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|albums = [[Spike]], 1989 | |albums = [[Spike]], 1989 | ||
|singles = [[Single: Deep Dark Truthful Mirror|Deep Dark Truthful Mirror]], 1989 | |singles = [[Single: Deep Dark Truthful Mirror|Deep Dark Truthful Mirror]], 1989 | ||
|collections = [[Extreme Honey: The Very Best Of The Warner Bros. Years]], 1997 | |collections = [[Extreme Honey: The Very Best Of The Warner Bros. Years]], 1997<br>[[Unfaithful Music & Soundtrack Album]], 2015 | ||
|soundtracks = | |soundtracks = | ||
|various_artists = [[The Piano Songs 3]], 2005 | |various_artists = [[The Piano Songs 3]], 2005<br>[[Under The Influence Of Alice]], 2010 | ||
|promos = [[Spike Album Sampler]], 1989<br>[[Malice And Magic]], 1995 (US)<br>[[Selections From My Aim Is True, Spike And All This Useless Beauty]], 2001 | |promos = [[Spike Album Sampler]], 1989<br>[[Timothy White's Rock Stars]], 1989<br>[[Malice And Magic]], 1995 (US)<br>[[Selections From My Aim Is True, Spike And All This Useless Beauty]], 2001 | ||
|videos = | |videos = | ||
|length = 4:03 | |length = 4:03 | ||
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{{song notes | {{song notes | ||
|first = [[ | |first = [[TV 1989-02-06 RAI 2, Italy|February 6, 1989, RAI 2, Italy]] | ||
|last = | |last = {{2018}} | ||
}}{{song quote | }}{{song quote | ||
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{{song credits | {{song credits | ||
|title = Deep Dark Truthful Mirror (Live 2006) | |title = Deep Dark Truthful Mirror (Live 2006) | ||
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[Allen Toussaint]]<br><font size=1>featuring [[The Imposters]], [[ | |performer = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[Allen Toussaint]]<br><font size=1>featuring [[The Imposters]], [[Anthony "AB" Brown]] & [[The Crescent City Horns]]</font> | ||
|horns = [[Allen Toussaint]] | |horns = [[Allen Toussaint]] | ||
|musicians = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocal, guitar<br>[[Allen Toussaint]] - piano<br>[[Steve Nieve]] - keyboards<br>[[Davey Faragher]] - bass<br>[[Pete Thomas]] - drums<br>[[ | |musicians = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocal, guitar<br>[[Allen Toussaint]] - piano<br>[[Steve Nieve]] - keyboards<br>[[Davey Faragher]] - bass<br>[[Pete Thomas]] - drums<br>[[Anthony "AB" Brown]] - guitar<br>[[Amadee Castenell]] - saxophone<br>[[Brian "Breeze" Cayolle]] - saxophone<br>[[Joe "Foxx" Smith]] - trumpet<br>[[Sam "Big Sam" Williams]] - trombone | ||
|record_info = [[Concert 2006-07-03 Montreal|July 3, 2006, Montreal, QC, Canada]] | |record_info = [[Concert 2006-07-03 Montreal|July 3, 2006, Montreal, QC, Canada]] | ||
|release_info = December 5, 2006 | |release_info = December 5, 2006 | ||
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{{Thumb: Hot As A Pistol, Keen As A Blade}} | {{Thumb: Hot As A Pistol, Keen As A Blade}} | ||
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{{song covers | {{song covers | ||
|covers = {{Elvis Costello covers: Deep Dark Truthful Mirror}} | |covers = {{:Elvis Costello covers: Deep Dark Truthful Mirror}} | ||
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[Chorus] | [Chorus] | ||
==Internal links== | ==Internal links== | ||
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: Spike] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/lyrics/spike.html lyrics] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/guitar/spike.html chords] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike_info_a01.htm Spike info page 1] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/misc/deep_dark_truthful_mirror_mtv.html Deep Dark Truthful Mirror (MTV Unplugged version) info page] | *[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: Spike] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/lyrics/spike.html lyrics] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/guitar/spike.html chords] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike_info_a01.htm Spike info page 1] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/misc/deep_dark_truthful_mirror_mtv.html Deep Dark Truthful Mirror (MTV Unplugged version) info page] | ||
*[[Template: Deep Dark Truthful Mirror|Lyrics]] {{-}} [[ | *[[Template: Deep Dark Truthful Mirror|Lyrics]] {{-}} [[Elvis Costello covers: Deep Dark Truthful Mirror|Covers]] | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www. | *[http://www.inanotherroom.com/spike.html Elvis Costello Reissues: Spike] | ||
[[Category:1989]] | [[Category:1989]] | ||
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[[Category:Chords]] | [[Category:Chords]] | ||
[[Category:Alternate versions]] | [[Category:Alternate versions]] | ||
[[Category:Allen Toussaint]] |
Revision as of 03:56, 8 March 2018
One day you're going to have to face a deep dark truthful mirror |
First known performance: Alternate versions
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Covers
Tasmin Archer | Shipbuilding (EP) | 1994 | AllMusic • Amazon |
Julia Brown | performed live, 2002-08-10, Brilliant Mistakes tribute, Albany, NY | 2002 | archive.org |
Elastic No-No Band | Every Elvis Has His Army: ENB Does EC | 2005 | archive.org |
Gail George | Beyond Belief: A Tribute To Elvis Costello | 2014 | YouTube |
Hootie & The Blowfish | performed live | 199x | carltonbale.com: hootie covers list |
Steve Nieve | performed live, 2020-04-04, The Daily Improvisation, France - instrumental | 2020 | Facebook - 1:24 |
Erich Sellheim | home studio production, sung in German | 2019 | YouTube |
Brian Simms | A Bandhouse Gigs Tribute To Elvis Costello | 2018 | bandhousegigs.org • Amazon US UK |
Chords
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: e||-------------|| B||-----------1-|| G||-------0-2---|| D||---0-2-------|| A||-3-----------|| E||-------------|| 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
- Lyrics • Covers