Music Video
Top Songs By Brodsky Quartet
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Elvis Costello
Vocals
Brodsky Quartet
Ensemble
Jacqueline Thomas
Violin
Paul Cassidy
Viola
Ian Belton
Violin
Michael Thomas
Violin
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
M. P. Thomas
Lyrics
Mac Manus
Lyrics
Michael Thomas
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Elvis Costello
Producer
Brodsky Quartet
Producer
Pascale Giovetto
Assistant Engineer
Bob Ludwig
Mastering Engineer
Scott Hull
Mastering Engineer
Kevin Killen
Recording Engineer
Lyrics
The hunted look, the haunted grace
The empty laugh that you cultivate
You fall into that false embrace
And kiss the air about her face
Who do you think you are?
The tres bon mots you almost quote from your
QUIVER of literary darts
A thousand or so tuneless violins thrilling your cheap
Little heart
Who do you think you are?
My cigarette burns right down to the ash, my coffee
Cup is unstained
The waiter hovers close at hand
His courtesy strained
Who do you think you are?
I close with my regards
Well I'm the red-face gentleman
Caught in this picture postcard
Who do you think you are?
Trying my best to make the best of your absence
Though the joke gets tired and sordid
Sea-shell hearts get trampled under foot
Punchlines unrewarded
But even at this distance it's not easy to accept
The vision that I chase returns when I least expect it
I've fallen from your tired embrace
I kiss the air around the place that should be your face.
Writer(s): Elvis Costello, Jacqueline Lucy Katherine Thomas, Ian Derek Belton, Paul Martin Cassidy, Michael Henry Thomas, Marina Del Mar Thomas-pedraza
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