Deep Dark Truthful Mirror
From ElvisCostello
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LyricsOne day you're going to have to face a deep dark truthful mirror And it's going to tell you things that I still love you too much to say The sky was just a purple bruise, the ground was iron And you fell all around the town until you looked the same
(Chorus:) The same eyes, the same lips The same lie from your tongue trips Deep dark, deep dark truthful mirror Deep dark, deep dark truthful mirror
Now the flagstone streets where the newspaper shouts Ring to the boots of roustabouts And you're never in any doubt, there's something happening somewhere You chase down the road 'til your fingers bleed on a fiberglass tumbleweed You can blow around the town, but it all shuts down the same
(Repeat Chorus)
So you bay for the boy in the tiger-skin trunks They set him up, set him up on the stool He falls down, he falls down like a drunk And you drink till you drool Well, it's his story you'll flatter You'll stretch him out like a saint But the canvas that he splattered Will be the picture that you never paint
Deep dark, deep dark truthful mirror Deep dark, deep dark truthful mirror
A stripping puppet on a liquid stick gets into it pretty thick A butterfly drinks a turtle's tears, but how do you know he really needs it? 'Cos a butterfly feeds on a dead monkey's hand Jesus wept, he felt abandoned You're spellbound baby, there's no doubting that Did you ever see a stare like a Persian cat?
(Repeat Chorus)
Deep dark, deep dark truthful mirror
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G Bm
One day you're gonna have to face
Am G G/C G
A deep dark truthful mirror
D
And it's gonna tell you things that I still
C D
Love you too much to say
G Bm
The sky was just a purple bruise
Am G G/C G
The ground was iron
D
And you fell all around the town
C G
Until you looked the same
[Chorus:]
C C G B
The same eyes, the same lips
Em C
The same lie from your tongue trips
Horns:
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C Am C C/B Am D/F# G [Horns]
Deep dark, deep dark truthful mirror
C Am C C/B Am D/F# G
Deep dark, deep dark truthful mirror
C C G Bm
Now the flagstone streets where the newspaper shouts
Am G G/C G
Ring to the boots of roustabouts
D
And you're never in any doubt
C D
There's something happening somewhere
G Bm
You chase down the road 'til your fingers bleed
Am G G/C G
On a fiberglass tumbleweed
D
You can blow around the town
C G
But it all shuts down the same
[Chorus]
Bm Em
So you bay for the boy in the tigerskin trunks
C C G C C G
They set him up, set him up on a stool
Bm Em
He falls down, he falls down like a drunk
C C G C C G
And you drink till you drool
C Bm G
And it's his story you'll flatter
C Bm G
You'll stretch him out like a saint
C Bm Em
But the canvas that he splattered
C D C#dim
Will be the picture that you never paint
Em C G [Horns]
C Am C C/B Am D/F# G [Horns]
Deep dark, deep dark truthful mirror
C Am C C/B Am D/F# G
Deep dark, deep dark truthful mirror
G Bm
A stripping puppet on a liquid stick
Am G
Gets into it pretty thick
D
A butterfly drinks a turtle's tears
C D
But how do you know he really needs it
G Bm
'Cos a butterfly feeds on a dead monkey's hand
Am G
Jesus wept, he felt abandoned
D
You're spellbound, baby, there's no doubting that
(that's where it's at)
C D G
Did you ever see a stare like a Persian cat
[Chorus]
Internal links
- Elvis Costello Home Page: Spike | lyrics | chords | Spike info page 1 | Deep Dark Truthful Mirror (MTV Unplugged version) info page
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Categories: 1989 | Songs | Lyrics | Chords
