, Maura Giannini, Yana Goichman, Joyce
Hammann, Regis Iandiorio Ann Leathers, Laura McGinniss, Jan Mullen, Paul Peabody, Ricky Sortomme, Katherine Livolsi-Stern, Marti Sweet, Yuri
Vodovos, Carol Webb and Peter Winograd
Violas: Crystal Garner, Sue Pray, Sarah Adams, Karen Dreyfus, Maxine Roach
and Rebecca Young
Celli: Richard Locker, Diane Barere, Jeanne LeBlanc, Ellen Westermann and
Fred Zlotkin
Bass: Tim Cobb and Jacqui Danilow
Harp: Stacy Shames
1) YOU LEFT ME IN THE DARK
Drums - Peter Erskine
Bass - Mike Formanek
Piano - Steve Nieve
French Horns - Bobby Routch and Bob Carlisle
Tenor Trombone - Conrad Herwig
Bass Trombone - Dave Taylor
Arranged and Conducted by Elvis Costello
2) SOMEONE TOOK THE WORDS AWAY
Drums - Peter Erskine
Bass - Mike Formanek
Vibraphone - Bill Ware
Alto Flute - Pamela Sklar
Clarinet - John Moses
Bass Clarinet - Roger Rosenberg
Alto Sax - Dave Mann
Tenor Sax - Andy Snitzer
French Horns - Bobby Routch and Bob Carlisle
Flugelhorn - Lew Soloff
Tenor Trombone - Conrad Herwig
Alto Sax solo - Lee Konitz
Arranged and Conducted by Elvis Costello
3) WHEN DID I STOP DREAMING
Drums - Peter Erskine
Bass - Mike Formanek
Alto Flute - Pamela Sklar
Clarinet - John Moses
Bass Clarinet - Roger Rosenberg
Alto Sax - Dave Mann
Tenor Sax - Andy Snitzer
French Horns - Bobby Routch and Bob Carlisle
Flugelhorn - Lew Soloff
Tenor Trombone - Conrad Herwig
Bass Trombone - Dave Taylor
Arranged and Conducted by Elvis Costello
4) YOU TURNED TO ME
Bass - Brad Jones
Piano - Steve Nieve
5) FALLEN
Bass - Brad Jones
Piano - Steve Nieve
Strings Arranged and Conducted by Elvis Costello
6) WHEN IT SINGS
Piano, Hohner pianet and Celesta - Steve Nieve
Drums - Peter Erskine
Bass - Mike Formanek
Guitar - Elvis Costello
Vibraphone - Bill Ware
7) STILL
Piano - Steve Nïeve
Brodsky Quartet
Violin - Andrew Haveron
Violin - Ian Belton
Viola - Paul Cassidy
Cello - Jacqueline Thomas
Arranged by Elvis Costello and Steve Nieve
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT HER
Piano - Elvis Costello
Drums - Peter Erskine
Bass - Mike Formanek
Flugelhorn - Lew Soloff
9) CAN YOU BE TRUE?
Piano - Steve Nieve
Drums - Peter Erskine
Bass - Mike Formanek
Viibraphone - Bill Ware
Alto Flute - Pamela Sklar
Clarinet - John Moses
Bass Clarinet - Roger Rosenberg
Alto Sax - Dave Mann
Tenor Sax - Andy Snitzer
French Horns - Bobby Routch and Bob Carlisle
Flugelhorn - Lew Soloff
Tenor Trombone - Conrad Herwig
Arranged and Conducted by Elvis Costello
10) WHEN GREEN EYES TURN BLUE
Piano - Steve Nieve
Drums - Peter Erskine
Bass - Mike Formanek
Alto Flute - Pamela Sklar
Clarinet - John Moses
Bass Clarinet - Roger Rosenberg
Alto Sax - Dave Mann
Tenor Sax - Andy Snitzer
French Horns - Bobby Routch and Bob Carlisle
Flugelhorn - Lew Soloff
Tenor Trombone - Conrad Herwig
Arranged and Conducted by Elvis Costello
11) I'M IN THE MOOD
Piano - Elvis Costello
Vibraphone - Bill Ware
Bonus tracks:
IMPATIENCE
Piano - Elvis Costello
Bass - Davey Faragher
Drums -Pete Thomas
Hohner Pianet - Steve Nïeve
Guitar - Marc Ribot
Frank Lacy - Trumpet and Trombone Solo
Roy Nathanson - Alto Sax and Flute
Marty Ehrlich - Tenor Sax and Flute
Jay Rodriguez - Baritone Sax and Flute
Clark Gayton - Tenor Trombone
Strings arranged by Elvis Costello and Steve Nieve
Horns arranged by Roy Nathanson and Jay Rodriguez
TOO BLUE
Piano - Elvis Costello
B3 Hammond Organ - Steve Nieve
Drums - Peter Erskine
Bass - Mike Formanek
Vibraphone - Bill Ware
NORTH
Piano - Elvis Costello
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NORTH Lyrics (Elvis Costello)
YOU LEFT ME IN THE DARK
See how the elements obey?
Eyes are blue
Skies are grey
Nothing I do can make you stay
I'm glad it will rain today
You left me standing alone
Although I thought that we could not be parted
But if I'd only known
That this would be the last loving remark
You left me in the dark
Then I awoke to my dismay
I thought we'd make it all the way
Allowing myself one more cliché
The last hurrah, the first bouquet
You left me standing alone although
I thought that we could not be parted
But if I'd only known
That this would be the last loving remark
You left me in the dark
SOMEONE TOOK THE WORDS AWAY
Poor head
Can hardly move my lips for speaking
I said
So, what is this thing I cannot explain?
I'd blame all the things I feel but can't quite place
Perhaps they're written on my face
Someone took the words away
Why don't you speak up and say what you mean?
Summon my powers of conversation
I talk to myself,
I'm fine
When you're around,
Then I decline the invitation
It's strange to finally find myself so tongue-tied
A change has come over me
I'm powerless to express
Every thing I know but cannot speak
And if I try my voice will break
Someone took the words away
Someone took the words away
WHEN DID I STOP DREAMING?
You appeared when I was lost in reverie
If this is not a dream, it's my mistake
And now I lie in wait for dawn to break
I'm fairly sure I'm wide awake
Pardon me, if I seem distant and strange
Just tell me when did I stop dreaming?
Let me get this straight
Did I hallucinate?
This fine and helpless feeling
Tell me when did I stop dreaming?
Let me know if you can help me explain
I didn't recognise the danger
But people will talk
Was I just sleepwalking?
Footprints left on the ceiling
Tell me when did I stop dreaming?
Then why should you care?
This is my nightmare
Was this one dream too deep?
Now if I could only sleep
Answer me, if you see the end in sight
I'm just a soul who's lost in limbo
Neither bad or good
I'd spare you now if I could
One more teardrop
Then I'll wake up
Tell me when did I stop dreaming?
YOU TURNED TO ME
You turned to me
And all at once
I knew I was betrayed
My eyes met yours just down the darkened path
Where both of us had strayed
Nothing good can come out of this
I know it may not be
But just then you turned to me
And I thought for a moment
Like the fool that I've become
I might be the one
To turn these lights back on
Just as I began to say
It's never worth the price you pay
I was going there anyway
You turned to me
And all at once
I knew that you had seen
How I was lost in something quite like love
When all I did was dream
Now as evening becomes the dawn
I wonder where you'll be
And just why you turned to me
FALLEN
All the leaves are turning yellow, red and brown
Soon they'll be scattered as they tumble down
Although they may be swept up so invitingly
I never did what I was told
I trampled though the amber and the burnished gold
But now I clearly see how cruel the young can be
You can convince yourself of anything
If you wish both hard and long
And I believed that life was wonderful
Right up to the moment when love went wrong
I gaze up at the tree-tops and laugh
I need somebody to shake me loose
I want to know what happens next
'Til I don't care at all
There I go
Beginning to fall
WHEN IT SINGS
All the words you say to me
Have music in them
All the sorrows and the joys like magnetism
And a selfish boy looks through a prism
And says what is
But never asks what isn't
But a voice contains many precious things
It laughs
And then it sings
And all the lies that we can tell
To our foolish selves
Maybe this is the love song that I refused to
Write her when I loved her like I used to
And I fear my heart may spin and fracture
Like tears of stone falling from a statue
But a voice contains all that's true and false
Then cries for someone else
And for some honest tenderness
So I must confess
All the words you say to me
Have music in them
All the sorrows and the joys like magnetism
And a selfish boy looks through a prism
And says what is
But never asks what isn't
STILL
These few lines I'll devote
To a marvellous girl covered up with my coat
Pull it up to your chin
I'll hold you until the day will begin
Still
Lying in the shadows this new flame will cast
Upon everything we carry from the past
You were made of every love and each regret
Up until the day we met
There are no words that I'm afraid to hear
Unless they are "Goodbye, my dear"
Still
I was moving very fast
But in one place
Now you speak my name and set my pulse to race
Sometimes words may tumble out but can't eclipse
The feeling when you press your fingers to my lips
I want to kiss you in a rush
And whisper things to make you blush
And you say, "Darling, hush
Hush
Still, still"
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT HER
I wasn't very indiscreet and yet
That is a notion that I might as well forget
Friends look at me these days with fond surprise
But when I start to speak they roll their eyes
Let me tell you about her
Hush now, I've said too much
There's something indescribable I can't quite catch
Let me tell you about her
The way that she makes me feel
Then draw a curtain on this scene I shan't reveal
Some things are too personal
Too intimate to spill
And gentlemen don't speak of them
And this one never will
I wasn't very conversational
Accept to say that, "You're sensational"
Friends now regard me with indulgent smiles
But when I start to sing they run for miles
Let me tell you about her
Hush now, I've said too much
There's something indescribable I can't quite catch
Let me tell you about her
The way that she makes me feel
Then draw a curtain on this scene I shan't reveal
CAN YOU BE TRUE?
Can you be true?
Can this possibly be real?
I knew quite suddenly
Do you sense how I feel?
I long to hear you whisper my name
'Til you tell me
"My Darling, you may be my man."
There will be days when you must go from my sight
There may be nights when clouds deny us starlight
Only time will tell us
I hope that it speaks gently if it isn't meant to be
Then again
By then we might not be listening so attentively
I will be there
If the days bring torments and trials
To close the distances only measured in miles
I long to hold you all through the night
And to tell you
"My Darling, you make everything seem right"
And then I'll hear you calling in my name
And I'll answer
"My Darling, I may be your man"
WHEN GREEN EYES TURN BLUE
Every single time
It becomes too much
There's nothing I can say
Or I can touch
But the glory is, as it comes passing through,
I know I will be there
When green eyes turn blue
It's the same for me
Time appears to teach
There is nothing quite beyond our reach
Wits may sharpen up
Their cuts and clever flays
Let them squander all of them
You brighten up my darkest gaze
And as a consequence I can see out of the gloom
That I gathered about myself
That I thought would flatter me
What the hell was the matter with me
Every single time I approached despair
I thought of your name and you were there
I won't burden you
As promises will do
But I know I will be there
When green eyes turn blue.
I'M IN THE MOOD AGAIN
Hail to the taxis
They go where I go
Farewell the newspapers that know more than I know
Flung under a street-lamp still burning at dawn
I'm in the mood again
I walk the damp streets rather than slumber
Along the fine windows of shameless and plunder
But none of their riches could ever compare
I'm in the mood again
I don't know what's come over me
But it's nothing that I'm doing wrong
You took the breath right out of me
Now you'll find it in the early hours
In a lover's song
I lay my head down on fine linens and satin
Away from the mad-hatters who live in Manhattan
The Empire State Building illuminating the sky
I'm in the mood, I'm in the mood, I'm in the mood again.
IMPATIENCE
How long do I have to wait?
Before I can tell you the things I've been wanting to say
How long must I hesitate?
I know it makes sense but it's hard for me to stay away
But if this is how it has to be
Maybe it's just a feeling
That I could name
But I'd probably best blame...impatience
You can't miss - what you've never known
It's quite absurd how you started disturbing me so
Sometimes - when I am all alone
I lose my senses
I have no defences to go
But if this is how I lose my heart
Then I shall just embrace that
My pulse is racing still
I'm secretly thrilled
By the laughter that tumbled
And the tears that I spilled
As far as I know no one ever got killed
By impatience
Tell me - is there danger still?
I took no heed so a word might as well be deed
Although - I'd really like to see you now
I'm almost certain it can't be accomplished with speed
So, if this how I'll bide my time
Then I will set it down
Til we lose our caution
I'll honour your order
'Cos it's such sweet torture
To carry this torch
In the light of temptation
Beyond conversation and all expectation
Pausing a moment or two just mention...
Impatience
TOO BLUE
There may be a break in the road
The future looks drab and dreary
But if you were here with me, dear
I'd spin you a line that's far from cheer
There's always some scribe
Who's taken the bribe
Describing some Gentleman Jim
Who says he's in love with a beautiful girl
But she don't care about him
Say what you do
That sky is much to blue
You'll know sorrow
That's deeper than the ocean
It's a pitiful chain of events
You'd think that I might have more sense
He says
"The birds in the braches may whistle and croon
"But they're singing out of tune"
There may be bend in the track
But if you come back to see me
I'll be waiting patiently here
And if you believe that then I fear
There's always some clown
Who's bringing me down
By humming a tragic refrain
He says he's in love with a beautiful girl
But he doesn't know her name
NORTH
The East has that Englishmen
And the rising sun
The West has the open plains
And how they were won
On Independence Day
For all it's worth
You can ring those southern belles
I'm going
North
Up were the rushing rivers run and salmon leap
I could even get there in my sleep
Give me the ice and snow
Time to go...
North
So run up a banner and we'll stand underneath
You gave me a starry flag
For one with a leaf
I'm on the borderline
I jump back and forth
There's nothing to stop me now
I'm heading...
North
Up where the polar bears and moose and geese will play
And some of them address you en français
Give me the ice and snow
Time to go...
North
And so I must leave you all
Alas and alack
And though we are parting now
I'll always come back
So as the compass points
That's where I'll be
But if you could only see
The perfection of...
North
It's something I will always carry in my heart
A place when dreams begin and life can start
Who cares what people know?
Let me go...
North
See how the elements obey?
Eyes are blue
Skies are grey
Nothing I do can make you stay
I'm glad it will rain today
You left me standing alone
Although I thought that we could not be parted
But if I'd only known
That this would be the last loving remark
You left me in the dark
Then I awoke to my dismay
I thought we'd make it all the way
Allowing myself one more cliché
The last hurrah, the first bouquet
You left me standing alone although
I thought that we could not be parted
But if I'd only known
That this would be the last loving remark
You left me in the dark
SOMEONE TOOK THE WORDS AWAY
Poor head
Can hardly move my lips for speaking
I said
So, what is this thing I cannot explain?
I'd blame all the things I feel but can't quite place
Perhaps they're written on my face
Someone took the words away
Why don't you speak up and say what you mean?
Summon my powers of conversation
I talk to myself,
I'm fine
When you're around,
Then I decline the invitation
It's strange to finally find myself so tongue-tied
A change has come over me
I'm powerless to express
Every thing I know but cannot speak
And if I try my voice will break
Someone took the words away
Someone took the words away
WHEN DID I STOP DREAMING?
You appeared when I was lost in reverie
If this is not a dream, it's my mistake
And now I lie in wait for dawn to break
I'm fairly sure I'm wide awake
Pardon me, if I seem distant and strange
Just tell me when did I stop dreaming?
Let me get this straight
Did I hallucinate?
This fine and helpless feeling
Tell me when did I stop dreaming?
Let me know if you can help me explain
I didn't recognise the danger
But people will talk
Was I just sleepwalking?
Footprints left on the ceiling
Tell me when did I stop dreaming?
Then why should you care?
This is my nightmare
Was this one dream too deep?
Now if I could only sleep
Answer me, if you see the end in sight
I'm just a soul who's lost in limbo
Neither bad or good
I'd spare you now if I could
One more teardrop
Then I'll wake up
Tell me when did I stop dreaming?
YOU TURNED TO ME
You turned to me
And all at once
I knew I was betrayed
My eyes met yours just down the darkened path
Where both of us had strayed
Nothing good can come out of this
I know it may not be
But just then you turned to me
And I thought for a moment
Like the fool that I've become
I might be the one
To turn these lights back on
Just as I began to say
It's never worth the price you pay
I was going there anyway
You turned to me
And all at once
I knew that you had seen
How I was lost in something quite like love
When all I did was dream
Now as evening becomes the dawn
I wonder where you'll be
And just why you turned to me
FALLEN
All the leaves are turning yellow, red and brown
Soon they'll be scattered as they tumble down
Although they may be swept up so invitingly
I never did what I was told
I trampled though the amber and the burnished gold
But now I clearly see how cruel the young can be
You can convince yourself of anything
If you wish both hard and long
And I believed that life was wonderful
Right up to the moment when love went wrong
I gaze up at the tree-tops and laugh
I need somebody to shake me loose
I want to know what happens next
'Til I don't care at all
There I go
Beginning to fall
WHEN IT SINGS
All the words you say to me
Have music in them
All the sorrows and the joys like magnetism
And a selfish boy looks through a prism
And says what is
But never asks what isn't
But a voice contains many precious things
It laughs
And then it sings
And all the lies that we can tell
To our foolish selves
Maybe this is the love song that I refused to
Write her when I loved her like I used to
And I fear my heart may spin and fracture
Like tears of stone falling from a statue
But a voice contains all that's true and false
Then cries for someone else
And for some honest tenderness
So I must confess
All the words you say to me
Have music in them
All the sorrows and the joys like magnetism
And a selfish boy looks through a prism
And says what is
But never asks what isn't
STILL
These few lines I'll devote
To a marvellous girl covered up with my coat
Pull it up to your chin
I'll hold you until the day will begin
Still
Lying in the shadows this new flame will cast
Upon everything we carry from the past
You were made of every love and each regret
Up until the day we met
There are no words that I'm afraid to hear
Unless they are "Goodbye, my dear"
Still
I was moving very fast
But in one place
Now you speak my name and set my pulse to race
Sometimes words may tumble out but can't eclipse
The feeling when you press your fingers to my lips
I want to kiss you in a rush
And whisper things to make you blush
And you say, "Darling, hush
Hush
Still, still"
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT HER
I wasn't very indiscreet and yet
That is a notion that I might as well forget
Friends look at me these days with fond surprise
But when I start to speak they roll their eyes
Let me tell you about her
Hush now, I've said too much
There's something indescribable I can't quite catch
Let me tell you about her
The way that she makes me feel
Then draw a curtain on this scene I shan't reveal
Some things are too personal
Too intimate to spill
And gentlemen don't speak of them
And this one never will
I wasn't very conversational
Accept to say that, "You're sensational"
Friends now regard me with indulgent smiles
But when I start to sing they run for miles
Let me tell you about her
Hush now, I've said too much
There's something indescribable I can't quite catch
Let me tell you about her
The way that she makes me feel
Then draw a curtain on this scene I shan't reveal
CAN YOU BE TRUE?
Can you be true?
Can this possibly be real?
I knew quite suddenly
Do you sense how I feel?
I long to hear you whisper my name
'Til you tell me
"My Darling, you may be my man."
There will be days when you must go from my sight
There may be nights when clouds deny us starlight
Only time will tell us
I hope that it speaks gently if it isn't meant to be
Then again
By then we might not be listening so attentively
I will be there
If the days bring torments and trials
To close the distances only measured in miles
I long to hold you all through the night
And to tell you
"My Darling, you make everything seem right"
And then I'll hear you calling in my name
And I'll answer
"My Darling, I may be your man"
WHEN GREEN EYES TURN BLUE
Every single time
It becomes too much
There's nothing I can say
Or I can touch
But the glory is, as it comes passing through,
I know I will be there
When green eyes turn blue
It's the same for me
Time appears to teach
There is nothing quite beyond our reach
Wits may sharpen up
Their cuts and clever flays
Let them squander all of them
You brighten up my darkest gaze
And as a consequence I can see out of the gloom
That I gathered about myself
That I thought would flatter me
What the hell was the matter with me
Every single time I approached despair
I thought of your name and you were there
I won't burden you
As promises will do
But I know I will be there
When green eyes turn blue.
I'M IN THE MOOD AGAIN
Hail to the taxis
They go where I go
Farewell the newspapers that know more than I know
Flung under a street-lamp still burning at dawn
I'm in the mood again
I walk the damp streets rather than slumber
Along the fine windows of shameless and plunder
But none of their riches could ever compare
I'm in the mood again
I don't know what's come over me
But it's nothing that I'm doing wrong
You took the breath right out of me
Now you'll find it in the early hours
In a lover's song
I lay my head down on fine linens and satin
Away from the mad-hatters who live in Manhattan
The Empire State Building illuminating the sky
I'm in the mood, I'm in the mood, I'm in the mood again.
IMPATIENCE
How long do I have to wait?
Before I can tell you the things I've been wanting to say
How long must I hesitate?
I know it makes sense but it's hard for me to stay away
But if this is how it has to be
Maybe it's just a feeling
That I could name
But I'd probably best blame...impatience
You can't miss - what you've never known
It's quite absurd how you started disturbing me so
Sometimes - when I am all alone
I lose my senses
I have no defences to go
But if this is how I lose my heart
Then I shall just embrace that
My pulse is racing still
I'm secretly thrilled
By the laughter that tumbled
And the tears that I spilled
As far as I know no one ever got killed
By impatience
Tell me - is there danger still?
I took no heed so a word might as well be deed
Although - I'd really like to see you now
I'm almost certain it can't be accomplished with speed
So, if this how I'll bide my time
Then I will set it down
Til we lose our caution
I'll honour your order
'Cos it's such sweet torture
To carry this torch
In the light of temptation
Beyond conversation and all expectation
Pausing a moment or two just mention...
Impatience
TOO BLUE
There may be a break in the road
The future looks drab and dreary
But if you were here with me, dear
I'd spin you a line that's far from cheer
There's always some scribe
Who's taken the bribe
Describing some Gentleman Jim
Who says he's in love with a beautiful girl
But she don't care about him
Say what you do
That sky is much to blue
You'll know sorrow
That's deeper than the ocean
It's a pitiful chain of events
You'd think that I might have more sense
He says
"The birds in the braches may whistle and croon
"But they're singing out of tune"
There may be bend in the track
But if you come back to see me
I'll be waiting patiently here
And if you believe that then I fear
There's always some clown
Who's bringing me down
By humming a tragic refrain
He says he's in love with a beautiful girl
But he doesn't know her name
NORTH
The East has that Englishmen
And the rising sun
The West has the open plains
And how they were won
On Independence Day
For all it's worth
You can ring those southern belles
I'm going
North
Up were the rushing rivers run and salmon leap
I could even get there in my sleep
Give me the ice and snow
Time to go...
North
So run up a banner and we'll stand underneath
You gave me a starry flag
For one with a leaf
I'm on the borderline
I jump back and forth
There's nothing to stop me now
I'm heading...
North
Up where the polar bears and moose and geese will play
And some of them address you en français
Give me the ice and snow
Time to go...
North
And so I must leave you all
Alas and alack
And though we are parting now
I'll always come back
So as the compass points
That's where I'll be
But if you could only see
The perfection of...
North
It's something I will always carry in my heart
A place when dreams begin and life can start
Who cares what people know?
Let me go...
North
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It's just an informal expression, in an informal forum. In the context used, anyone with half a brain knows that I just meant 'the Japanese market', and that it wasn't offensive or anything.
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