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Well you know your time has come and you're sorry for what you've done
You should've never have been playing with a gun
In those Complicated Shadows
Well there's a line that you must toe
And it'll soon be time to go
But it's darker than you know in those Complicated Shadows
All you gangsters and rude clowns
Who were shooting up the town
When you should have found someone to put the blame on
Though the fury's hot and hard
I still see that cold graveyard
There's a solitary stone that's got your name on
You don't have to take it from me
But I know what I spake
You think you're like iron and steel
But iron and steel will bend and break
In those Complicated Shadows
Go!
Sometimes justice you will find
Is just dumb not colour-blind
And your poor shattered mind can't take it all in
All those phantoms and those shades
Should Jump up on Judgement Day
And say to the Almighty "I'm still stinking of sin"
But the jury was dismissed
Took his neck and they give it a twist
So you see you won't be missed in those Complicated Shadows
You can say just what you like in a voice like a John Ford film
Take the law into your hands
You will soon get tired of killing
In those Complicated Shadows
Complicated Shadows
Complicated Shadows
Complicated Shadows
Go!
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Complicated Shadows (All This Useless Beauty version) |
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Written by | Declan MacManus |
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Performed by | Elvis Costello & The Attractions |
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Produced by | Geoff Emerick & Elvis Costello |
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Musicians | Elvis Costello - vocals, guitar Steve Nieve - keyboards Bruce Thomas - bass Pete Thomas - drums |
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Recorded | August 1995, Beacon Theatre, New York August-September 1995, Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin February 1996, Westside Studios, London |
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Released | May 13, 1996 |
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Albums | All This Useless Beauty, 1996 |
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Singles | The Other End Of The Telescope, 1996 (UK version; includes album version instead of intended Cashbox Version) |
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Soundtracks | The Sopranos, 1999 |
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Various Artists collections | Guide May 1996, 1996 Splash!, 1997 |
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Length | 4:43 |
Alternate versions
Complicated Shadows (Secret, Profane & Sugarcane version) |
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Performed by | Elvis Costello |
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Produced by | T Bone Burnett |
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Musicians | Elvis Costello - vocal, Gibson J-50 acoustic guitar T Bone Burnett - Kay 161 electric guitar Dennis Crouch - double bass Stuart Duncan - fiddle Jerry Douglas - dobro Mike Compton - mandolin Jim Lauderdale - harmony vocal |
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Recorded | March 31-April 2, 2008, Sound Emporium Studio, Nashville |
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Released | April 14, 2009 |
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Albums | Secret, Profane & Sugarcane, 2009 |
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Singles | Complicated Shadows, 2009 |
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Various Artists collections | Monster CD No. 27, 2009 |
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Length | 2:53 |
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Covers
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Blues Trio
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performed live, 2017, OndasuOnda Festival, San Vincenzo, Italy.
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2017
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YouTube
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The Professors
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performed live, 2006-05-05, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, New Jersey
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2006
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YouTube
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Erich Sellheim
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home studio production, sung in German (SP&S version)
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2022
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YouTube
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