Today's slow drag is with "There's a Story in Your Voice" from "The Delivery Man," released in 2004. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello, with the guest vocal of Lucinda Williams. . . . 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, "There's a Story in Your Voice" http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/There%27s_A_Story_In_Your_Voice   "There's a Story in Your Voice" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6dXZNT-Sd4   Purchase "The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday"   "There's a Story in Your Voice" Lyrics Once upon another time If you had the need I'd step right in the shoes that you've been walking 'Cos someone put the hurt in you For everyone to see And you only have to speak to tell your fortune   There's a story in your voice Both by damage and by choice It tells of promises and pleasure And a tale of wine and woe The uneasy time to come And the long way 'round we go to get there   Once you told me fairytales Everybody knows But I didn't care for their prediction Now you say you're leaving me And packing up your clothes I finally see you were a work of fiction   There's a story in your walk Then you crumble just like chalk And I could say that I was sorry But I wouldn't mean it much There are pages I can't touch And something that's been torn out of this chapter   Far away, not far enough 'Cos I can still recall How it felt when I read that last sentence Now I go inside some rooms with Gideon in them all And hide myself from all hope of repentance   There's a story in your eyes Cheap sunglasses might disguise But when the bedroom light reveals All that bravado and that fright That you cover up in spite Attempts to strip away this fabrication   There's a story in your voice Both by damage and by choice It tells of promises and pleasure And a tale of wine and woe The uneasy time to come And the long way 'round we go to get there

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