2076 – Elvis Costello – Men called uncle (1980)

Escrita por Elvis Costello, foi gravada em outubro de 1979, no Eden Studio em Londres e lançada em 15 de fevereiro de 1980, no disco Get happy!, o quarto disco de Costello. Foi produzida por Nick Lowe. Costello disse que o som dessa canção presta homenagem ao som do começo dos anos 60s, de Liverpool, incluindo os Merseybeats. A letra fala de um romance fracassado. O narrador mostra uma dissatisfação com uma mulher e o homem mais velho dela. Ele demonstra indiferença com relação à ela mas no fundo ele deseja o amor e a atenção dela. Costello cantou e tocou violão. Steve Nieve tocou piano e orgão. Bruce Thomas tocou baixo.

A letra:

Now there's newsprint all over your face, well
Maybe that's why I can read you like a book
Just when I thought I was getting my tasty bite
I go and lose my appetite
Look at the men that you'd call uncle
They'd like to sink their teeth into you
For the pride and the pleasure and the privilege of having you
If I say you're the one, do you think that I'm serious?
You get that kind of talk from older men
If I say I love you then I must be delirious
So why are you trying to put my temperature up again?
Look at the men that you'd call uncle
Having a heart attack 'round your ankles
When you wake up with x-rated eyes
When you wake up still shaking
How could I apologize as your check your effects
And you check your reflection?
I'm so affected in the face of your affection
Look at the men that you'd call uncle
Having a heart-attack 'round your ankles
I could swear, I could promise that I'll always be true to you
But we may not live to be so old
I could even say I'm going to do something new to you
Now the girls I see just leave me cold
Look at the men that you'd call uncle
Look at the men that you'd call uncle
Look at the men that you'd call uncle

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