Song of the Day : Almost Blue - Elvis Costello

Elvis Costello twice recorded songs with the same title as an album but then did not include the song on that album.  Almost Blue appears on the album Imperial Bedroom and is a great example as to why Costello is such a revered songwriter

Chet Baker plays trumpet on the album and then recorded his own version as well for the soundtrack album - Let's Get Lost

Almost blue

Almost doing things we used to do

There's a girl here and she's almost you, almost

All the things that your eyes once promised

I see in hers too

Now your eyes are red from crying

Almost blue

Flirting with this disaster became me

It named me as the fool who only aimed to be

Almost blue

It's almost touching it will almost do

There is part of me that's always true...always

Not all good things come to an end now it is only a chosen few

I've seen such an unhappy couple

Almost me

Almost you

Almost blue