Elton John - The Captain And The Kid (2006) by Elton John (보컬) on maniadb.com

We heard Richard Nixon say
welcome to the USA
The common sense I
sometimes lack
Has opened up a seismic crack
We've fallen in and
I can't pull back
And I guess
we'll have to stay
In open arms we put our trust
they put us on a big red bus
Twin spirits soaking up a dream
Fuel to feed the press machine
After years
that were long and lean
We're finally on our way
And Richard Nixon's
on his knees
he's sent so many overseas
He'd like to know if
you and me
could help him in some way
A little camouflage and glue
to mask the evil that men do
A small diversion
caused by two
pale kids come to play
And we heard Richard Nixon say
welcome to the USA

Neither of us
understood the way
things ticked in Hollywood
We just loaded in and
grabbed the bat
With little room to
swing a cat
And pretty soon
we were where it's at
Or so the papers say
And all around us
suntanned teens
beauty like we'd never seen
Our heroes led us
by the hand
Through Brian Wilson's
promised land
Where Disney's God and
he commands
Both mice and men to stay
And Richard Nixon's
on his knees
he's sent so many overseas
He'd like to know if
you and me
could help him in some way
A little camouflage and glue
to mask the evil that men do
A small diversion
caused by two
pale kids come to play
And we heard Richard Nixon say
welcome to the USA

In a bright red Porsche on
Sunset I saw Steve McQueen
I guess he's just about
the coolest guy
I've ever seen
And for you and me that
speeding car
is how it's going to be
I see no brakes just open road
and lots of gasoline
Oh we heard Richard Nixon say
welcome to the USA
The common sense I
sometimes lack
Has opened up a
seismic crack
We've fallen in and I can't
pull back
Pale kids come to play
And we heard Richard Nixon say
I've gotta go but you can stay
Pale kids come to play
And we heard Richard Nixon say
I've gotta go but you can stay

It's just like Noah's ark
There's two of every kind
Pretty girls and boys in drag
Walking a fine thin line
Shaking hands and bussing cheeks
Licking their lips like
they could eat Me alive
in a couple of weeks
Yea just like Noah's ark

Italiano promotion men
Chomping a big cigar
Slapping backs and making cracks
About the fags in the bar
Radio boss dipping his nose
in a little white packet
You put it out son
and we'll all back it
Yea it's just like Noah's ark

And the waves are
crashing round us
But we're ready for the flood
And we don't need a sign
like an olive branch
In the beak of a
snow white dove
We're not as dumb
as we might look
You can't keep us in the dark
With me and you it's two by
two just like Noah's ark

These four walls have seen
The Cockettes and the Casters
From San Francisco to Ohio
I've seen beauty and disaster
Cocky young roosters
and little chicks
Flashing smiles
shaking them hips
Trying to hook it up
for the late night shift
Here in Noah's ark
And the waves are
crashing round us
But we're ready for the flood
And we don't need a sign
like an olive branch
In the beak of a snow
white dove
We're not as dumb
as we might look
You can't keep us in the dark
we can so and snap i don't know

just like Noah's ark

wrote it as we saw it
from the centre of the stage
All access to the liars
who claim they wrote a page
But for every tiny dancer
there's a dog that's had its day
The truth is never quite
the same as what the papers say

And the waves are
crashing round us
But we're ready for the flood
And we don't need a sign
like an olive branch
In the beak of a snow
white dove
We're not as dumb
as we might look
You can't keep us in the dark
With me and you it's two by two

just like Noah's ark

I remember it like it was
yesterday
Snow in the park
and skaters on the ice
Long black cars standing
side by side
Loading up the boys at night
Turned up our collars to the
chill of the wind
Caught an innocent smile
from a taxi at the lights
Not something you'd see
on a New York street
It's such an uncommon sight
But I wouldn't have it
any other way
This city's got a thing
about it
don't try to understand it
New York City I'd really
like to stay
New York City
I wouldn't have you
I wouldn't have you
any other way

Oh the subway rumbled
underneath
Italian lights
where Joey Gallo died
And the man on the door
down at 54's
Letting only the
pretty inside
I'd wake with a stranger
under the covers
Late in the day
and longing for the night
Just like the snowfall
there's so many bodies
But somehow
it feels so right
But I wouldn't have it
any other way
This city's got a thing
about it
don't try to understand it
New York City I'd really
like to stay
New York City
I wouldn't have you
I wouldn't have you
any other way
And I can feel the magic
And reed million lips
And no matter what my happen
The never sent that she

But I wouldn't have it
any other way
This city's got a thing
about it
don't try to understand it
New York City I'd really
like to stay
New York City
I wouldn't have you
I wouldn't have you
I wouldn't have you
any other way
I wouldn't have you

any other way

Nostradamus said I predict
That the world will
end at half past six
What he didn't say
was exactly when
Was he listening to the radio
Was he listening
to the government

Well he got us spooked anyway
We'd been running
hot up until today
But a wind of change
blew across our sales
We were coasting
on a winning streak
We were kings until
the power failed
We've been living
in a tinderbox
And two sparks can
set the whole thing off
Rubbing up together
around the clock
Lately we've been getting
more roll than rock
You and me together
in a tinderbox tinderbox
Two sparks can set
the whole thing off
Rubbing up together
around the clock
Lately we've been getting
more roll than rock
You and me together
in a tinderbox

Godzilla came in disguise
Tore the building down right
before our eyes
Kept the needle
out of the red balloon
Was he worried
we might go too far
Maybe wind up rhyming
moon and June
The sun descends down in Mexico
While a fancy car
back on Savile Row
Shows the price of fame
leads to overkill

Things are gonna have to change

We've been living
he road get filled
We've been living
in a tinderbox
And two sparks can
set the whole thing off
Rubbing up together
around the clock
Lately we've been getting
more roll than rock
You and me together
in a tinderbox tinderbox
Two sparks can set
the whole thing off
Rubbing up together
around the clock
Lately we've been getting
more roll than rock
You and me together
in a tinderbox
Pressure's gonna cook us
if we don't unlock it
Guns going off
if we don't uncock it
We've gotta climb out of
the other one's pocket
Or we're gonna burn
out on this beautiful rocket

tinderbox
two sparks can
set the whole thing off
Rubbing up together
around the clock
Lately we've been getting
more roll than rock
You and me together
in a tinderbox tinderbox
Two sparks can set
the whole thing off
Rubbing up together
around the clock
Lately we've been getting
more roll than rock
You and me together
in a tinderbox

The sun is up and the
shades are all pulled down
I'm more paranoid with
every little sound
Like the leaf blower
blowing the leaves around
And a siren wailing on
the other side of town
Oh the TVs on and the
colors really hurt my head
If I could think straight
I'd wish I was dead
Or curled up naked
in my lover's bed
Instead I'm hanging over Hell
suspended by a single thread
And I don't recall
who said it at this time
That your enemies grow
strong on what you
leave behind
I built it up
and the wolf he came around
He huffed and puffed
He huffed and puffed
He huffed and puffed
He huffed and puffed
and the house fell down

With a rolled up note
I'm hovering on that line
Three days on a diet
of cocaine and wine
And a little weed just to
level me sometime
I put the clock in the drawer
'cause I've cancelled
out the time
And still that saying
gets inside my mind
That your enemies grow
strong on what you
leave behind
I built it up
and the wolf he came around
He huffed and puffed
He huffed and puffed
He huffed and puffed
He huffed and puffed
and the house fell down
So don't knock on my door
don't try to call
I'm holed up in this room
talking to the wall
When you're high as this
you think you know it all
When you're this deep in
there's no place else to fall

And I don't recall
who said it at this time
That your enemies grow
strong on what you
leave behind
I built it up
and the wolf he came around
He huffed and puffed
He huffed and puffed
He huffed and puffed
He huffed and puffed
and the house fell down
And still that saying
gets inside my mind
That your enemies grow
strong on what you
leave behind
I built it up
and the wolf he came around
He huffed and puffed
He huffed and puffed
He huffed and puffed
He huffed and puffed
and the house fell down
and the house fell down

He wasn't famous
but I sure did love him
I've got his picture
in a little frame
He lost his life to a big disease
before it even had a name
But there's so many more
and I've lost count
The hows and whys aren't
important now
All that matters is
they came around
And brightened up our lives

She was twenty one
with her life ahead
You don't need to know her name
She breathed her last
on the cold stone floor
of a Hollywood arcade
But fate's right hand
isn't always just
Puts a lot of pressure
on your faith and trust
She was just a little girl
ain't that enough
To rage against the day

And how did we get so lucky
Targets on the rifle range
Who makes the call
and who gets to choose
Who gets to win and
who gets to lose
It's like a rolling dice
in the belly of the blues
And blues never fade away
Hey hey hey the colors run
when the rain falls
But blues never fade away

He shone so bright
with a lust for life
Like the Sun King that he was
His passions hung upon
his walls and were
printed onto cloth
And for reasons
I never understood
About the choices made between
the bad and good
I've tried to figure out but
The pain never goes away

And how did we get so lucky
Targets on the rifle range
Who makes the call
and who gets to choose
Who gets to win and
who gets to lose
It's like a rolling dice
in the belly of the blues
And blues never fade away
Hey hey hey the colors run
when the rain falls
But blues never fade away

And there's marble markers
and little white crosses
Along the beaten path
And I've spread
their ashes on the wind
And I miss John Lennon's laugh

And how did we get so lucky
Targets on the rifle range
Who makes the call
and who gets to choose
Who gets to win and
who gets to lose
how did we get so lucky
Targets on the rifle range
Who makes the call
and who gets to choose
Who gets to win and
who gets to lose
It's like a rolling dice
in the belly of the blues
And blues never fade away
Hey hey hey colors run
when the rain falls
But blues never fade away

I've seen the bridge and the bridge is long And they built it high and they built it strong Strong enough to hold the weight of time Long enough to leave some of us behind And every one of us has to face that day Do you cross the bridge or do you fade away And every one of us that ever came to play Has to cross the bridge or fade away Standing on the bridge looking at the waves Seen so many jump never seen one saved On a distant beach your song can die On a bitter wind on a cruel tide And every one of us has to face that day Do you cross the bridge or do you fade away And every one of us that ever came to play Has to cross the bridge or fade away And the bridge it shines Oh cold hard iron Saying come and risk it all Or die trying And every one of us has to face that day Do you cross the bridge or do you fade away And every one of us that ever came to play Has to cross the bridge or fade away Has to cross the bridge or fade away

I'm no longer counting
I'm not keeping score
I could say my list of lovers
doesn't matter anymore
But some are always in my heart
And some I'm not so sure
Either way they all
left their mark
And for some I found a cure
From one you learn something
Another you learn nothing
And there's one who might
teach you everything
But before I learned to listen
And if indeed someone said it
Then I guess I must have lost
it on the wind

Back when I was younger
each one was a prize
Love just came along and hit
you right between the eyes
one was just a trophy catch
And one was like a curse
Some would want to bleed you dry
Some might quench your thirst
From one you learn something
Another you learn nothing
And there's one who might
teach you everything
But before I learned to listen
And if indeed someone said it
Then I guess I must have lost
it on the wind

From one you learn something
Another you learn nothing
And there's one who might
teach you everything
But before I learned to listen
And if indeed someone said it
Then I guess I must have lost
it on the wind
In cold water I went fishing
in warm seas I cast a line
And swore the heart
I was reeling in
was perfect at the time
You couldn't tell me I was wrong
you couldn't tell me anything
And if you did then I guess
I must have lost it on the wind
And if you did then I guess
I must have lost it on the wind
And if you did then I guess
I must have lost it on the wind

And if you did then I guess
I must have lost it on the wind

Hey how about this
A little conversation tonight
Thinking aloud
how we struggled to find
Our place in the dizzy heights
Don't often do this
We never really get the chance
Nearly froze to death
on Oxford Street
Now we're sitting in the
South of France
Talking through the evening
It's good to shoot the breeze
Just you and me on a balcony
And cicadas singing
in the trees
Old 67 what a time it was
What a time of innocence
what a time we've lost
Raise a glass and have a
laugh have a laugh or two
Here's to old 67
and an older me and you

Sentimental twilight
Conversing on those
virgin days
Laughing about
how the two of us sound
Like a Tennessee
Williams play
Honest it's amazing
That we can get
together at all
For in between the saddle
and the grand piano
We can read the writing
on the wall
Talking through the evening
Sitting here side by side
Just you and me on a balcony
It's a little bit
funny this feeling inside
Old 67 what a time it was
What a time of innocence
what a time we've lost
Raise a glass and have a
laugh have a laugh or two
Here's to old 67
and an older me and you

Old 67 what a time it was
What a time of innocence
what a time we've lost
Raise a glass and have a
laugh have a laugh or two
Here's to old 67
and an older me and you
Here's to old 67
and an older me and you

I've been out on this road some
Can't help feeling
I've been showing
my friends around

I've seen it growing
from next to nothing
Into a giant eating up your town

Called up the tealeaves
and the tarots
Asked the gypsy what she sees
in the palm of our hands

She saw a mountain
and wild deer running
A crazy kid becoming a better man

But we stuck around
for the fireworks
Waiting to explode
Shaped our futures
you a tumbleweed
And me on a yellow brick road
Pleasing the people
some of the time
For better or for worse
An urban soul in a
fine silk Suit
And a heart out west
in a Wrangler shirt
And you can't go back
and if you try it fails
Looking up ahead
I see a rusty nail
A sign hanging from
it saying Truth for sale
And that's what we did
No lies at all just
one more tale
About the Captain and the Kid

We've been missing
at times in action
Can't imagine what he said
he might do for you

The devil got to come
to the party sometimes
But he never got to
wear our shoes

Oh we've conjured up
what we created
Way back then
when I was standing up
in six inch heels

Now you're riding off
into the sunset
And I'm still spinning
like a Catherine wheel

But we stuck around
for the battle
Waiting for a plan
To turn you into
the Brown Dirt Cowboy
And me into a rocket man
It pleases the people
some of the time
Digging into our roots
But I got a brand new
pair of shoes
And you're on a horse
in old cowboy boots
And you can't go back
and if you try it fails
Looking up ahead
I see a rusty nail
A sign hanging from
it saying Truth for sale
And that's what we did
No lies at all just
one more tale
About the Captain and the Kid

And you can't go back
and if you try it fails
Looking up ahead
I see a rusty nail
A sign hanging from
it saying Truth for sale
And that's what we did
No lies at all just
one more tale
About the Captain and the Kid