32 :: Pass The Vinegar :: A Slow Drag with "I Almost Had a Weakness"

Today’s slow drag is with “I Almost Had a Weakness,” from “The Juliet Letters,” released in 1993. The songwriting is credited Elvis Costello’s birth name.

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Written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA

Twitter: @slowdragremedy

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Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com

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References:

Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, I Almost Had a Weakness: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/I_Almost_Had_A_Weakness

 

“I Almost Had a Weakness”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITvtRUO2qPg

“Watch Your Step” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvgIbU-I7-M  

Sour Grapes: https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/sour+grapes

Aesop’s “The Fox and The Sour Grapes” Parable: https://fablesofaesop.com/the-fox-and-the-grapes.html  

"I Almost Had a Weakness" Lyrics:

Thank you for the flowers
I threw them on the fire
And I burned the photographs that you had enclosed
God, they were ugly children
So you're that little bastard of that brother of mine
Trying to trick a poor old woman
'Til I almost had a weakness

Last week Cousin Florence bit your Uncle Joe
Hit him on the forehead with a knife and a fork
Said that he looked like the devil
Then she said... "pass the vinegar", I'm beginning to think
That I'm the only one who hasn't taken to the drinking of it
Though I almost had a weakness

It pains me to mention
These delicate concerns
But while I have to tolerate you family jewels
I really mustn't grumble
'Cause when I die, the cats and dogs will jump up and down
And you little swines will get nothing
Though I almost had a weakness