Elvis Costello closes his genuinely educational comedy album How To Play Guitar And Y with this song. As soon as I heard it, I understood how my musical education has been sabotaged my entire life and I am so grateful that EC has finally righted this wrong. How this has been done to the public is also mentioned in the Beatles movie series Get Back.
Some people get real training in performance and music and get put on stage by monied hands who also give that genuinely trained musician a huge pump up by publicists. Some people have monied hands hiding/holding them back their entire lives. Which one gets the short of the stick? Why has she been treated that way? Why can’t her name be said? It’s all right in the story that we have been telling since this January.
Why is it set up to be this cruel and unfair and who benefits from these schemes? I’m trying to say that money and music are being combined and then they are being used as a weapon against the public. Thank you to the musicians who are revolting against this massive injustice. It is not very difficult to spot them.
I Can’t Say Her Name Lyrics
How can I show my face?
I'm a mess
And I fear I may confess
I'm a fool with or without her
Make up what you will about her
It's part of the game
I can't say her name
I've been left in the dark
Shine a light
Right in my eyes
You'll never make me talk
Alibis I must protect
An alias you won't detect
I won't place the blame
I can't say her name
I whisper it so soft and slow
When I think no one's listening
No one knows
The thought of her so strong and slow
Stays on my mind
I won't ever let her go
How can I go to sleep?
When I know all too well I'm in this thing too deep
It's all I can do not to shout about it
I don't need your pity
I'm powerless and proud
And I don't feel ashamed
Oh, but I can't say her name