131 :: Now Here's the Moral :: A Slow Drag with "The Only Flame in Town - Slow Drag with Remedy :: An Elvis Costello Appreciation | Lyssna här

Today’s slow drag is with “The Only Flame in Town,” from “Goodbye Cruel World,” released in 1984. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello.

Show Notes:

Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA,MFA

References:

“The Only Flame in Town” Alternate version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geApcpKSk-4

Listen to the audiobook of “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” for free at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq7n1pN8D1Y

"The Only Flam in Town" Lyrics

I know a girl got my mind in a mess

I never heard her say goodnight and God bless

She's not the only flame in town

And when we're alone, we never quarrel

I'm miles away, now here's the moral

She's not the only flame in town

She's got to stop thinking that I'm carrying this torch around

He struck a match and it lit up her face

We should have struck a match, girl

To burn down the whole place

Now you're not the only flame in town

But you blew hot and cold

Turned my heart to a cinder

And with each passing day

You're less tender and more tinder

Now you're not the only flame in town

She's not the only flame in town

She's got to stop thinking that I'm carrying this torch around

You're not the only flame

Thought I saw your face in the fire

But it's so hard to remember

Even an inferno can cool down to an ember

Now you're not the only flame

You're not the only flame

You're not the only flame in town