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Elvis Costello, Burt Bacharach - God Give Me Strength
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
Performer
Burt Bacharach
Burt Bacharach
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
Composer
Burt Bacharach
Burt Bacharach
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
Producer
Burt Bacharach
Burt Bacharach
Producer
Steven Krause
Steven Krause
Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Now I have nothin'
So God give me strength
'Cause I'm weak anyway
And if I'm strong, I might still break
And I don't have anythin' to share
That I won't throw away into the air
[Verse 2]
That song is sung out
This bell is rung out
She was the light that I'd bless
She took my last chance of happiness
So God give me strength
God give me strength
[Verse 3]
I can't hold on to
God give me strength
When the phone doesn't ring
And I'm lost in imagining
Everythin' that kind of love is worth
As I tumble back down to the earth
[Verse 4]
That song is sung out
This bell is rung out
She was the light that I'd bless
She took my last chance of happiness
So God give me strength
[Verse 5]
God if she'd grant me her
Indulgence and decline
I might as well
Wipe her from my memory
Fracture the spell
As she becomes my enemy
[Verse 6]
Maybe I was washed out
Like a lip print on his shirt
See, I'm only human
I want him to hurt
I want him
I want him to hurt
[Verse 7]
Since I the lost power to pretend
That there could ever be a happy endin'
[Verse 8]
That song is sung out
This bell is rung out
She was the light that I'd bless
She took my last chance of happiness
So God give me strength
God give me strength
[Verse 9]
Wipe her from my memory
I might as well
God give me strength
God give me strength
I might as well
Written by: Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello

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