File:Mistress And Maid (live) - Paul McCartney & Elvis Costello

Paul McCartney / Declan MacManus 1993 Lyrics :

She said Come in my dear, Youre looking tired tonight. Your bath is drawn, let me loosen your tie And fix you your usual drink.

He settles back, Takes a magazine, Kicks off his shoes, as he studies the form Of every appealing soubrette. But where are the flowers that he used to bring? Every endearing remark Reminds her of passionarte promises, That he only made in the dark.

In her bed, She wants to shout at the back of his head Look at me, look at me, look at me Im afraid See what its come to, Im just your mistress and maid.

The wine is warm But the dinner is cold. The look in his eye tells her it wont be long till the girls on the page come to life. And theyll get the flowers that he used to bring With every endearing remark, And all of the passionate promises Hell never fulfil in the dark.

In their bed, She wants to shout at the back of his head Look at me, look at me, now that Im not afraid. See what its come to, Im not your mistress and maid.

See what its come to, Im not your mistress annf maid.

Al comenzar las grabaciones en 1991, McCartney decidió utilizar a sus compañeros de gira para completar el álbum, muchos de los cuales ya aparecieron en Flowers in the Dirt. Así mismo, su colaboración con Elvis Costello se vería reforzada con las composiciones "Mistress and Maid" y "The Lovers That Never Where"; sin embargo, y a diferencia del anterior álbum, en Off the Ground Costello no aparece.