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|collections = [[Extreme Honey: The Very Best Of The Warner Bros. Years]], 1997 | |collections = [[Extreme Honey: The Very Best Of The Warner Bros. Years]], 1997 | ||
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|various_artists = [[The Piano Songs 3]], 2005 | |various_artists = [[The Piano Songs 3]], 2005<br>[[Under The Influence Of Alice]], 2010 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0pfyxztsldhe -] | ||
|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>[[Malice And Magic]], 1995 (US)<br>[[Selections From My Aim Is True, Spike And All This Useless Beauty]], 2001 | ||
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Revision as of 11:02, 6 July 2010
One day you're going to have to face a deep dark truthful mirror |
First known performance: Alternate versions
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Covers
Template:Elvis Costello covers: Deep Dark Truthful Mirror
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