067 :: Like a Matador :: A Slow Drag with "I Hope You're Happy Now"

02/01/2021 11 min
067 :: Like a Matador :: A Slow Drag with "I Hope You're Happy Now"

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Today's slow drag is with "I Hope You're Happy Now," from "Blood and Chocolate," released in 1986. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Twitter: https://twitter.com/slowdragremedy Email: [email protected] Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag ---------------------- References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, "I Hope You're Happy Now": http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/I_Hope_You%27re_Happy_Now "I Hope You're Happy Now": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJgBpjo7dpY   Purchase "The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday" https://www.amazon.com/Most-Terrible-Time-Life-Thursday-ebook/dp/B07XLXS5PL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4SGCT62WPEK&dchild=1&keywords=the+most+terrible+time+in+my+life+ends+thursday&qid=1608873405&sprefix=The+Most+Terrible+Time+in+%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1 "Proper Usage of "That" in English": https://www.thoughtco.com/uses-of-that-1210017 "Put Paid to" idiom: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/put-paid-to "Fine Figure of a Man" meaning: https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/a-fine-figure-of-a-man-woman   So, until next time, Adieu, my little ballyhoo "I Hope You're Happy Now" Lyrics He's a fine figure of a man and handsome too With his eyes upon the secret places he'd like to undo Still he knows who knows who and where and how And I hope that you're happy now He's got all the things you need and some that you will never But you make him sound like frozen food, his love will last forever Still he knows what you want and what you don't allow And I hope that you're happy now I hope that you're happy now like you're supposed to be And I know that this will hurt you more than it hurts me He's acting innocent and proud still you know what he's after Like a matador with his pork sword, while we all die of laughter In his turquoise pajamas and motorcycle hat I hope you're happy now because you'll soon put paid to that I knew then what I know now I never loved you anyhow And I hope you're happy now I knew then what I know now I never loved you anyhow And I hope you're happy now

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