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lyrics
Elliott come in his raincoat to see me.
Elliott, holding a damp paper torch.
It wasn’t long before I dreamed of Elliott
lying in wait on the step of the porch.
I bring out the bottles and all of the garbage;
who should I find in the street in my mind
but Elliott, walking out late in the lamplight,
grinning to see me in all my surprise?
But he don’t mean any harm,
and strangers are dangerous only when you play the part,
and you feel you were cold in the blood of your heart.
Elliott come to the sidewalk to see me.
Elliott knows all the ways I walk home.
Wherever I’m crossing, there I will find Elliott
parked in his car with his sunglasses on.
Everyone knows that you shouldn’t tempt Elliott,
your body as wet as a peach on the tongue.
When you’re feeling tired, he’ll come to unburden you,
the burden a virtue to fold in his palm.
But you’re not the only one.
It’s probably your vanity making you feel so alone.
And he’s already gone, and what harm was done?
It wasn’t long before I dreamed of Elliott,
his presence run through me, a tangling thread.
I dreamed his desire had thrived on indifference;
I tried it on like a beautiful dress.
Everyone knows when you don’t deny Elliott,
when none of your words feel as good as your own.
You’re a frog swimming in boiling water.
You answered the door when you shouldn’t be home.
But what if you were wrong?
What once felt like graciousness pulled back the sheet you had hung.
If you wouldn’t have thought, then he wouldn’t have come.
credits
from Serotinalia,
released May 10, 2019
John Dunlop | Cello
Sofia Hirsch | Violin
Laura Markowitz | Viola
John Drumbo French from Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band worked with Thompson on two albums along with Fred Frith and Henry Kaiser.
Those two French, Frith, Kaiser and Thompson albums led me to this.
Also, Richard Thompson taught Hugh Cornwell (of The Stranglers) how to play the bass guitar in a band when they were both at the same school (Emil and The Detectives?).
With a career spanning 50 years and playing with two of my heroes (French and Cornwell) Thompson has produced a fascinating EP. yellowcakeuf6
UK singer-songwriter Alex Pester perfects his homespun baroque pop on an vast, largely home-recorded LP that finds elegance in simplicity. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 3, 2021