Complicated Shadows

Elvis Costello

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ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS - COMPLICATED SHADOWS [Intro]    x 4 [Verse] Well you know your time has come And you’re sorry for what you’ve done You should’ve never been playing with a gun in those complicated shadows Well there’s a line that you must toe And it will soon be time to go But it’s darker than you know in those complicated shadows           [Chorus]            All you gangsters and rude clowns   Who were shooting up the town When you should’ve 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 [Verse] You don’t have to take it from me   But I know of what I spake You think you’re like iron and steel But iron and steel will bend and break in these complicated shadows               No...       x3      [Chorus] Sometimes justice you will find   Is just dumb not color blind And your poor shattered mind can’t take it all in          All those phantoms and their shades Should jump up on Judgement Day And say to the Almighty "I’m still stinking of sin" [Verse] But the jury was dismissed Took his neck and they gave 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 And you will soon get tired of killing in those complicated shadows    Complicated shadows x 3    [Outro]     x 12

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