Almost Blue (song)

Almost blue Almost doing things we used to do There's a girl here and she's almost you Almost All the things that your eyes once promised I see in hers too Now your eyes are red from crying Almost blue Flirting with this disaster became me It named me as the fool who only aimed to be Almost blue It's almost touching it will almost do There's a part of me that's always true... always Not all good things come to an end now, it is only a chosen few I have seen such an unhappy couple Almost me Almost you Almost blue Alternate lyric, sung by Chet Baker: Almost blue Almost doing things we used to do There's a girl here and she's almost you Almost All the things that you promised with your eyes I see in hers too Now your eyes are red from crying

Almost Blue Written by Elvis Costello Performed by Elvis Costello & The Attractions Produced by Geoff Emerick from an original idea by Elvis Costello Musicians Elvis Costello - vocal, guitar Steve Nieve - keyboards Bruce Thomas - bass Pete Thomas - drums Recorded November 1981, AIR Studios, London Released July 2, 1982 Albums Imperial Bedroom, 1982 Singles Baby Plays Around, 1989 Deep Dark Truthful Mirror, 1989 Collections The Best Of Elvis Costello & The Attractions, 1985 Girls Girls Girls, 1999 The Very Best Of Elvis Costello, 1999 The Best Of Elvis Costello The First 10 Years, 2007 Promos A Conversation With Elvis Costello, 1982 UK Elvis Costello, 2002 Length 2:46 First known performance:  December 21, 1981, Guildford, England      (531 known performances, 1 as a snippet) Alternate versions Almost Blue (Live in Sydney) Performed by Elvis Costello & The Imposters Musicians Elvis Costello - vocal, guitar Steve Nieve - keyboards, melodica Davey Faragher - bass Pete Thomas - drums Recorded July 13, 2002, Sydney, Australia Released October 1, 2002 Albums Cruel Smile Length 5:04 Almost Blue (Piano Jazz version) Performed by Elvis Costello & Marian McPartland Produced by Shari Hutchinson Musicians Elvis Costello - vocal, guitar Marian McPartland - piano Recorded May 3, 2003, Manhattan Studio, New York Released July 12, 2005 Albums Piano Jazz: Costello/McPartland Length 2:48 Almost Blue (Live 2004) Performed by Elvis Costello with The Metropole Orkest Produced by Gert-Jan van den Dolder Arranged by Elvis Costello Musicians Elvis Costello - vocal Steve Nieve - piano, melodica solo The Metropole Orkest Vince Mendoza - conductor Ruud Bruels - trumpet solo Recorded July 9, 2004, The Hague, Netherlands Released January 13, 2006 Albums My Flame Burns Blue, 2006 Length 5:47

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