Today's slow drag is with "The First to Leave," from "The Juliet Letters," released in 1993. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello's birth name. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_remedy/ Bluesky Social: https://bsky.app/profile/slowdragwithremedy.com  Email: [email protected]   Transcription: https://slowdragwithremedy.weebly.com Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag   References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, "The First to Leave" https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=The_First_To_Leave   "The First to Leave" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS0dPEacnTY "The Dark Ensemble: Voice and String Quartet https://interlude.hk/the-dark-ensemble-voice-and-string-quartet-20th-century/   Purchase "The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday"   Listen to the audiobook for free at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq7n1pN8D1Y   "The First to Leave" Lyrics I should open with a kiss For if you're reading this You must have opened up your case And found this letter where I placed it In between the silk and lace There were other clues, like your walking shoes But I still refused to believe That you were meant to be the first to leave   Everybody here sends you their love How could I forget you still walk above Or below Perhaps you'll never know this Purgatory We never could agree There's a thought, there's a pause No time to repent Eternally yours in a permanent Lent   But if I should give you up If you're right and life just stops And I never see your face again Then from unearthly pleasures, proud and plain I shall abstain 'Til you realize, my loss is your surprise Unless you know otherwise, then don't grieve You see I had to be the first to leave

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