The official lyric video for the title track from ‘The Boy Named If’, the new album by Elvis Costello & The Imposters.
”The full title of this record is 'The Boy Named If (And Other Children’s Stories).’ ‘IF,’ is a nickname for your imaginary friend; your secret self, the one who knows everything you deny, the one you blame for the shattered crockery and the hearts you break, even your own. You can hear more about this ‘Boy’ in a song of the same name.” - Elvis Costello
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Produced by Sebastian Krys & Elvis Costello via Electrical Wire
Engineered by Sebastian Krys, Daniel Galindo and Ron Taylor
Mixed by Sebastian Krys at Big Top Studios in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles
Mastered by Brian Lucey at Magic Garden Mastering in Los Angeles
Musicians / Instruments:
Elvis Costello: Vocals & Guitar
Steve Nieve: Vox Continental & Electronic Keyboards
Pete Thomas: Drums & Percussion
Davey Faragher: Bass & Vocals
Lyrics
I’m a lucky so and so
A fortunate stiff
You said you’d never knew me but I’m the one you want to be with
If I tumble from a tightrope or leap from a cliff
I won’t be dashed to pieces
I’m the boy named “IF”
If I disappear and I slipper from your view
I just step upon a crack and I won’t come back
Imagine me
And I’ll imagine you too
In a hollow of the bed sheet
Or a picture in a frame
I’m vivid as a summer’s day
Then never seen again
Who’ll pay the taxman?
Who’ll place the blame?
Who’ll point into an empty room
And whisper my name?
If I disappear and I slipper from your view
You will step upon a crack and I won’t come back
Imagine me
And I’ll imagine you too
Take my hand
We’ll go to “Magic Lantern Land"
Take my hand
See the pictures they’ve projected
Take my hand
We’ll fill our pockets up with sand
Dance in frantic passes
‘Til the grains all turn to glasses
Drums begin to navigate, the band strikes up a riff
No one will believe you but the
Boy Named If
Who’ll pay your entrance fee?
Who’ll leave a tip?
Who’ll say, “Listen here, Sunshine
Don’t you give me no lip”
Who broke your favourite heart?
Who stops and never starts?
Who kiss you stupid?
It must be something you did
Who’ll keep you satisfied after a lover’s tiff?
It must be some other guy not…
The Boy Named If
If I disappear and I slipper from your view
You will step upon a crack and I won’t come back
Imagine me
And I’ll imagine you too
Take my hand
We’ll go to “Magic Lantern Land”
Take my hand
See the pictures we’ve projected
Take my hand
We’ll fill our pockets up with sand
Dance in frantic passes
‘Til the grains all turn to glasses
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