Today's slow drag is with "Suit of Lights" from "King of America," released in February, 1986. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello's birth name. . . . 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, "Suit of Lights" http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Suit_Of_Lights   "Suit of Lights" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8Ke3f6yfI8   "Welcome to the Club" Nat "King" Cole: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=todFZrhmMc4 "Welcome to My World" Jim Reeves, 1963: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOCCvN8YDuc "Workin' Man Blues" Merle Haggard" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EwK0NsKdDY "Everyday I Write the Book" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1d4r9awjKE "It's a Dog's Life" Idiom: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/its-a-dogs-life 1987 Lasse Hallstrom Film, "My Life as a Dog" Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxzO8Qx96O4 Purchase "The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday"   "Suit of Lights" Lyrics: While Nat King Cole sings "Welcome to My World" You request some song you hate, you sentimental fool And it's the force of habit If it moves then you fuck it If it doesn't move you stab it And I thought I heard "The Working Man's Blues" He went to work that night and wasted his breath Outside there was a public execution Inside he died a thousand deaths   And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground And they put him in a suit of lights   In the perforated first editions Where they advocate the hangman's noose Then tell the sorry tale of the spent Princess Her uncouth escort looking down her dress   Anyway, they say that she wears the trousers And learnt everything that she does And doesn't know if she should tell him yes Or let him go   And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground And they put him in a suit of lights   But, it's a dog's life in a rope leash or a diamond collar It's enough to make you think right now But you don't bother For goodness sake as you cry and shake Let's keep your face down in the dirt where you belong And think of all the pleasure that it brings Though you know that it's wrong   And there's still life in your body But most of it's leaving Can't you give us all a break Can't you stop breathing   And I thought I heard "The Working Man's Blues" I went to work that night and wasted my breath Outside they're painting tar on somebody It's the closest to a work of art that they will ever be   And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground And they put him in a suit of lights And they put him in a suit of lights

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