Elvis Costello, Little Atoms, Larry Sanders

Little Atoms

I arose and Marigold lay down with Curious Iris
Cherry gave to Victor her prudence and her virus
For the sake of purity I can recall the time and place
Between Wisdom and Murder she gave up her immaculate face

My poor belated chastity fell foul of grown up games,
With false and lovely modesty
I can recall the names I'll miss
In the particle of me that cares for this
I betrayed those little atoms with a kiss

Patience has her virtue still
but every grace must have its price
I through some felicity may spin a tale of constant vice
I took my better nature out, drowned it in the babbling stream
Took the blossom of my youth and blew it all to smithereens

My poor belated chastity fell foul of grown up games,
With false and lovely modesty
I can recall the names I'll miss
In the particle of me that cares for this
I betrayed those little atoms with a kiss


And if you still don't like my song then you can just go to hell
I don't care if I'm right or wrong or if my typewriter can spell
But I cannot promise you I've said "Goodbye" to childish things
There's still some pretty insults left and such sport in threatening

My poor belated chastity fell foul of grown up games,
With false and lovely modesty
I can recall the names I'll miss
In the particle of me that cares for this
I betrayed those little atoms with a kiss


And for the sake of clarity
They are "Faith", "Hope", and "Charity"
In the particle of me that cares for this
I betrayed those little atoms with a kiss



This video is from a guest appearance on The Larry Sanders Show

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[riles5446]

anyone know who the other guy was?

[track64]

Do you mean Hank, Larry's sidekick?

[emich28]

thanks for adding this. loved this show and was amazed when I heard this on the show.

[femaletrouble]

thanks for uploading this. one of my favorite costello songs.

[hmsmagpie]

Part of the genius of The Larry Sanders Show was the shit hot performances of the musical guests.

[wadebran]

riles5446

Hank was protesting that Elvis had sold him his car without telling Hank that it was an oil-burning clunker. (The Larry Sanders Show was fictional and was the precursor of stuff like Curb Your Enthusiasm where celebrities played obnoxious or stupid versions of themselves) . Elvis also appeared in an earlier episode where he had a temper tantrum and trashed his dressing room. Very funny

[wadebran]

@riles5446

Hank was protesting the fact that Elvis had sold him his Bentley which turned out to be an oil-burning clunker (The Larry Sanders Show was fictional. Most of the plot occurred offstage where celebrities played obnoxious versions of themselves, like Curb Your Enthusiasm). Elvis was also in an earlier episode where he ended up trashing his dressing room. Very funny.

[wadebran]

@riles5446

The Larry Sanders Show was fictional. The talk show portion was only a small part of the show. Most of it took place behind the scenes with celebrities playing immature versions of themselves (like Curb Your Enthusisam). The Hank character was protesting the fact that Elvis had ripped him off by selling him his Bentley that turned out to be an oil-burning clunker. Elvis also was on an earlier episode where he ended up trashing his dressing room. Funny stuff.

[emich28]

You could not have said that any better!

[TescoUSA]

Classic in all senses.

[CurtisMateer]

I was at an E.C. gig once when this crazy looking tough guy who was probably on speed or something kept yelling out "Bastard!" and stereotypical anti-Elvis things like that. He was a crazed sychophant and fanATIC. Somebody yelled "Shut up!" back to him and E.C. said "I agree."