I’ve loved Elvis Costello since the 1970s. This song, from his “Get Happy!” album in the 1980s, is one of my favorites. The melody is wonderful, and the lyrics are amazing.
Note: this song might or might not be about Elvis’s love/hate relationship with New York City (try thinking of NYC as the woman he’s singing about; it kind of makes sense).
But who knows?
Enjoy.
New Amsterdam has become much too much
When I have the possession of everything she touches
Can I step on the brake to get out of her clutches
Can I speak double Dutch to a real double duchess
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