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==Lyrics==
{{Sin City}}


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==Credits==
* Written by: '''[[Gram Parsons]]''' and '''[[Chris Hillman]]'''


==Performances==
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This song is '''unreleased''' by Elvis Costello, but he performed it in concert as a duet with [[Emmylou Harris]] in [[Gigography 2005|2005]] and [[Gigography 2006|2006]].
|title = Sin City (unreleased cover)
|writer = [[Gram Parsons]] and [[Chris Hillman]]
|performer  = This song is '''unreleased''' by Elvis Costello, but he performed it in concert as a duet with [[Emmylou Harris]] in [[Gigography 2005|2005]] and [[Gigography 2006|2006]].
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==Recordings==
{{song notes
*'''[[The Flying Burrito Brothers]]''', on '''The Gilded Palace Of Sin''', 1969
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*'''[[Emmylou Harris]]''', on '''Elite Hotel''', 1975
|first  = [[Concert 2009-05-02 Memphis|May 2, 2009, Memphis, TN]]
*[[Billy Bragg]], B-side of "Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards," 1988
|last  =
*Dwight Yoakam, on '''Just Lookin' For A Hit''', 1989
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*Uncle Tupelo, B-side of "I Got Drunk," 1990
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*Rose Maddox, on '''$35 And A Dream''', 1994
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==Internal links==  
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| year = 1969
| band = ''[[The Flying Burrito Brothers]]
| info = ''The Gilded Palace Of Sin''
| link = [https://www.discogs.com/The-Flying-Burrito-Brothers-Gilded-Palace-Of-Sin/master/12299 Discogs]}}
 
{{rboa
| year =  1975
| band = [[Emmylou Harris]]
| info = ''Elite Hotel''
| link = }}
 
{{rboa
| year = 1988
| band = [[Billy Bragg]]
| info = B-side of "Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards"
| link = }}
 
{{rboa
| year =  1989
| band = Dwight Yoakam
| info = ''Just Lookin' For A Hit''
| link = {{Amazon|asin=B000002LIT}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=B000002LIT}} {{-}} [https://www.discogs.com/Dwight-Yoakam-Just-Lookin-For-A-Hit/master/394528 Discogs] }}
 
{{rboa
| year = 1990
| band = Uncle Tupelo
| info = B-side of "I Got Drunk"
| link = }}
 
{{rboa
| year = 1994
| band = Rose Maddox
| info = ''$35 And A Dream''
| link = {{Amazon|asin=B0000001KK}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=B0000001KK}} {{-}}  [https://www.discogs.com/Rose-Maddox-35-And-A-Dream/release/8065506 Discogs] }}
 
==[[Special:WhatLinksHere/Killing Floor|Internal links]]==  
*[[Template:Sin City]]
*[[Template:Sin City]]


==External links==  
==External links==
 


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Revision as of 17:46, 6 January 2021

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 byGram Parsons and Chris Hillman
Performed byThis 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:
 May 2, 2009, Memphis, TN
     (8 known performances)


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Recordings by other artists

 Artist  Year  Release  Links
 The Flying Burrito Brothers  1969  The Gilded Palace Of Sin  Discogs
 Emmylou Harris  1975  Elite Hotel  
 Billy Bragg  1988  B-side of "Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards"  
 Dwight Yoakam  1989  Just Lookin' For A Hit  Amazon  •  Amazon.uk  •  Discogs
 Uncle Tupelo  1990  B-side of "I Got Drunk"  
 Rose Maddox  1994  $35 And A Dream  Amazon  •  Amazon.uk  •  Discogs

Internal links

External links

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