Elvis, I Don’t Love You Anymore
Release history
- Little By Little... (2005)
- Little By Little... [re-release] (2006)
Credits
- Written by Huffman/Lin/Nelson, © Song-Based Songs (ASCAP)
- Produced, engineered, and mixed by Steve Fisk
- Recorded at Soundhouse with engineering assistance by Scotty Crane
Lyrics
I followed you as far as Spike
Though there were some I didn’t like at all
(I said I liked it all)
Goodbye Cruel World and Almost Blue
and half of Trust, to name a few
In the twilight of your amp buzz
I couldn’t see how true your aim was
Elvis, I don’t love you anymore
Bought every single reissue
Read each appalling interview
in which you talked like rock
was just some silly phase that you went through
But even when your heart got set on Bacharach and string quartets
My ringing ears drew closer
To parse the pose from the composer
Elvis, I don’t love you anymore
I felt your pain, it didn’t hurt
It tastes like cold revenge
It may be just desserts
You’ll never know how much you meant to me
I think I speak for all of us
When now I say you’ve gotta go
and if you must, you must, you must
We all enjoyed your Brutal Youth
We’d like it back, to tell the truth
We grew apart, we both know how
“I hope you’re happy now”
Elvis, I don’t love you
Elvis, I don’t love you
Elvis, I don’t love you anymore
References
- Directly and indirectly references several Elvis Costello albums, including My Aim is True, Painted from Memory (feat. Burt Bacharach), and The Juliet Letters (feat. the Brodsky Quartet); “I Hope You’re Happy Now” is a song from Blood & Chocolate.