Complicated Shadows

Well you know your time has come

And you're sorry for what you've done

You shoulda never been playin' with a gun

In those complicated shadows

Well there's a line that you must tow

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 of what I speak

You think you're like iron and steel

But iron and steel will bend and break

In those complicated shadows

Oh!

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 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 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

You will  soon get tired of killing

In those complicated shadows

Complicated shadows

Complicated shadows

Complicated shadows

Go!