Top Songs By Elvis Costello
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Elvis Costello
Vocals
Ray Brown
Bass Guitar
Earl Palmer
Drums
Tom Canning
Piano
MITCHELL FROOM
Hammond Organ
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Elvis Costello
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
J. Henry Burnett
Producer
Declan Macmanus
Producer
Larry Kalman Hirsch
Producer
David Miner
Associate Producer
William Jackson
Assistant Recording Engineer
David Dominguez Alhert
Assistant Recording Engineer
Lyrics
The poisoned rose
That you gave to me
It left me half alive
And half in ecstasy
But if half of your love
Is all I can win
Give me just a fraction
But no more medicine
The poisoned rose
On a valentine card
That you take straight to the heart
That you call my junkyard
But if all I can do
Is save pieces of you
The piece of your mind
The piece of your heart
Didn't tear me apart
Like the poisoned rose
I received from you
I don't know
How we came to grow
Into this very sad affair
Everytime we do the decent thing
Somebody spikes the drink
And a single becomes a pair
The poisoned rose
That you wear at your best
That I keep pressed between the white sheets
Where you lie half undressed
I threw away my shirt and shoes
You looked and I dived in
It's just you and me now
'Cause I threw away the gin
I threw away your alibis
And all your worn out clothes
I threw myself upon the floor
But I couldn't throw away
This poisoned rose, this poisoned rose
This poisoned rose
Writer(s): Elvis Costello
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