Taking my Life In Your Hands Lyrics

The song Taking my Life In Your Hands is performed by Elvis Costello in the album named The Juliet Letters in the year 2006 .



My dear impulsive darling, I suspect my letter got to you too late
And it's really just a silly fragment of paper
But it means so much to those who wait

All the suffering days and nights 'til I dare dream again
There you suddenly stand and I'll be damned
If you didn't disappear with the dawn

Hours pa*s and darkness comes
Soon I will close my eyes
Will you return if you don't reply?

You'll be taking my life in your hands
You'll be taking my life in your hands
Taking my life in your hands

I don't know why my dearest darling
I can't tell you how I feel when you are near
When I see you have returned my letters unopened
I will tear them up, your voice ringing in my ears

But you're kidding yourself
If you think this correspondence will end
I can always pretend words
I don't have the courage to send, reaching you

Hours pa*s and darkness comes
Soon I will close my eyes
Will you return if you don't reply?

You'll be taking my life in your hands
You'll be taking my life in your hands
Taking my life in your hands




Elvis Costello - The Juliet Letters

Mar 2006

  1. Deliver Us
  2. For Other Eyes
  3. Swine
  4. Dead Letter
  5. I Almost Had A Weakness
  6. Why?
  7. Who Do You Think You Are?
  8. Taking my Life In Your Hands
  9. This Offer is Unrepeatable
  10. Dear Sweet Filthy World
  11. Letter Home
  12. Jacksons, Monk and Rowe
  13. Sad Burlesque
  14. Romeo's Seance
  15. I Thought I'd Write To Juliet
  16. Last Post
  17. First to Leave
  18. Damnation's Cellar
  19. Birds Will Still Be Singing
  20. She Moved Through the Fair (Bonus)
  21. Pills and Soap (Live) (Bonus)
  22. King of the Unknown Sea (Live) (Bonus)
  23. Skeleton (Live) (Bonus)
  24. More Than Rain (Live ) (Bonus)
  25. God Only Knows (Live) (Bonus)
  26. They Didn't Believe Me (Live) (Bonus)
  27. O Mistress Mine -- with John Harle
  28. Come Away Death -- with John Harle
  29. Put Away Forbidden Playthings -- Elvis Costello & Fretwork
  30. Can She Excuse My Wrongs -- Elvis Costello, Fretwork & Composers Ensemble
  31. Fire Suite 1 -- Roy Nathanson with Cyrus Chestnut & Elvis Costello
  32. Fire Suite 3 -- Roy Nathanson with Elvis Costello
  33. Fire Suite Reprise -- Roy Nathanson with Elvis Costello
  34. Gigi -- Elvis Costello & Bill Frisell
  35. Deep Dead Blue -- Elvis Costello & Bill Frisell
  36. Upon a Veil of Midnight Blue -- Elvis Costello & the Punishing Kiss Band
  37. Lost in the Stars


Taking my Life In Your Hands