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I'll Wear It Proudly

An Elvis Costello song, played once by Radiohead, in Amsterdam in 1999.

2000sreleased

1986

king of america

Costello wrote it for King of America, the record he made largely with American session players under the name the Costello Show: a slow, wounded song about carrying someone else's mark.

the video

Elvis Costello cover.· Bas Kollenwatch on youtube →

Live history

Times played	1 show
Live debut	Sunday 13 June 1999 · Amsterdam

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details

Type	Cover
Written by	Elvis Costello
Cover of	Elvis Costello

lyrics

I hate these flaming curtains they're not the color of your hair
I hate these striplights they're not so undoing as your stare
I hate the buttons on your shirt when all I wanna do is tear
I hate this bloody big bed of mine when you're not here

[chorus]

Well I finally found someone to turn me upside down
And nail my feet up where my head should be
If they had a King of Fools then I could wear that crown
And you can all die laughing because I'll wear it proudly

Well you seem to be shivering dear and the room is awfully warm
In the white and scarlet billows that subside beyond the storm
You have this expression dear no words could take its place
And I wear it like a badge that you put all over my face

[chorus]

I'll wear it proudly through the dives and the dancehalls
If you'll wear it proudly through the snakepits and catcalls
Like a fifteen year old kid wears a vampire kiss
If you don't know what is wrong with me
Then you don't know what you've missed

We are arms and legs wrapped round more than my memory tonight
When the bell rang out and the air outside turned blue from fright
But in shameless moments you made more of me than just a mess
And a handful of eagerness says What do you suggest?

[chorus]

sources1

The site's own catalogue note, based on Stereogum.

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