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Elvis Costello & The Imposters - Unwanted Number (Lyric Video)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
Vocals
Elvis Costello & The Imposters
Elvis Costello & The Imposters
Performer
Briana Lee
Briana Lee
Background Vocals
Davey Faragher
Davey Faragher
Bass
Kitten Kuroi
Kitten Kuroi
Background Vocals
Pete Thomas
Pete Thomas
Drums
Steve Nieve
Steve Nieve
Keyboards
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
Producer
Sebastián Krys
Sebastián Krys
Producer

Lyrics

You should hear the things that they say about me
They're saying, "She's no better than she needed to be"
They don't know that he was kind and warm and tender
Soon there's going to be another unwanted number
Unwanted number
How can I tell them?
How can I express?
How it felt to step out of this life and into his embrace
How can I tell them?
How can I explain
All the love that I never had I found in him?
There may be a stain on the family name
But if my father was here, I think I know who he'd blame
Mama says that he just doesn't care to remember
(Remember)
And all he thinks of me is another unwanted number
Unwanted number
Why can't you tell me
What can I expect?
I want to pay for lessons that you learned
And never earned respect
What didn't she tell me?
Why can't I believe
That she really didn't hear me cry
Whenever he would leave?
There's a local game where they whisper my shame
They say "He gave her his child
He wouldn't give her his name"
They will torture me from January till September
(September)
I will give my love to another unwanted number
Unwanted number
Unwanted number
I will give my love to another unwanted number, ooh, ooh
Unwanted number
Unwanted number
And I will give my love
(I will give my love)
And I will give my love
(I will give my love)
And I will give my love
To another unwanted number, ooh
Unwanted number
Unwanted number
And I will give my love
(I will give my love)
And I will give my love
(I will give my love)
I will give my love
To another unwanted number, ooh, ooh
Unwanted number
Unwanted number
Unwanted number
Written by: Elvis Costello

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