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==Lyrics==
==Lyrics==
{{Deep Dark Truthful Mirror}}
{{Hora Decubitus}}




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==Credits==
==Credits==
* Written by: '''[[D.P.A. MacManus]]'''
* Written by: '''Charles Mingus''' and '''[[Elvis Costello]]'''
* Produced by: '''[[Elvis Costello]]''', '''[[Kevin Killen]]''' and '''[[T Bone Burnett]]'''
* Produced by: '''Gert-Jan van den Dolder'''
* Arranged by: '''Mike Mossman''', adapted by '''Joan Reinders'''
* Musicians:  
* Musicians:  
:'''[[Elvis Costello]]''' - [[Singers|vocals]]
:'''[[Elvis Costello]]''' - [[Singers|vocals]]
:'''[[The Dirty Dozen Brass Band]]'''
:'''[[Steve Nieve]]''' - [[Keyboardists|piano]]
::'''[[Gregory Davis]]''' - [[Trumpet players|trumpet]]
:'''[[The Metropole Orkest]]
::'''[[Efrem Towns]]''' - [[Trumpet players|trumpet]]
:'''Vince Mendoza''' - conductor
::'''[[Kevin Harris]]''' - [[Saxophonists|tenor saxophone]]
:'''Ruud Breuls''' - trumpet solo
::'''[[Roger Lewis]]''' - [[Saxophonists|baritone saxophone]]
:'''Bart van Lier''' - trombone solo
::'''[[Kirk Joseph]]''' - [[Sousaphone players|Sousaphone]]
:'''Leo Janssen''' - tenor saxophone solo
:'''[[Allen Toussaint]]''' - [[Keyboardists|piano]]
:'''Peter Tiehuis''' - guitar solo
:'''[[Jim Keltner]]''' - [[Drummers|snare drum]], [[Percussionists|Chinese cymbal]]
:'''[[Michael Blair]]''' - [[Drummers|parade drum]], [[Percussionists|tambourines]]
 




==Discography==
==Discography==
'''Albums:'''
'''Albums:'''
*'''[[Spike]]''', [[1989]]
*'''[[My Flame Burns Blue]]''', [[2006]]
*[[Spike (Deluxe Edition)]], [[Rhino]], [[2001]]


'''Singles:'''
'''Singles:'''
* ''This section may be incomplete.''
* none


'''Collections:'''
'''Collections:'''
*[[Discography|Album Name]], [[Discography|Year]]
* none
* ''This section may be incomplete.''


'''Alternate Versions:'''
'''Alternate Versions:'''
*'''Deep Dark Truthful Mirror (demo)'''
* none
:[[Spike (Deluxe Edition)]], [[Rhino]], [[2001]]
*'''Deep Dark Truthful Mirror (Unplugged version)'''
:[[Mighty Like A Rose (Deluxe Edition)]], [[Rhino]], [[2002]]
* ''This section may be incomplete.''


'''Soundtracks:'''
'''Soundtracks:'''
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'''Recorded by:'''
'''Recorded by:'''
* none
* none
* ''This section may be incomplete.''


'''Performed by:'''
'''Performed by:'''
* none
* none
* ''This section may be incomplete.''


==Bootlegs==
==Bootlegs==
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==Chords==
==Chords==
* This section is incomplete
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 till 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
        C                      D        G
Did you ever see a stare like a Persian cat
[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]
*[[Template: Hora Decubitus]]
*[[Template:Deep Dark Truthful Mirror]]


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.geocities.com/ned3705/rhino.html Elvis Costello on Rhino] [http://www.geocities.com/ned3705/spike.html Spike reissue page]
[[http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/special/?ID=costello-myflameburnsblue| Deutsche Grammophon's My Flame Burns Blue Page]]
 


[[Category:1989]]
[[Category:1989]]

Revision as of 23:21, 10 May 2006

Lyrics - Credits - Discography - Covers - Bootlegs - Chords

Lyrics

Siren is bending, the radio humming,
Sun is breaking through and the storm is coming
The score is obscure, the melody fractured
It went by my window
Refused to be captured

I hope that I wake up in time

Good King Neptune came flipping up my street
He was a sad case tripping up the staircase
Friends and relations are laughing at my head
Gathered like crows at the end of my bed

I hope that I wake up in time

If you can't or can't quite
Think again
You can't fight
That you might
Not be smite
If it's wrong, it's not right
I say it once and I'll say it again
Now and forever and ever, amen

Siren is bending, the radio is humming,
Who do you love now and who are you damning?
The score is obscure and the melody fractured
The bird by my window refused to be captured

I hope I wake up in time

If you can or can't quite
Think again
You can't fight
That you might
Not be smite
If it's wrong, it's not right
I'll say it once and I'll say it again
Life is a beautiful thing

I've said it before
I can't say it much more
Life is a beautiful thing


Credits

  • Written by: Charles Mingus and Elvis Costello
  • Produced by: Gert-Jan van den Dolder
  • Arranged by: Mike Mossman, adapted by Joan Reinders
  • Musicians:
Elvis Costello - vocals
Steve Nieve - piano
The Metropole Orkest
Vince Mendoza - conductor
Ruud Breuls - trumpet solo
Bart van Lier - trombone solo
Leo Janssen - tenor saxophone solo
Peter Tiehuis - guitar solo


Discography

Albums:

Singles:

  • none

Collections:

  • none

Alternate Versions:

  • none

Soundtracks:

  • none

Various Artists collections:

  • none

Covers

Recorded by:

  • none

Performed by:

  • none

Bootlegs

  • This section is incomplete.

Chords

  • This section is incomplete

Internal links

External links

[Deutsche Grammophon's My Flame Burns Blue Page]