Sin City

Lyrics 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

Credits Written by: Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman Performances This song is unreleased by Elvis Costello, but he performed it in concert as a duet with Emmylou Harris in 2005 and 2006. Recordings The Flying Burrito Bros., on The Gilded Palace Of Sin, 1969 Emmylou Harris, on Elite Hotel, 1975 Billy Bragg, B-side of "Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards," 1988 Dwight Yoakam, on Just Lookin' For A Hit, 1989 Uncle Tupelo, B-side of "I Got Drunk," 1990 Rose Maddox, on $35 And A Dream, 1994 Bootlegs This section may be incomplete.

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