In The Darkest Place

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In the darkest place
I know that is where you'll find me
Even though you didn't have to remind me
I shut out the lights

Your eyes adjust
They'll never be the same
You know I love you so
Let's start again

Since you put me down
It seems I've been very gloomy
You may laugh, but pretty girls look right through me
They don't sense the faintest glimmering
That is the torch I bear
There's light enough for me to find my way

But I only have to tell myself that by now
You could be with someone else
Is there light beneath your door and
Laughter from within?
Do your friends come around
Saying, "Try to find another lover"?
He won't love you like I do

In the darkest place
I'm lost, I have abandoned every hope
Maybe you'll understand, I must shut out the light

Your eyes adjust
They'll never be the same
You know I love you so
Let's start again

Do your friends come around
Saying, "Try to find another lover"?
He won't love you like I do

In the darkest place
That is where you'll find me
In the darkest place
That is where you'll find me

In The Darkest Place
Written byBurt Bacharach & Elvis Costello
Performed byElvis Costello with Burt Bacharach
Produced byBurt Bacharach & Elvis Costello
Arranged byBurt Bacharach
MusiciansElvis Costello - voice
Burt Bacharach - piano, conductor
Steve Nieve - keyboards
Jim Keltner - drums
Greg Cohen - bass
Dean Parks - guitar
Steve Kujala - flute
Donna Taylor, Lisa Taylor, Sue-Ann Carwell - vocal group
plus additional musicians
RecordedJune-July 1998, Ocean Way, Los Angeles
ReleasedSeptember 28, 1998
AlbumsPainted From Memory, 1998
The Songs Of Bacharach & Costello, 2023
CollectionsUnfaithful Music & Soundtrack Album, 2015
PromosEither Side Of The Same Town Sampler, 2010
Length4:15

First known performance:
October 13, 1998, New York, NY
Last known performance:
September 20, 2023, Berlin, Germany
     (102 known performances)


Alternate versions

In The Darkest Place (Live 1999)
Performed byElvis Costello with Steve Nieve
MusiciansElvis Costello - vocal, guitar
Steve Nieve - piano
RecordedFebruary 16, 1999, Melbourne, Australia
ReleasedApril 26, 1999
AlbumsPainted From Memory (2CD Limited Tour Edition), 1999
The Songs Of Bacharach & Costello, 2023
Length4:39
Painted From MemoryPFM album cover large.jpg

Unfaithful Music & Soundtrack AlbumUnfaithful Music & Soundtrack Album album cover.jpg

The Songs Of Bacharach & Costello album cover.jpg

Covers

Denise Donatelli Whistling in the Dark... The Music of Burt Bacharach 2021 DeniseDonatelli.comAmazon
Bill Frisell The Sweetest Punch 1999 AllMusicWikipediaAmazon
Luke Kennedy and Bobby Fox performed live, 2014-09-24, City Recital Hall, Sydney, Australia 2014 AllMusicinfoYouTube
Audra Mae The Songs Of Bacharach & Costello 2023 AllMusicWikipediaYouTube
Mathilde Santing performed live 1999
Jim Van Slyke Open Road 2006 websiteAllMusicAmazon
Adele Zane A Stranger In Town 2009 AdeleZane.comAmazon

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