Lyrics Elvis Costello – How Deep Is The Red
Text:
Is this is not a pretty tale?
Is this not a riddle?
A bow shoots arrows through the air
A bow drags notes from a fiddle
But who is the beau of a young girl’s heart?
That a king may send to battle
That a king may send to battle
Is this not a pretty tale?
Is this not a riddle?
If red is the breast of soldier’s tunic
Hung with a silver medal
And red is the thorn that protects the rose,
A deeper red than the petal
How deep is the red our redeemer bled,
The debt of our sins to settle?
How deep is the red?
How deep is the red?
How deep is the red our redeemer bled?
How deep is the red?
Album
Elvis Costello – Elvis Costello - Secret, Profane And Sugarcane
Elvis Costello – Changing Partners
Elvis Costello – The Crooked Line
Elvis Costello – Red Cotton
Elvis Costello – Sulphur To Sugarcane
Elvis Costello – She Was No Good
Elvis Costello – How Deep Is The Red
Elvis Costello – I Dreamed Of My Old Lover
Elvis Costello – She Handed Me A Mirror
Elvis Costello – Hidden Shame
Elvis Costello – My All Time Doll
Elvis Costello – I Felt The Chill
Elvis Costello – Down Among The Wine And Spirits