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Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Available on the album ice on fire

Hey nikita is it cold
In your little corner of the world
You could roll around the globe
And never find a warmer soul to know

Oh i saw you by the wall
Ten of your tin soldiers in a row
With eyes that looked like ice on fire
The human heart a captive in the snow


Oh nikita you will never know anything about my home
I'll never know how good it feels to hold you
Nikita i need you so
Oh nikita is the other side of any given line in time
Counting ten tin soldiers in a row
Oh no, nikita you'll never know


Do you ever dream of me
Do you ever see the letters that i write
When you look up through the wire
Nikita do you count the stars at night


And if there comes a time
Guns and gates no longer hold you in
And if you're free to make a choice
Just look towards the west and find a friend

Duet with george michael
Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Available on the album ice on fire

There are ladies, illegal x's
Mona lisa's, well connected
They may be shady, english roses
Blue blooded, turned up noses

Money talks, see what it catches
Postage paid, no strings attached
She's a honey, she's a tramp
Roaring twenties, molls and vamps


Wrap her up, i'll take her home with me
Wrap her up, she is all i need
Wrap her up, i only get one chance
Beasts and beauties, but they all can dance


Wrap her up, i'll taker her home with me
Wrap her up, she is all i need
Wrap her up
Give her to me, wrap her up


Is she foreign, legs eleven
Italian girls, take me to heaven
You pretty babies, from paris, france
Crazy horses, love to dance

Music by elton john and davey johnstone
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Available on the album too low for zero

Don't wish it away
Don't look at it like it's forever
Between you and me i could honestly say
That things can only get better

And while i'm away
Dust out the demons inside
And it won't be long before you and me run
To the place in our hearts where we hide


And i guess that's why they call it the blues
Time on my hands could be time spent with you
Laughing like children, living like lovers
Rolling like thunder under the covers
And i guess that's why they call it the blues


Just stare into space
Picture my face in your hands
Live for each second without hesitation
And never forget i'm your man


Wait on me girl
Cry in the night if it helps
But more than ever i simply love you
More than i love life itself

Music by elton john
Lyrics by gary osborne
Available on the album 21 at 33

Oh little jeannie, you got so much love, little jeannie
And you take it where it strikes and give it to the likes of me
Oh little jeannie, she got so much love, little jeannie
So i see you when i can, you make me all a man can be

And i want you to be my acrobat, i want you to be my lover
Oh there were others who would treat you cruel
And oh little jeannie, you were always someone's fool


Little jeannie, you got so much time, little jeannie
Though you've grown beyond your years, you still retain the fears of youth
Oh little jeannie, you got so much time, little jeannie
But you're burning it up so fast, searching for some lasting truth


And i want you to be my acrobat, i want you to be my lover
Oh there were others who would treat you cruel
But oh jeannie, i will always be your fool


And i want you to be my acrobat, i want you to be my lover
Oh there were others, and i've known quite a few
But oh oh jeannie, i'm still in love with you


Stepped into my life from a bad dream
Making the life that i had seem suddenly shiny and new
Oh jeannie i'm so in love with you
Stepped into my life from a bad dream

Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Available on the album breaking hearts

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

Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Available on the album too low for zero


You could never know what it's like
Your blood like winter freezes just like ice
And there's 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

Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Available on the album blue moves

What have i got to do to make you love me
What have i got to do to make you care
What do i do when lightning strikes me
And i wake to find that you're not there

What do i do to make you want me
What have i got to do to be heard
What do i say when it's all over
And sorry seems to be the hardest word


It's sad, so sad
It's a sad, sad situation
And it's getting more and more absurd
It's sad, so sad
Why can't we talk it over
Oh it seems to me
That sorry seems to be the hardest word


What do i do to make you love me
What have i got to do to be heard
What do i do when lightning strikes me
What have i got to do
What have i got to do
When sorry seems to be the hardest word