{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"128 :: It's Starts as a Flirtation :: A Slow Drag with &quot;Heathen Town&quot;","description":"Today\u2019s slow drag is with \u201cHeathen Town,\u201d from \u201cOut of Our Idiot,\u201d released in 1987. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . 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 &amp;nbsp; \u201cElvis Costello Wiki Resource, Podcasts\u201d https:\/\/www.elviscostello.info\/wiki\/index.php?title=Podcasts Transcription: https:\/\/slowdragwithremedy.weebly.com Podcast music by https:\/\/www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https:\/\/ratethispodcast.com\/slowdrag Slow Drag with Remedy on Amazon Music:  https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/1f521a34-2ed9-4bd4-a936-1ad107969046\/slow-drag-with-remedy-an-elvis-costello-appreciation &amp;nbsp; References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, \u201cHeathen Town\u201d https:\/\/www.elviscostello.info\/wiki\/index.php?title=Heathen_Town \u201cHeathen Town\u201d https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=udnz2s_k8js \u201cThe Fall of Rome\u201d  https:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/fall-of-rome#:~:text=The%20collapse%20of%20the%20Roman,%2C%20Romulus%20Augustulus%2C%20in%20476. \u201cOld hat\u201d idiom:  https:\/\/www.collinsdictionary.com\/us\/dictionary\/english\/old-hat#:~:text=old%20hat%20in%20American%20English,of%20being%20trite%20or%20commonplace John Howard Payne\u2019s, \u201cHome Sweet Home,\u201d written in 1822 https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OqjjfF1Wn-s \u201cAve Maria\u201d (Ellen\u2019s Third Song,\u201d composed in 1825 &amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OqjjfF1Wn-s \u201cAve Maria\u201d words:  https:\/\/www.classicfm.com\/composers\/schubert\/ave-maria-schubert-lyrics\/ Purchase \u201cThe Most Terrible Time in My Life\u2026Ends Thursday\u201d Listen to the audiobook of \u201cThe Most Terrible Time in My Life\u2026Ends Thursday\u201d for free at: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Kq7n1pN8D1Y &amp;nbsp; &quot;Heathen Town&quot; Lyrics They used to call it Sin City Now it's gone way past that Painting the town and then burning it down Now even that's old hat Now there's a choir of angels at the fall of Rome Singing &quot;Ave Maria&quot; or &quot;Home Sweet Home&quot; &amp;nbsp; It's just a heathen town I hear only evil as my tongue is tightened I used to be god-fearing, now I'm so frightened Cos the devil will drag you under By the shark tail fin of your checkered cab And I can't sit down, I'm going overboard in this heathen town &amp;nbsp; It starts as a flirtation And ends up as an expensive habit With one eye on her place in debtor's prison And the other on a girl dressed as a rabbit Now you can live forever Endure fits and starts But the only stake you cannot raise Is the one driven through your heart &amp;nbsp; It's just a heathen town I hear only evil as my tongue is tightened I used to be god-fearing, now I'm so frightened Cos the devil will drag you under By the shark tail fin of your checkered cab And I can't sit down, I'm going overboard In this heathen town &amp;nbsp; And I can't sit down, I'm going overboard In this heathen town In this heathen town In this heathen town In this heathen town In this heathen town ","author_name":"Slow Drag with Remedy","author_url":"http:\/\/slowdragwithremedy.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/32123492\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/174482967"}