071 :: Across a Crowded Room :: A Slow Drag with Sweet Pear"

07/02/2021 10 min
071 :: Across a Crowded Room :: A Slow Drag with Sweet Pear"

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Today's slow drag is with "Sweet Pear," from "Mighty Like a Rose," released in 1991. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello's birth name. . . . 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, "Sweet Pear": http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Sweet_Pear "Sweet Pear": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY-FGXC5qGE "Why Do We Use Pet Names in Relationships?" https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/mind-guest-blog/why-do-we-use-pet-names-in-relationships/ 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 "Sweet Pear" Lyrics: Sweet pear, sweet pear Those who say they love you would never dare I'll watch out for you / I'll always be there In the hour of your distress, you need not fear   In all the world there's only one true love And finding it's hard enough I bless whatever's in the sky above For bringing you to me   But there's a void without your kiss I wake on the precipice above the abyss And though the touch of your lips these fears dismiss Make no mistake there is an ache I have to live with   Was my grip too loose, my grip too strong That made you want to run away And now you're back where I pretend you belong I wonder every night and day / How long   I swear this is my prayer Till we're burned and scattered in the atmosphere Or lost in the world across a crowded room I am your stupid lover, your wretched groom

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