Today's slow drag is with "Spooky Girlfriend" from "When I Was Cruel," released in 2002. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Bluesky Social: https://bsky.app/profile/slowdragwithremedy.com Email: [email protected] Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag   References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, "Spooky Girlfriend" http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Spooky_Girlfriend "Spooky Girlfriend" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMBmd6m7h-c "Spooky Girlfriend" Cruel Smile, Live on KFOG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJsRa4XojFs "London's Brilliant Parade" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZmNE964rmk Purchase "The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday"   "Spooky Girlfriend" Lyrics: I want a girl to make a mess To do no wrong she must confess And then perhaps hitch up her dress 'Cos when the flashbulbs explode She's such a sensitive soul   I want a girl who is helpless and frail Who won't pull on my ponytail I want a girl who has no past She's made up now But that won't last 'Cos when she sits on my knee And then she whispers to me   "Can't you see could be could be Your spooky girlfriend… I could be, I could be your spooky girlfriend"   And the broken toys are scattered in the attic And the Newspapers play in the words of the fanatic And the greeting cards are your most poetic lyric And the flat champagne is sweet sugar syrup   I want to paint you with glitter and with dirt Picture you with innocence and hurt The shutter closes Exposes the shot She says, "Are you looking up my skirt?" When you say "No" She says "Why not?"   I want a girl to turn my screw To wind my watch, to buckle my shoe And if she won't, her mother will do 'Cos when she does as she's told We'll all turn platinum and gold But when she sits on my knee I hear her whispers to me "Can't you see?" "I could be your spooky girlfriend"

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