28 :: The Face of Your Affection :: A Slow Drag with "Man Called Uncle"

Today’s slow drag is with “Men Called Uncle,” from “Get Happy!!,” released in 1980. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello.

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

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References:

Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, Men Called Uncle: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Men_Called_Uncle  

 

“Men Called Uncle”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28I74ME2--4

 

“Girls, Girls, Girls” Liner notes: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Girls_Girls_Girls_(1989)_liner_notes

 

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"Man Called Uncle" Lyrics:

Now there's newsprint all over your face
Well maybe that's why I can read you like a book
Just when I thought I was getting my tasty bite
I go and lose my appetite

Look at the men that you'd call uncle
They'd like to sink their teeth into you
For the pride and the pleasure
And the privilege of having you

If I say you're the one, do you think that I'm serious?
You get that kind of talk from older men
If I say I love you then I must be delirious
So why are you trying to put my temperature up again?

Look at the men that you'd call uncle
Having a heart attack round your ankles

When you wake up with X-rated eyes
When you wake up still shaking
How can I apologize
As you check your effects and check your reflection
I'm so affected in the face of your affection

Look at the men that you'd call uncle
Having a heart attack round your ankles

I could swear, I could promise that I'll always be true to you
But we may not live to be so old
I could even say I'm going to do something new to you
Now the girls I see just leave me cold

Look at the men that you call uncle...