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Spike • 1989
Deep Dark Truthful Mirror
Elvis Costello
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Lyrics of Deep Dark Truthful Mirror by Elvis Costello
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One day you're gonna have to face
A deep dark truthful mirror
And it's gonna tell you things
That I still love you too much to say
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The sky was just a purple bruise
The ground was iron
And you fell all around the town
Until you looked the same
chorus
The same eyes, the same lips
The same lie from your tongue trips
Deep dark, deep dark, truthful mirror
Deep dark, deep dark, truthful mirror
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Now the flagstone streets where the newspaper shouts
Ring to the boots of roustabouts
And you're never in any doubt
There's somethin' happenin' somewhere
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Oh, you chase down the road till your fingers bleed
On a fiber-glass tumble-weed
Oh, you can blow around the town
But it all shuts down the same
chorus
The same eyes, the same lips
The same lie from your tongue trips
Deep dark, deep dark, truthful mirror
Deep dark, deep dark, truthful mirror
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So you bay for the boy in the tiger-skin trunks
They set him up, set him up on the stool
He falls down, he falls down like a drunk
And you drink till you drool
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Well, it's his story you'll flatter
You'll stretch him out like a saint
But the canvas that he splattered
Will be the picture that you never paint
chorus
Deep dark, deep dark, truthful mirror
Deep dark, deep dark, truthful mirror
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A stripping puppet on a liquid stick
Gets into it pretty thick
And butterfly drinks a turtle's tears
But how do you know he really needs it?
verse
'Cos a butterfly feeds on a dead monkey's hand
Jesus wept, he felt abandoned
You spell-bound baby, there's no doubt in that
Did you ever see her stare like a Persian cat?
chorus
The same eyes, the same lips
The same lie from your tongue trips
Deep dark, deep dark, truthful mirror
Deep dark, deep dark, truthful mirror
Deep dark, deep dark, truthful mirror
Writer(s): Elvis Costello
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Spike
Album • 1989 • 18 tracks
1
...This Town...
Elvis Costello
2
Let Him Dangle
Elvis Costello
3
Deep Dark Truthful Mirror
Elvis Costello
4
Veronica
Elvis Costello
5
God’s Comic
Elvis Costello
6
Chewing Gum
Elvis Costello
7
Tramp the Dirt Down
Elvis Costello
8
Stalin Malone
Elvis Costello
9
Satellite
Elvis Costello
10
Pads, Paws and Claws
Elvis Costello
11
Baby Plays Around
Elvis Costello
12
Miss Macbeth
Elvis Costello
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