Today’s slow drag is with “TKO (Boxing Day)” from “Punch the Clock,” released in 1983. 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:
[email protected] “Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, Podcasts” 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 References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “TKO (Boxing Day)” https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=TKO_(Boxing_Day) “TKO (Boxing Day)” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5yoFjJSlwo Why is it called Boxing Day? https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/46454700 The Origins of Boxing Day https://www.carnivalarts.org.uk/post/the-origins-of-boxing-day Purchase “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” Listen to the audiobook of “The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday” for free at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq7n1pN8D1Y "TKO (Boxing Day)" Lyrics You can run all you like from the classroom or the cot From a great big man or tiny tot But from this day, every day will be Boxing Day Don't need your indecision, let there be no doubt Don't need your permission, I can count you out I can count you out TKO They put the numb into number, put the cut into cutie They put the slum into slumber and the boot into beauty But from this day, every day will be Boxing Day It's a fight to the finish, let there be no doubt As the seconds turn into minutes, I can count you out I can count you out TKO You need a back to break or a back to stab Now your birthday suit looks dull and drab Every day will be Boxing Day Now you don't look so glamorous Whenever I feel so amorous I can count you out TKO