Body Wishes

I gave trust like an innocent kid
I believed everything you said
A parasite that fed on doubt
yeah it's you that I'm talking about
You rode heavy on my fame
then you scandalized my name
You robbed me blind with a ( )
You lacerated your closest friend
I don't know how you sleep at
night with your conscience
Do they still kiss your feet
and is life as sweet in my absence

I'm ready now, ready now for what I gotta give
I'm ready now, ready now for how I want to live

I don't want no sweet revenge
it'll come and get you in the end
Laugh now while the truth's unknown
cause pretty soon it'll be my turn
One of these days and it won't be long
I will find you
Lock up your gates
you'll need all of your snakes
to defend you

I'm ready now, ready now for what I gotta give
I'm ready now, ready now for how I want to live

I'm bitter now, but wait and see
You ain't heard the last of me
I'll dance on your grave
when they finally put you away
What'd I do to deserve all this evil attention
A thousand years will never buy you redemption

Are you ready now, ready now for what you gotta give
Are you ready now, ready now for how you gotta give
Are you ready

(Stewart, Taupin, Cregan, Savigar)

It's a common misconception
about a man's role in this world
A provider and survivor and
a winner who must never fail
But oh how he needs a woman
to reassure and give him strength
through the darkest nights
and the hardest fights
when there's no other corner left
When the world outside is threatening
and all his dreams have been destroyed
take him in your arms watch all his guards
melt like a little boy

Tell him you really need him
Tell him you really care
Tell him you'll never leave him
He'll be satisfied

And he may not find it easy
to say what's on his mind
When he's full of doubt
say 'we'll work it out'
God knows how hard he's trying
And he may never buy you roses
and forget to notice your hair
but as long as he says 'I love you my dear'
that's all you need to hear

Tell him you really need him
Tell him you'll aways care
Tell him you'll never leave him
He'll be satisfied

And they say the heart's a hunter
but it's truth you can't deny
He may never be everything you want
but for you he'd lay down and die
So Friday night when the phone rings
and he's stuck in a downtown bar
roll away the stone
cause the last mile home
is the longest mile of them all

Tell him you really need him
Tell him you'll always care
Tell him you'll never leave him
He'll be satisfied
Tell him you really want him
Tell him you understand
and tell him that you love him
He'll be satisfied

(Stewart, Cregan, Savigar, Le Mesurier)

The night closes in on another day
as the oldest game's gettin' underway
on the minds of a million people body wishes
So you climb on the carousel and take a chance
the same old ritual the same old dance
The hardest thing to resist is body wishes
If the fire down below's gettin worse and worse
you're so close to shootin' that you want to burst
Somebody's sponge needs squeezin' body wishes

What do I say
Nobody gonna tell ya
Where do I go
Somewhere someone'll have ya
Who do I tell
Anybody that'll listen
No one should know
Won't solve the problem
Body wishes, body wishes
Body wishes, body wishes

Away in the distance a baby cries
but you know somebody's by her side
The night drags on forever body wishes
You can hear the tickin' of a lonely clock
the howlin' wind that just won't stop
Somebody's cherries need pickin' body wishes

What do I say
Nobody gonna tell ya
Where do I go
Somewhere someone'll have ya
Who do I tell
Anybody that'll listen
No one should know
Won't solve the problem

It'll tear you apart like an angry sea
keep you warm like a summer breeze
It's all we've got in a cold cold world
is to love someone
Body wishes, body wishes

Somethings happenin' in the air
It feels so close but you don't know where
The poorest people's riches body wishes
And the cheatin' hearts never learn
Someday somewhere gonna be your turn
Don't start what you can't finish body wishes

What do I say
Nobody gonna tell ya
Where do I go
Somewhere someone'll have ya
Who do I tell
Anybody that'll listen
No one should know
That won't solve the problem
Where do I run
Anywhere that'll hide ya
Who'll be the one
Yeah
Body wishes, body wishes
Body wishes, body wishes
Body wishes, body wishes
Body wishes, body wishes
Body wishes, body wishes

(Stewart, Le Mesurier)

You come to me with open arms
trying to rectify my charms
You say tonight I'm to be your lover
and by the morning light I'm to discover
everything that you've held inside of you
What's a man like me supposed to do
sweet oh sweet surrender
sweet, sweet surrender

You tell me that you're lonely and you're sad
and tonight I'm to be your only man
You wear those things that turn my head
You ruffle my ego but not my bed
Seems like summer when you're close at hand
If I seem eager then you'll understand
sweet, sweet surrender
sweet, sweet surrender

Heart is tired and full of doubt
now you've sucked me in don't spit me out
Lay your head down next to mine
and in each others arms we'll entwine
Look me straight in the eyes and tell me
between your heart and mind I see
sweet oh sweet surrender
sweet, sweet surrender
Surrender

(Stewart, Stocker)

I gave trust like an innocent kid
I believed everything you said
A parasite that fed on doubt
yeah it's you that I'm talking about
You rode heavy on my fame
then you scandalized my name
You robbed me blind with a ( )
You lacerated your closest friend
I don't know how you sleep at
night with your conscience
Do they still kiss your feet
and is life as sweet in my absence

I'm ready now, ready now for what I gotta give
I'm ready now, ready now for how I want to live

I don't want no sweet revenge
it'll come and get you in the end
Laugh now while the truth's unknown
cause pretty soon it'll be my turn
One of these days and it won't be long
I will find you
Lock up your gates
you'll need all of your snakes
to defend you

I'm ready now, ready now for what I gotta give
I'm ready now, ready now for how I want to live

I'm bitter now, but wait and see
You ain't heard the last of me
I'll dance on your grave
when they finally put you away
What'd I do to deserve all this evil attention
A thousand years will never buy you redemption

Are you ready now, ready now for what you gotta give
Are you ready now, ready now for how you gotta give
Are you ready