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Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 22:35:44 -0400
From: Bob Kaphan
Subject: TAB:the_other_end_of_the_telescope by elvis_costello
>From the wonderful Elvis disk All This Useless Beauty. A previous
version of this song can be found on the Til Tuesday album Everything s
Different Now. Elvis co-wrote this one with Aimee Mann but changed the
lyrics and (in my opinion) made the song better for this version.
This song is (c) 1996 Warner Bros Records. I m sure Elvis has some
publishing rights as does Aimee Mann...
The Other End of the Telescope
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(Costello/Mann)
Verse Shall we agree that just this once I m gonna change my life
1:
Until it s just as tiny or important as you like
And in time we won t even recall that we spoke
Words that turned out to be as big as smoke
As smoke disappears in the air
There s always something smoldering somewhere
Chorus: I know it don t make a difference to you
But oh it sure made a difference to me
You ll see me off in the distance I hope
At the other end
At the other end of the telescope
()
Verse The promise of indulgence in my confidential voice
2:
Approached immortal danger but you ll never know how close
Then down the hall I overheard such a heavenly choir
They interrupted my evil desires
One day you re up in the clouds
The next thing you re down with the Sweet Adelines
(chorus)
Bridge: Lie down baby now don t say a word
There there baby your vision is blurred
Your head is so sore from all of that thinking
I don t want to hurt you now
But I think you re shrinking
Verse You re half naked ambition and you re half out of your wits
3:
Or several tiny fractions that this portrait still omits
Now it s so hard to pick the receiver up when I call
I never noticed you could be so small
The answer was under your nose
But the question never arose
Chorus: I know it don t make a difference to you
But oh it sure made a difference to me
You ll see me off in the distance I hope
With a bamboo needle on a shellac of Chopin
And the cast iron heart that you failed to tear open
At the other end
At the other end of the telescope
