Sin City

This old town is filled with sin, It'll swallow you in If you've got some money to burn. Take it home right away, You've got three years to pay But Satan is waiting his turn This old earthquake's gonna leave me in the poor house. It seems like this whole town's insane On the thirty-first floor your gold plated door Won't keep out the Lord's burning rain The scientists say It'll all wash away But we don't believe any more Cause we've got our recruits And our green mohair suits So please show you ID At the door. A friend came around. Tried to clean up this town, His ideas made some people mad. But he trusted his crowd, So he spoke right out loud And they lost the best friend they had On the thirty-first floor your gold plated door Won't keep out the Lord's burning rain

Sin City (unreleased cover) Written by Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman Performed by This song is unreleased by Elvis Costello, but he performed it in concert as a duet with Emmylou Harris in 2005 and 2006. First known performance:  July 20, 2005, Upper Darby, PA Last known performance:  February 18, 2006, Nashville, TN      (8 known performances)

Recordings by other artists

Artist

Year

Release

Links

The Flying Burrito Brothers

1969

The Gilded Palace Of Sin

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Emmylou Harris

1975

Elite Hotel

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Billy Bragg

1988

B-side of "Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards"

Discogs

Dwight Yoakam

1989

Just Lookin' For A Hit

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Uncle Tupelo

1990

B-side of "I Got Drunk"

Rose Maddox

1994

$35 And A Dream

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