Elton John - One Night Only/ The Greatest Hits [compilation] (2000) by Elton John (보컬) on maniadb.com

Elton John - Goodbye yellow brick road


When are you gonna come down
When are you going to land
I should have stayed on the farm
I should have listened my oid man

You know you can't hold me forever
I didn't sign up with you
I'm not a present for your friends to open
This boy's too young to be singing the blues

So goodbye yellow brick road
Where the dogs of society howl
You can't plant me in your penthouse
I'm going back to my plough

Back to the howling old owl in the woods
Hunting the horny back toad
Oh I've finally decided my future lies
Beyond the yellow brick road

What do you think you'll do then
I bet that'll shoot down your plane
It'll take you a couple of vodka and tonics
To set you on your feet again

Maybe you'll get a replacement
There's plenty like me to be found
Mongrels whe ain't got a penny
Sniffing for tidbits like you
on the ground

So goodbye yellow brick road
Where the dogs of society howl
You can't plant me in your penthouse
I'm going back to my plough

Back to the howling old owl in the woods
Hunting the horny back toad
Oh I've finally decided my future lies
Beyond the yellow brick road

I used to be a rolling stone
You know if the cause was right
I'd leave to find the answer on the road
I used to be a heart beating for someone
But the times have changed
The less I say the more my work gets done

'Cause I live and breathe this Philadelphia freedom
From the day that I was born I've waved the flag
Philadelphia freedom took me knee-high to a man
Yeah gave me peace of mind my daddy never had

Oh Philadelphia freedom shine on me, I love you
Shine a light through the eyes of the ones left behind
Shine a light shine a light
Shine a light won't you shine a light
Philadelphia freedom I love you, yes I do

If you choose to you can live your life alone
Some people choose the city
Some others choose the good old family home
I like living easy without family ties
Till the whippoorwill of freedom zapped me
Right between the eyes

<< Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time) >>
--- Elton John

She packed my bags last night pre-flight
Zero hour nine a.m.
And I'm gonna be high as a kite by then
I miss the earth so much I miss my wife
It's lonely out in space
On such a timeless flight

And I think it's gonna be a long long time
Till touch down brings me round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Oh no no no I'm a rocket man
Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone

Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids
In fact it's cold as hell
And there's no one there to raise them if you did
And all this science I don't understand
It's just my job five days a week
A rocket man, a rocket man

And I think it's gonna be a long long time...

I remember when rock was young
Me and Suzie had so much fun
holding hands and skimming stones
Had an old gold Chevy and a place of my own
But the biggest kick I ever got
was doing a thing called the Crocodile Rock
While the other kids were Rocking Round the Clock
we were hopping and bopping to the Crocodile Rock

Well Crocodile Rocking is something shocking
when your feet just can′t keep still
I never knew me a better time and I guess I never will
Oh Lawdy mama those Friday nights
when Suzie wore her dresses tight
and the Crocodile Rocking was out of sight

But the years went by and the rock just died
Suzie went and left us for some foreign guy
Long nights crying by the record machine
dreaming of my Chevy and my old blue jeans
But they′ll never kill the thrills we′ve got
burning up to the Crocodile Rock
Learning fast as the weeks went past
we really thought the Crocodile Rock would last

It's a human sign
When things go wrong
When the scent of her lingers
And temptation's strong
Into the boundary
Of each married man
Sweet deceit comes calling
And negativity lands
* Cold cold heart
Hard done by you
Some things look better baby
Just passing through
And it's no sacrifice
Just a simple word
It's two hearts living
In two separate worlds
But it's no sacrifice
No sacrifice
It's no sacrifice at all

Mutual misunderstanding
After the fact
Sensitivity builds a prison
In the final act
We lose direction
No stone unturned
No tears to damn you
When jealousy burns

Cold cold heart
Hard done by you
Some things look better baby
Just passing through
And it's no sacrifice
Just a simple word
It's two hearts living
In two separate worlds
But it's no sacrifice
No sacrifice
It's no sacrifice at all
Cold cold heart
Hard done by you
Some things look better baby
Just passing through
And it's no sacrifice
Just a simple word
It's two hearts living
In two separate worlds
But it's no sacrifice
No sacrifice
It's no sacrifice at all


It's no sacrifice at all.....

There's a calm surrender
To the rush of day
When the heat of the rolling wind
Can't be turned away
An enchanted moment
And it sees me through
It's enough for this restless warrior
Just to be with you

And can you feel the love tonight
It is where we are
It's enough for this wide-eyed wanderer
That we got this far
And can you feel the love tonight
How it's left to rest
It's enough to make kings and vagabonds
Believe the very best

There's a time for everyone
If they only learn
That the twisting kaleidoscope
Moves us all in turn
There's a rhyme and reason
To the wild outdoors
When the heart of this star-crossed voyager
Beats in time with yours

And can you feel the love tonight
It is where we are
It's enough for this wide-eyed wanderer
That we got this far
And can you feel the love tonight
How it's left to rest
It's enough to make kings and vagabonds
Believe the very best

It's enough to make kings and vagabonds
Believe the very best

Hey kids, shake it loose together
The spotlight's hitting something
That's been known to change the weather
We'll kill the fatted calf tonight
So stick around
You're gonna hear electric music
Solid walls of sound

Say, Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet
But they're so spaced out, Bennie and the Jets
Oh but they're weird and they're wonderful
Oh Bennie she's really keen
She's got electric boots a mohair suit
You know I read it in a magazine
Bennie and the Jets

Hey kids, plug into the faithless
Maybe they're blinded
But Bennie makes them ageless
We shall survive, let us take ourselves along
Where we fight our parents out in the streets
To find who's right and who's wrong

It's a little bit funny
this feeling inside
I'm not one of those
who can easily hide
I don't have much money but boy if I did
I'd buy a big house where
we both could live
If I was a sculptor,
ha but then again, no
Or a man who makes potions in a travelling show
I know it's not much
but it's the best I can do
My gift is my song and this one's for you

And you can tell everybody t
his is your song
It may be quite simple
but now that it's done
I hope you don't mind
I hope you don't mind t
hat I put down in words
How wonderful life is while you're in the world

I sat on the roof and kicked off the moss
Well a few of the verses well
they've got me quite cross
But the sun's been quite kind
while I wrote this song
It's for people like you that
keep it turned on

So excuse me forgetting
but these things I do
You see I've forgotten
if they're green or they're blue
Anyway the thing is what I really mean
Yours are the sweetest eyes
I've ever seen

And you can tell everybody
this is your song
It may be quite simple but
now that it's done
I hope you don't mind
I hope you don't mind
that I put down in words
How wonderful life is
while you're in the world

I hope you don't mind
I hope you don't mind
that I put down in words
How wonderful life is while you're in the world

Sad Songs (Say So Much)


Guess there are times
when we all need to share a little pain
And ironing out the rough spots
Is the hardest part when memories remain
And it's times like these
when we all need to hear the radio
`Cause from the lips of some old singer
We can share the troubles we already know
Turn them on, turn them on
Turn on those sad songs
When all hope is gone
Why don't you tune in and turn them on
They reach into your room
Just feel their gentle touch
When all hope is gone Sad songs say so much
If someone else is suffering enough to write it down
When every single word makes sense
Then it's easier to have those songs around
The kick inside is in the line
that finally gets to you
and it feels so good to hurt so bad
And suffer just enough to sing the blues Sad songs,
they say Sad songs,
they say Sad songs,
they say Sad songs,
they say so much

Goodbye Norma Jean
Though I never knew you at all
You had the grace to hold yourself
While those around you crawled
They crawled out of the woodwork
And they whispered into your brain
They set you on the treadmill
And they made you change your name

And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
Never knowing who to cling to
When the rain set in
And I would have liked to have known you
But I was just a kid
Your candle burned out long before
Your legend ever did

Loneliness was tough
The toughest role you ever played
Hollywood created a superstar
And pain was the price you paid
Even when you died
Oh the press still hounded you
All the papers had to say
Was that Marilyn was found in the nude

Goodbye Norma Jean
From the young man in the 22nd row
Who sees you as something as more than sexual
More than just our Marilyn Monroe

It's getting late have you seen my mates
Ma tell me when the boys get here
It's seven o'clock and I want to rock
Want to get a belly full of beer

My old man's drunker than a barrel full of monkeys
And my old lady she don't care
My sister looks cute in her braces and boots
A handful of grease in her hair

Don't give us none of your aggravation
We had it with your discipline
Saturday night's alright for fighting
Get a little action in

Get about as oiled as a diesel train
Gonna set this dance alight
`Cause Saturday night's the night I like
Saturday night's alright alright alright

Well they're packed pretty tight in here tonight
I'm looking for a dolly who'll see me right
I may use a little muscle to get what I need
I may sink a little drink and shout out "She's with me!"

A couple of the sound that I really like
Are the sounds of a switchblade and a motorbike
I'm a juvenile product of the working class
Whose best friend floats in the bottom of a glass

You could never know
what its like
Your blood like winter freezes
just like ice
And theres a cold lonely light
that shines from you
You'll wind up like the
wreck you hide behind
that mask you use
And did you think
this fool could never win
Well look at me
I'm coming back again
I got a taste of love
in a simple way
And if you need to know while
I'm still standing you
just fade away
Don't you know
I'm still standing better
than I ever did
Looking like a true survivor
feeling like a little kid
I'm still standing after
all this time
Picking up the pieces of
my life without you on my mind
I'm still standing
yeah yeah yeah
I'm still standing
yeah yeah yeah
Once I never could hope to win
You starting down the road
leaving me again
The threats you made
were meant to cut me down
And if our love was just a circus
you'd be a clown by now
I'm still standing better
than I ever did
Looking like a true survivor
feeling like a little kid
I'm still standing after
all this time
Picking up the pieces of
my life without you on my mind
I'm still standing
yeah yeah yeah
I'm still standing
yeah yeah yeah

I'm still standing better
than I ever did
Looking like a true survivor
feeling like a little kid
I'm still standing after
all this time
Picking up the pieces of
my life without you on my mind
I'm still standing
yeah yeah yeah
I'm still standing
yeah yeah yeah
I'm still standing
yeah yeah yeah
I'm still standing
yeah yeah yeah
I'm still standing
yeah yeah yeah
I'm still standing

I can't light
no more of your darkness

All my pictures seem to
fade to black and white

I'm growing tired
and time stands still before me
Frozen here
on the ladder of my life

too late
to save myself from falling

I took a chance
and changed your way of life

But you misread my meaning
when I met you

Closed the door and left me
blinded by the light
Don't let the sun go down on me
Although I search myself
it's always someone else I see
I'd just allow a fragment
of your life to wander free

But losing everything is
like the sun going down on me

I can't find
Oh the right romantic line

But see me once
and see the way feel

Don't discard me
Just because you think
I mean you harm

But these cuts I have
oh they need love
to help them heal
don't let the sun go down on me
Although I search myself
it's always someone else I see
I'd just allow a fragment
of your life
to wander free

But losing everything is
like the sun going down on me

Don't let the sun
go down on me
Although I search myself
it's always someone else I see
I'd just allow a fragment of
your life to wander free
but losing everything is
like the sun going down on me