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Elbow – Newborn (2001) | Track profile | Dork

Tracks
Elbow
Asleep in the Back
Newborn

SINGLE

Newborn

Release date: 2nd May 2001

From Asleep in the BackTrack 77:36

Alternative Music Rock Adult Alternative

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About This Track

"Newborn" is a single by Elbow, from the album Asleep in the Back, released 2nd May 2001. The track is 7:36 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 3 articles about Elbow.

About the Artist

Elbow

Elbow

Lyrics

Newborn

I'll be the corpse in your bathtub
Useless
I'll be as deaf as a post
If you hold me like a newborn
Newborn

Whisper what you feel

My badly strung declaration
To You
You'll spend the end of your days
Gently smiling like a newborn
Newborn

Whisper what you feel

My badly strung declaration
To You
You'll spend the end of your days
Gently smiling like a newborn
Newborn

Love not by degrees

Press your lips
To my eyes
Taste my tears
On your tongue,
Pull the blinds
Play our song
Nothings changed
Nothing could be wrong

Scream in the night
Kick and strike
Like a newborn
Holding me shaking
Awake in the dark
All of these promises
Kept and unbroken
Tracing the scars
Tracing the scars
Even and cold
As we both become older
Your arms bound about me
The hush in your voice

The warmth of your fingers
Entwined around mine
In the eve of our lives
Never a choice

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

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Track details

From Asleep in the Back

7:362001Single

Listen

Album

Asleep in the Back

Track number

7

Release year

2001

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3Little Beast
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4Powder Blue
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5Bitten By The Tailfly

6Asleep In The Back

7Newborn

7:36

8Don't Mix Your Drinks

9Presuming Ed (Rest Easy)

10Coming Second

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Craig Potter, Guy Garvey, Mark Potter, Pete Turner
Lyricist: Guy Garvey
Producer: Steve Osborne
Bass: Pete Turner
Drums: Richard Jupp
Keyboards: Craig Potter
Acoustic Guitar: Guy Garvey
Background Vocals: Craig Potter, Guy Garvey, Mark Potter, Pete Turner, Richard Jupp
Electric Guitar: Mark Potter
Lead Vocals: Guy Garvey
Mastering Engineer: Bunt Stafford-Clark
Mixing Engineer: Andrea Wright, Ben Hillier
Percussion: Guy Garvey, Richard Jupp
Recording Engineer: Andrea Wright, Ben Hillier, Danton Supple, Elbow