072 :: Broken Playthings :: A Slow Drag with "The Name of This Thing is Not Love"

14/02/2021 11 min
072 :: Broken Playthings :: A Slow Drag with "The Name of This Thing is Not Love"

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Today's slow drag is with "The Name of This Thing is Not Love," from "The Delivery Man," released in 2004. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. Show Notes: 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, "The Name of This Thing Is Not Love": http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/The_Name_Of_This_Thing_Is_Not_Love "The Name of This Thing Is Not Love": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-OQZvFoh_Q 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   "The Name of This Thing Is Not Love" Lyrics: There's a part of this feeling that I just cannot kill But the name of this thing is not love And I can't take a potion, and I won't take a pill So, it tortures me still But the name of this thing is not love   Then you start entertaining such a terrible thought Life is so very short And the name of this thing is not love   There's a bruise on her arm and some blood on the floor But the name of this thing is not love And they're taunting some girl that they claim to adore She can't take anymore But the name of this thing is not love   Who in the world do you think that you are? That you pushed me this far The name of this thing is not love   He thinks of her still, although you'd never guess He's trying hard to forget her The occasional moments that he'll always bless Watching her dress for worse or better   He watched her pick over her broken playthings What played on his mind is not love The cast-aside tokens and discarded rings Over one of his flings But the name of this thing is not love   Then he threw something down in the wild rushing river And won't ever recover The name of this thing is not love   Then you start out pretending that you're so very tough Life is not short enough But the name of this thing is not love

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