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God Give Me Strength (Live) Lyrics by Elvis Costello

My Flame Burns Blue (Live with the Metropole Orkest)

2006

[Verse 1]
Now I have nothing so God give me strength
'Cause I’m weak in her wake
And if I'm strong, I might still break
And I don't have anything to share
That I won’t throw away into the air
[Chorus]
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 2]
I can't hold on to, God give me strength
When the phone doesn't ring
And I'm lost in imagining
Everything that kind of love is worth
As I tumble back down to the earth
[Chorus]
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 if
[Bridge]
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
Maybe I was washed out like a lip-print on a shirt
See, I'm only human, I want him to hurt
I want him, I want him to hurt
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
Since I lost the power to pretend
That there could ever be a happy ending
[Chorus]
That song is sung out
This bell is rung out
She was the light that I’d bless
She took my last chance at happiness
So God give me strength
God give me strength
[Outro]
Wipe her from my memory
I might as well
Wipe her from my memory
God give me strength
Wipe her from my memory
I might as well
Credits
Elvis Costello

Elvis Costello

About “God Give Me Strength (Live)” by Elvis Costello

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"God Give Me Strength (Live)" is credited to Elvis Costello. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"God Give Me Strength (Live)" appears on "My Flame Burns Blue (Live with the Metropole Orkest)" in 2006.

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