An intimate, lovely, ukulele version of the song co-penned by EC and T-Bone Burnett.
Well I recall his parting words
Must I accept his fate?
Or take myself far from this place
I thought I hear...
An intimate, lovely, ukulele version of the song co-penned by EC and T-Bone Burnett.
Well I recall his parting words Must I accept his fate? Or take myself far from this place I thought I heard a black bell toll A little bird did sing Man has no choice When he wants everything
Chorus: We`ll rise above the scarlet tide That trickles down through the mountain And separates the widow from the bride
Man goes beyond his own decision Gets caught up in the mechanism Of swindlers who act like kings And brokers who break everything The dark of night was swiftly fading Close to the dawn of the day Why would I want him Just to lose him again
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Although Elvis' recorded version of this song might not be as good as the Cold Mountain version, I think this and other live performances of it that can be found on youtube (or seen at his concerts) are the definitive ones. Alison's version is nice, but sung too sweetly. Elvis' voice injects more passion, sobriety, and even a little anger into this song that reflects this range of emotions.
Elvis you should've parted company with the Colonel long before time. Why oh why did you spend so long being Hawian guys. I never knew you could play the ukelele. I guess it's just like a guitar with 2less strings. You've given us so much. I hope you give us some more. Wherever you are. I know you can heal my eyes. You're the king. Thankyou Elvis.
I was talking about the host and his doltish grin,not elvis costello if you don't think the host appears as if he is not paying attention to the performance... well pfft... to me he is behaving disrespectfully and has no manners.
he's sitting there smiling like crazy going "j.c., i can't believe Elvis Costello is on my show singing right next to me" What would you rather he be doing...touching himself?
The host is like "DUH" !! IMO he doesn't look star struck, he just looks like an idiot. This was a serious performance and maybe he was smiling, not because "j.c., i can't believe Elvis Costello is on my show, etc" but because he WAS "touching himself" as you so eloquently phrased it. That would explain his idiotic grin
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