{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"116 :: Unless You Know Otherwise :: A Slow Drag with "The First To Leave"","description":"Today\u2019s slow drag is with \u201cThe First to Leave,\u201d from \u201cThe Juliet Letters,\u201d released in 1993. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello\u2019s birth name. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA\/MFA Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/slow_drag_remedy\/ Bluesky Social: https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/slowdragwithremedy.com  Email: slowdragwithremedy@gmail.com   Transcription: https:\/\/slowdragwithremedy.weebly.com Podcast music by https:\/\/www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https:\/\/ratethispodcast.com\/slowdrag   References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, \u201cThe First to Leave\u201d https:\/\/www.elviscostello.info\/wiki\/index.php?title=The_First_To_Leave   \u201cThe First to Leave\u201d https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iS0dPEacnTY \u201cThe Dark Ensemble: Voice and String Quartet https:\/\/interlude.hk\/the-dark-ensemble-voice-and-string-quartet-20th-century\/   Purchase \u201cThe Most Terrible Time in My Life\u2026Ends Thursday\u201d   Listen to the audiobook for free at: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Kq7n1pN8D1Y   "The First to Leave" Lyrics I should open with a kiss For if you're reading this You must have opened up your case And found this letter where I placed it In between the silk and lace There were other clues, like your walking shoes But I still refused to believe That you were meant to be the first to leave   Everybody here sends you their love How could I forget you still walk above Or below Perhaps you'll never know this Purgatory We never could agree There's a thought, there's a pause No time to repent Eternally yours in a permanent Lent   But if I should give you up If you're right and life just stops And I never see your face again Then from unearthly pleasures, proud and plain I shall abstain 'Til you realize, my loss is your surprise Unless you know otherwise, then don't grieve You see I had to be the first to leave ","author_name":"Slow Drag with Remedy","author_url":"http:\/\/slowdragwithremedy.libsyn.com\/website","html":"