In The Shadow Of The Valley

"In The Shadow Of The Valley"
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Song by American Music Club from the album San Francisco
Released	October 1994
Format	CD
Length	6:28
Label	Reprise Records (US) / Virgin Records (UK)
Writer(s)	Mark Eitzel
Producer(s)	Joe Chicarelli / American Music Club
San Francisco track listing
"Fearless" "It's Your Birthday" "Can You Help Me" "Love Doesn't Belong" "Wish The World Away" "How Many Six Packs Does It Take To Screw In A Light" "Cape Canaveral" "Hello Amsterdam" "The Revolving Door" "In The Shadow Of The Valley" "What Holds The World Together" "I Broke My Promise" "The Thorn In My Side Is Gone" "I'll Be Gone" "Fearless (Reprise)" "California Dreamin'" "I Just Took My Two Sleeping Pills And Now I'm Like A Bridegroom Standing At The Altar"

"In The Shadow Of The Valley" is the 10th song on American Music Club's seventh album, 1994’s San Francisco. It is only available on the CD version of the album.

Lyrics

I gave up my cynicism, I gave up my hard shell
I gave up everything that would cause you the least pain
I'm immodest as a child old before it's time
Why should I hide something I've no chance to see
My night was sleepless so all through my day
I took the next shade of weariness down to L.A.

I'm off like a shotgun out of your reach
My self-importance, my mind-numbing haze
No I don't want to know about my life
No I don't want to know what I'm thinking or feeling
Ignorance is bliss but babe, we won't stay that way
We'll escape heaven somehow down in L.A.

I can make your future easier to predict
Hot as a devil and cold as an addict

People usually just make me tired
The plague of always deserving something better
God save me from the rewards I deserve
The one for giving up hope, the one for the love that I serve
If I opened my heart then you'd be washed away
Down the bone-dry rivers that drain L.A.
My nights are all sleepless so all through my day
I like to take shades of weariness all through L.A.

Personnel

• Mark Eitzel - vocals, guitars
• Danny Pearson - bass, guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
• Vudi - guitars, backing vocals
• Tim Mooney - drums, guitar, backing vocals
• Bruce Kaphan - pedal steel guitar, keyboards, guitar, tablas, backing vocals

Also appears on

• 1984-1995 Early version - titled "L.A. Is My Woman"