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A song called Elvis Costello

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.....is featured on a new album by a group called Vinyl Skyway. With the copy I bought from their site I got a note from the lead singer thanking me for buying the album and asking me to ' spread the word' - so here goes!

The album is a pleasant , rootsy , country tinged affair. I kept thinking of Tim Easton and Matthew Sweet. There's lots of nice acoustic guitar and lap steel.....and Annie The Dog is credited for ' Bark Sounds on Elvis Costello'.

The 'E.C.' song seems to feature Elvis in that his recordings are playing while the character reflects on time spent with a person who has betrayed him/her....I think.

The lyric to the song is here-

http://www.vinylskyway.com/lyrics.html

2. ELVIS COSTELLO 4:23

Woke up again. Watched you, wasted.
Dreaming of days, sadness we tasted.
Figure out the words you chose to get by.
Listening to Elvis Costello.
Watching the set, rocking my pillow.
Scratching your vinyl, waving my bonney good bye.

Chorus -
Lay you down - 20 feet under.
This murder's a crime it's time to move away from your home.
Blame it on the early morning blunder.
Figure it out, time to make sense of it all.

Put a rock through your window with a sling shot.
What made you snitch on your friends for a dime.
Playing tables and smoking in the basement.
Ain't much to do here but sit and pass the time.

Chorus.

Here come the cops, soon you'll get busted.
Dangerous friend, lies we trusted.
Smoking a bowl and shaking my pockets for dimes.
Listening to This Year's Model.
Blazing away, mind blown mellow.
Holding your hand all the way along through the night.

Chorus.
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The same song is also repeated in , I presume , demo form as a track called 20 Feet Under.