Needle Time
I wish that I didn’t hate you
Least not as much as I do
And squander all my contempt for
A little nothing like you
Liar like you are ten-a-penny
Women would slap you, if you knew any
Sometimes I feel just like committing a crime
I’ve got a suitcase of phony wisdom to dispense
These twenty-seven or so years
You’d think I would have made them some cents
Now they want me fingerprinted
Like I was smuggling drugs
While the government does deals with the most convenient thugs
Sometimes I feel just like committing a crime
It’s Needle Time
I’m trying not to despise you with a passion that is hard to extinguish
Or maybe I really love you
Although it’s hard to distinguish
I wish I could be
A little more like a saint is
Forgiving those who trespass against us
Sometimes I feel just like committing a crime
I started talking nonsense, just like I did to begin with
Around the time I tired of those sour English
Sometimes I feel just like committing a crime
It’s Needle Time
Elvis Costello – Vocals, Gibson Super 400 Guitar, Magnatone Typhoon Guitar and “S” Tambourine; Steve Nieve – Upright Piano, Vox Continental Organ and “Kay” Melodica; Davey Faragher – Gibson EB1 Bass; Pete Thomas – Drums and Maracas