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Music by ??
Produced by chris thomas
Recorded 1969 at emi studios, abbey road
Never released (the bread and beer band)

[instrumental]

Music by elton john
Lyrics by gary osborne
Released as a uk b-side in 1982

Lonely boy, get up and fly
Lonely boy, get up and try
Everyone knows you got what it takes
All you need is one or two good breaks

Lonely boy, this is your time
Lonely boy, you're on the line
This just could be the only throw you got
Get on up and give it your best shot


You gotta make it lonely boy
You gotta take it lonely boy
Oh do da do da day
You gotta do it lonely boy
Get to it lonely boy
Oh take it all the way


Lonely boy, you are the one
Lonely boy, your chance has come
Destiny gonna put you to the test
Face the music and disregard the rest

Written by elton john
Released as a uk b-side in 1980

[instrumental]

Music by elton john
Never released

[instrumental]

Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Never released

Turn to me, turn to me when you're lonely
Brush them aside, gather your pride
Baby turn to me
Turn to me, turn to me when you're lonely
Brush them aside, gather your pride
Baby turn to me
Don't listen to the people
Who spread lies about your name
I know it hurts
But baby i've had it too


I've learned to live with their abuse
I've learned to live with those who choose
To disregard my emptiness and lose me


Your laughter has died in the heat of the night
The people they pretend that company is bright
But brighter you'll wait by the phone that has died
Don't bury your hopes, there's nothing that's left for you to confide in


But you seem to be happy just for now to go on
Try to see through them baby, can't you see what is wrong
You're hurting yourself more that you'll ever know
You're pushing the people to tell you to go

Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Never released

Take every ray of sunshine from the sky
Let the rain fall, i don't care if the flowers die
The night lights can forget me
The stars will never glow
The days just seem so worthless
The hours, they come and go

Reminds me of you
Reminds me of you
The things we used to say
The things we used to do
All these happy hours are now just empty days
And i can't bear the strain to pass the time away
Reminds me of you


I see couples walking down the street
I watch them here
With tear filled eyes there's nothing left for me
For i just think about the times
That you and i were two
And still these things remind me of you
Oh they do

Written by leonard cohen
Available on the tribute album tower of song - the songs of leonard cohen


If you want a lover
I'll do anything you ask me to
And if you want another kind of love
I'll wear a mask for you
If you want a partner, hold my hand
If you want to strike me down in anger
Here i stand
Baby i'm your man

If you want a boxer
I will step into the ring for you
And if you want a doctor
I'll examine every inch of you
If you want a driver, climb inside
Or if you want to take me for a ride
You know you can
Baby i'm your man


The moon's too bright
The chain's too tight
The beast won't go to sleep
I've been running through these promises to you
That i made and i could not keep


But a man never got a woman back
Not by begging on his knees
Or i'd crawl to you baby
I'd fall at your feet
And i'd howl at your beauty
Like a dog in heat
And i'd claw at your heart
And i'd tear at your sheet
I'd say please
I'm your man


And if you gotta sleep a moment on the road
I will steer for you
And if yo want to work the street alone
I'll disappear for you
If you want a father for your child
Or only want to walk with me a while
Across the sand
Baby i'm your man
I'm your man


If you want a lover, i'm your man
If you want a boxer, i'm your man
If you want a doctor, i'm your man

Written by elton john
Never released, recorded for versace fashion show, paris 1995

Some people are born royal
Others become queens on their own

Queen, queen
Queen, queen


I don't need to be king
I just wanna be queen


No doubt about it
I'm gonna shout it


Queen, queen
Queen, queen


Darling, she's the queen of queens

Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Available on the french album sol en si

There's a chance we may lose it all
All those hollow souls
Can't hope to hold that wall

What i breathe used to be my life
How come a good thing dies
And the evil still survive


Oh i've got to paint it red
Wake up and colour all the pieces
Don't sleep without your faces, and
Oh i've got to paint it red
Put your eyes back in your head
And oh paint it red


Where's the dance they may never dance
All those open hands
Can't hope to have a chance


What i see used to be a smile
How come your lips are sealed
And your spirit never flies


Cash on delivery
That's all they ever said
Grey tones can't be trusted
I say paint it red

Written by william monk and h.f. lyte
Arranged by dave hartley
Available on the collection carnival!

Abide with me, fast falls the eventide
The darkness deepens, lord abide with me
When other helpers fail and comforts flee
Help of the helpless, o abide with me

I fear no foe, with thee at hand to bless
Ills have no weight and tears no bitterness
Where is death's sting, where, grave, that victory
I triumph still if thou abide with me


Hold thou thy cross before my closen eyes
Shine throught the gloom and point me to the skies
Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee


In life, in death, o lord abide with me
In life, in death, o lord abide with me

Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Never released

They're barring the doors at the back of the hall
It's cold in the winter, some freeze in the fall
The banquet's the supper that's set for the swine
If you're not at the gathering, and you've gone down the line

You're the last to arrive, you're the first one to leave
You don't give us the time, you don't drop us a line
Well a dime in the phone is the best way i know
You're the last to arrive, my friend you're the first one to go


The truck picks you up on your front porch at night
And you're back before sundown if you don't get blind
We're not chaining you down to your castle tonight
We're just trying to make you see some sort of light


They'll all drink your health out of pewter and wood
Get drunk in the hayloft playing dirty and good
There's ten pounds of oxen were skewered on spit
There'll not be an ounce if you don't make it quick

Music by elton john
Never released

[instrumental]

Music by elton john
Lyrics by tim rice
Elton's solo version is unreleased

This is the moment when the gods expect me
To beg for help but i won't even try
I want nothing in the world but myself to protect me
But i won't lie down, roll over and die

All i have to do is to forget how much i love him
All i have to do is put my longing to one side
Tell myself that love's an ever-changing situation
Passion would have cooled and all the magic would have died


It's easy, it's easy


Until i think about him as he was when i last saw him
And how he would have been were i to be with him today
Tender in his manner _____ consolation
All i ever wanted and i'm throwing it away


It's easy, easy as life


All i have to do is to pretend i never knew him
On those very rare occasions when he steals into my heart
Better to have lost him when the ties were barely binding
Better the contempt of the familiar cannot start


It's easy, it's easy


Until i think about him as he was when i last touched him
And how he would have been were i to be with him today
Those very rare occasions don't let up, they keep on coming
All i ever wanted and i'm throwing it away


It's easy, it's easy as life


And then i see the faces of a worn defeated people
A father and a nation who won't let a coward run
Is this how the gods reward the faithful through the ages
Forcing us to prove that all the hardest things we've done


Are easy, so easy


And though i'll think about him until the earth draws in around me
And though i choose to leave him for another kind of love
This is no denial, no betrayal, but redemption
Redeemed in my own eyes and in the pantheon above


It's easy, it's easy, it's easy as life

Music by elton john
Lyrics by tim rice
Elton's solo version is unreleased

I once knew all the answers, i stood on certain ground
A picture of true happiness, confidence so effortless
No brighter could be found

I never asked the questions that trouble me today
I knew all there was to know, love worn lightly, put on show
A conquest on display


And who would have thought his love could be so good
Not me, not me
My secrets and my passions understood
Not me, not me


Who would have guessed he'd throw his world away
To be with someone till his dying day
Not me, not me


I shall not envy lovers, but long for what they share
An empty room is merciless, don't be surprised if i confess
I need some comfort there


And who would have thought his love could be so good
Not me, not me
My secrets and my passions understood
Not me, not me


Who would have guessed he'd throw his world away
To be with someone till his dying day
Not me, not me


But not me, oh not me

Written by elton john, gary osborne and tim renwick
Released as a uk b-side in 1983

Steamboat waiting by the waterside
Sunlight shining on the morning tide
Got my ticket in my hand
Got some celebrating planned

Can't remember when i felt so fine
I've been waiting such a long long time
Just to hear those engines hum
Look out dreamboat here i come


And i say dream on dreamboat, let my love light ride
Steam on steamboat to the other side
All aboard, make it fast
Thank the lord, i'm coming home at last


If you love me like you did before
Be there waiting on the distant shore
When my steamboat comes inside
Then i know we'll be alright


And i say dream on dreamboat, let your love light ride
Stem on steamboat to the other side
Turn the crank, change the gear
Raise the flag and let's get out of here


Feels so good to know that soon i'll see
You've been saving all your love for me
For honey if there's any doubt
Just be sure i don't find out


And i say dream on dreamboat, let my love light ride
Steam on steamboat to the other side
Cast the line, check the fuse
Save some time, this ain't no pleasure cruise


Tell the captain not to take too long
Keep that big wheel turning fast and strong
Fires are burning down below
Come on steamboat don't be slow


And i say dream on dreamboat, let my love light ride
Steam on steamboat to the other side
Wind the springs, set the course
Pull some strings before i turn to force


Dream on dreamboat, let my love light ride
Steam on steamboat to the other side
Ring the bell, sound the horn
Move like hell, i'm heading back where i was born


And i say dream on dreamboat, let my love light ride
Steam on steamboat to the other side
All aboard and make it fast
Thank the lord, i'm coming home at last


And i say dream on dreamboat, let your love light ride
Stem on steamboat to the other side
Turn the crank, change the gear
Raise the flag and let's get out of here


Dream on dreamboat, let my love light ride
Steam on steamboat to the other side
Cast the line, check the fuse
Save some time, this ain't no pleasure cruise


You're me dreamboat, yes you are


And i say dream on dreamboat, let my love light ride
Steam on steamboat to the other side
Ring the bell, sound the horn
Move like hell, i'm heading back where i was born


You're my dreamboat, yes you are

Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Never released

I was born in the north of england
I was raised in a working town
I broke all the rules when i went to school
But the teachers couldn't pin me down

I tried to make my parents proud
By adapting to the social powers
Oh pigs will fly, and the earth will fry
When they get me doing honest hours


Snookeroo, snookeroo
Daddy's going on the booze
Mother used to cut my hair
And sister used to make the news


Oh it was two rooms up and two rooms down
And we were sentenced by the wrecking crane
I was born on the eve of halloween
And snookeroo, snookeroo, snookeroo's my name, snookeroo


I need someone to cook for me
And turn me loose at night
I could spend my life with a factory girl
'cause the factory girl's my type


I hear them gossip on the street
Most of what they say is true
Oh don't you know that i hear them say
There goes that lazy, no-good snookeroo

Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Never released

In the morning there's a feeling
As i free my eyes of sleep
And think only of him running
To the promise he must keep

Such a love i've never known
It fills my life with joy
Oh the miracles the morning brings
The dark cannot destroy


You may find if he's there
It eases your mind
And besides he's so kind
It makes you feel fine
In the morning


Through my window comes a light
Like none that i have known
Well the night has passed between us
And the love has grown and grown


Like a river through a valley
Where the waters never end
Spinning down and always onward
As he come to me again

Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Never released


It makes a lot of difference
It takes a lot of time
To call it quits, and let it slide
And leave someone behind

It's hard not to think of her
In terms of causing pain
I see her now for what she's worth
She takes my love in vain


And wild love is dangerous play
And now she cuts you time and time again
Cuts the rough with the smooth
Cuts the heart out of you
Now you're taking my love in vain
Yes wild love is dangerous play
And feel you and touch you
And cut you time and time again


Can't always blame a woman
I should have read her mind
I cut the deck too low i guess
I walked a fine thin line


It's like they say so often
The calm before the scream
The days that passed in silence
Were so few and far between

Music by elton john
Lyrics by gary osborne
Never released
Demo version of "lonely boy"


Lonely man, get up and fly
Come on dance, get up and try
Everyone knows you got what it takes
All you need is one or two good breaks

Lonely man, this is your time
Come on dance, you're on the line
This just could be the only throw you got
Get on up and give it your best shot


You gotta make it lonely man
You can take it lonely man
Oh do da do da day
You gotta do it lonely man
Get to it lonely man
Oh take it all the way


Lonely man, you are the one
So come on dance, your chance has come
Destiny gonna put you to the test
Face the music and disregard the rest

Music by elton john
Never released


Timothy
Why are you following me
Why don't you take a few chances
While you got time on your side

Timothy
How can i make you see
Somebody's got all the answers
But it sure ain't me


You know that love's a game
And i played it once or twice
Oh you're asking for advice
That i can't give you


'cause it just don't feel the same
If you haven't paid the price
It's something that you're just gonna
Have to live through


Timothy
Why are you following me


Timothy
I'm not the person to tell you
What you should do with your life


Timothy
The joke's on me
You got yourself more to handle
Than i will ever be


You know that love's a game
You can guarantee to win
Love has always been a game of learning


'cause it just don't feel the same
When you're outside looking in
And it's still the same old question keeps returning


Timothy
Why are you following me


Well you know that love's a game
You play the best you can
It's hard to understand
Though we keep trying


'cause it just don't feel the same
When you lose the master plan
I sometimes have to laugh
To keep from crying

Written by elton john
Released as a uk b-side in 1986

[instrumental]

Music by ??
Produced by chris thomas
Recorded 1969 at emi studios, abbey road
Never released (the bread and beer band)


[instrumental]

Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Never released


You and i we live in modern times
And every day we face another to climb
It's easy to ignore this pain we read about
This sickness only happens in someone else's house

You don't need to hear another voice
You don't want this pressure, love should be your choice
But if it's love hang on 'til you're sure
Don't jump into the fire before you know the score


Hey love, love is worth waiting for
Oh love, love is worth waiting for
Take time to know them
Take time to be sure
'cause love, love is worth waiting for


It's so hard playing by the rules
The night is what you make it, but the payoff can be cruel
We believe we're safe from the hands of fate
But reckless love these days can be your last mistake


Don't chance it if it's easy
Don't push it if they might
That risk you'd like to take
Could be the risk that takes your life

Never released

Got an indian maiden
I've got a photograph of you
And i'm hanging on to every little clue about you

I've got a prepaid reservation
I've got my regulation __________
And this child is on his way to indian land
My indian maiden


Got an indian maiden
I've got my hopi charms in hand
And i'm tracking down her footprints in the sand of indian lands
My indian maiden


Shake it loose, i have no use for city living
Turn my back on the back-slap jacks
And the madcap women, women


Got an indian maiden
I've got a photograph of you
And i'm hanging on to every little clue about you
My indian maiden

Written by ??
Never released


Baby what's wrong
Is it something that someone has said about me
What have you heard
Is there anything that you want to say to

And baby please don't you cry
Don't let the tears drown your eyes
Baby listen to what i say
I love you and that's all that matters


Come and sit down
And tell me just what is wrong with you
Don't you believe
The stories that tell you that i'm not true


I'd like to know
About the things you have heard
I'd hate to think of the things
Which mighht have occured


Baby believe me
I'll always love you
And please, please don't you cry
Don't let the tears drown your eyes
Baby listen to what i say
I love you and that's all that matters

Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Released as a uk b-side in 1980

It looked a lot like the same old thing
I've seen so many times
She was aging fast like a bandit
Born to a life of crime
Meanwhile he held his crown and watched her fall
Just bouncing her around like a rubber ball

Through her washed up eyes she could see
That the ties on her prince were gone
He turned the radio off when they played
What he once had called their song
Well the crystal didn't clink but they drink up more
And when he stayed out late she knew what he stayed out for


Love's so cold when you're growing old and your looks are gone
Love's so cold when your hands don't dance where they once belonged
If he's heading down to the red light and the local bar
Love's so cold when he shoots an arrow through your heart
Love's so cold when he shoots an arrow through your heart


Due to natural causes she became distorted and she tried to leave
But the winning team had an ace or two up a crooked sleeve
For he knew that her age wouldn't help her get along
And that's what made his hold on her so strong

Written by elton john
Released as a uk charity single in 1977


We are the goaldiggers, we are the goaldiggers
And we'd like you to help us if you can
We would like your cooperation
To help our organization
Provide football pitches throughout the land

If you were a kid, oh what would you say
If you found out there was just nowhere to play
If i were a kid, oh i would feel abused
If the energy that i had couldn't be used


We are the goaldiggers, we are the goaldiggers
So help us to start the ball to roll
Spread the word from man to man
Give us anything you can
Help us to achieve our goal


Goaldigger, goaldigger
I'm a goaldigger, he's a goaldigger
Goaldigger, goaldigger
I'm a goaldigger

Music by ??
Produced by chris thomas
Recorded 1969 at emi studios, abbey road
Never released (the bread and beer band)

[instrumental]

Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Available on the south park album chef aid

Got this bug-eyed girl
Cold hand on my knee
Frozen teeth, chitter chatter
She's dresed up like a cemetary, like a cemetary

Snow-bound all winter
Blue lips on my cheek
Little tongue's prattlin', rattlin'
Talking 'bout them hometown geeks, them home-town geeks


Wake up wendy, smell the coffee
Help me into your custom kitchen
Gimme a cup of that old black magic
I wanna get me some of that old home cookin'


Can you feel it
It's chilly and a-freezin'
Wake up wendy, moods are changing
I got a reason, you got a feeling
Wake up wendy, love's in season


Feels like a steam clean
When she washes me
Valves a-bustin', pumps a-hissin'
Just peel me off the ceiling, off the ceiling


Chill-eyed, bug-eyed girl
Zap me into cinders
Pop the thermal mumbo jumbo
Melt me with your little fingers, with your little fingers

Music by ??
Produced by chris thomas
Recorded 1969 at emi studios, abbey road
Never released (the bread and beer band)

[instrumental]

Written by elton john, davey johnstone, kiki dee and david nutter
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Released as a uk b-side in 1976

You remind me so much
Of her when you're walking
Where everything's perfect
And nobody's talking

You're a cushion uncrumpled
You're a bed that's unruffled
If i was bone china,
Bone china around


And i believe that the snow queen
Lives somewhere in the hills
She's got the world on a string
Like white wine when it's chilled


Arms are spread like icicles
Upon a frosted cake
The snow queen reigns in a warmer land
Behind the cold black gates


Your talons are tested
They're polished and they're shaved
Your talents are wasted
On men of no taste


But how about proving
That passion means more than
A wardrobe of gowns, tv ratings,
A fragile waist, and a name

Written by nick drake
Recorded by elton john, but unreleased

Don't you have a word to show what may be done
Have you never heard a way to find the sun
Tell me all that you may know
Show me what you have to show
Won't you come and say
If you know the way to blue

Have you seen the land living by the breeze
Can you understand a light among the trees
Tell me all that you may know
Show me what you have to show
Tell us all today
If you know the way to blue


Look though time and find your rhyme
Tell us what you find
We will wait at your gate
Hoping like the blind


Can you now recall all that you have known
Will you never fall when the light has flown
Tell me all that you may know
Show me what you have to show
Won't you come and say
If you know the way to blue

Music by elton john
Lyrics by gary osborne
Released as a uk b-side in 1981

At last i'm over losing you
I've cried so many tears it just ain't true
My eyes are red, my heart is blue
I can't get over getting over losing you

I can't turn back the hands of time
I've come so far, i have to see it through
The trouble is that i still find
I can't get over getting over losing you


I hardly ever think of you
Except in the morning and then in the evening, again in the afternoon
I guess it's true, i'm over the worst
But living's the one thing that ain't rehearsed


But i know that's all behind me now
I'm learning how to live my life anew
And as soon as i discover how
Then i'll get over getting over losing you


I hardly ever think of you, i roll with the punches
I'm taking it easy, i don't play hunches like i used to do
I'm over you now
Still tying to forget you but i don't know how


But at least i'm over losing you
There's only one thing left for me to do
Oh my eyes are red, my heart is blue
I draw the lone on you and me, forget how fine it used to be
And i'll get over getting over losing you
And i'll get over getting over losing you

Written by elton john
Never released, recorded for versace fashion show, paris 1995

Deep in the jungle
A story's unfolding
Exotic, sexy, classic
Gianni
Versace
Versace
Versace
Versace

Deep in the jungle
Versace
Versace
Versace
Versace


Deep in the jungle
Deep in the jungle
Deep in the jungle
Versace
Versace
Versace

Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Never released

There is still a little love left for me in your heart
Even though it seems to you that we are far apart
You can turn your eyes to other guys, ignore me on the street
But don't forget it's bound to show if we should ever meet

And there is still a little love left for me in your heart
You can use a little love to make a brand new start
For no matter how you try
You just cannot deny
There is still a little love in your heart


But you're far too proud to say what's on your mind
I can read you like a story book, do you think i'm blind
For every place i seem to be, you seem to be there too
Standing in the wings of love and waiting for your cue

Written by elton john and caleb quaye
Never released

I said from the start that you'd be mine
But now it just seems i'm just wasting your time
If only you knew the hurt i've been through
You'll be sorry to see me go
You'll be sorry to see me go

I've always done the best that i could
To make you happy like i should
If only you knew what i've heard about you
You'll be sorry to see me go
You'll be sorry to see me go


I could have been mistreated if i'd been bad
But people tell me i'm the best that you've had
So there's something i want you to know
I think you'll be sorry to see me go
You'll be sorry to see me go


You said from the start that you'd be mine
But now it just seems i'm just wasting your time
If only you knew the hurt i've been through
You'll be sorry to see me go
You'll be sorry to see me go

Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Released as a uk b-side in 1990

We look at the table
And we look at the time
We see a short fuse burning
We're standing on a land mine

You look at the cold soup
I look at the grey wall
I see a red flag burning
Yeah, man we need a santa claus


Down on the homeless avenue
Down among the rocks and stones
The cradle falls but the buck stops here
Let's think about their hearts and bones


And we all need a medicine man
All need a medicine man
Don't we need a medicine man
His shake and his rattle and his helping hand


See the meat of a nation
On the back of a truck
I think we're waste in a dumpster
Hey sorry kid it's tough luck


She was adorable
And he was a good boy
They were inseparable
Yeah bitten by the cold war


Rags on the shapes of millions
Tears among the cuts and blows
The backbone snaps and the kids can't dance
Let's think about their hearts and bones

Written by elton john and caleb quaye
Never released

I'm just sitting doing nothing
Wondering where i should go
People tell me i'm just lazy
Weather or not it's true i don't know

So i'm just sitting doing nothing
Wondering where i should go
Many people that i've encountered
Say they wish that they were free


And i know that secretly
All those people would really like to be me


So even though they tell me i'm idle
Why should i do what they say
For they're in the same place all the time
But i'm only there for a day


So i'm just sitting doing nothing
Wondering where i should go

Written by george and ira gershwin
Available on the soundtrack four weddings and a funeral

They're writing songs of love, but not for me
A lucky star's above, but not for me
With love to lead the way, i've found more clouds are grey
Than any russian play could guarantee

I was a fool to fall and get that way
Heigh ho, alas, and also lack-a-day
Although i can't dismiss the memory of her kiss
I guess she's not for me


It all began so well, but what an end
This is the time a feller needs a friend
When every happy plot ends with a marriage knot
And there's no knot for me

Duet with jennifer rush
Written by bruce roberts and andy goldmark
Released as a single in 1987

You're walking, talking like a flame, baby
You're walking, talking like a flame, baby

Never knew what my heart would be facing
Guess i must have been blind saying goodbye yo you, baby
Close my eyes at night i can taste it
I'm running back in the fire where i once had you, baby


You said don't ever leave me
But i say that's something i won't ever do


I want you back in my arms
In the flames of paradise
In the flames of paradise
I want you back in my arms
In the flames of paradise
The flames of paradise


I give all of my love just to you
It's been so long baby
I give you all my love waits for you
Don't take too long baby


I've been making some brave conversation
Telling friends i'm way better off without you
Then i was living in my imagination
Thinking i could make it without you too baby


My heart tried to deceive me
But that's one thing it just can't do


You said don't ever leave me
Oh that's one thing i won't ever do

Music by ??
Produced by chris thomas
Recorded 1969 at emi studios, abbey road
Never released (the bread and beer band)

[instrumental]

Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Never released

I know you
You're trying to do all you can for me
I appreciate your help
But it's best just to leave me be

There's many things that i have done
And i'm sorry for them now
So darling please don't you comfort me
I'll sort it out somehow


So sing me no sad songs, tell me no lies
Please don't you make me blue
Sing me no sad songs, tell me no lies
Girl i can do without you


Don't go breaking my heart
It would tear me apart
'cause then i'd be finished for good
So sing me no sad songs, tell me no lies
Please don't you make me blue


I don't want you to think i'm mean
Refusing all your help
The time has come, but my need is none
And i want to be alone with myself


There's many things that i have done
And i'm sorry for them now
So darling please don't you comfort me
I'll sort it out somehow

Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Never released

I watch the raindrops falling on my window pane
All the bloomed forget-me-nots won't falter in the rain
Electric light bulbs cannot replace the sun
And picture postcards can't reveal all the things we've done

And the flowers will never ever die
And the flowers will never die
And autumn in the country cannot withhold the sky
And the flowers will never die


He spreads his cloudy blanket on a raging sea
And calms the cruel waves with the help of powers that be
The hours fly by, the clock ticks on maneuvering its hands
While the autumn leaves fall from the trees and return into the land

Music by elton john
Lyrics by tim rice
Elton's solo version is unreleased

A few more days and we'll be home in glory
Already they'll be getting out the flags
With memphis high _______ dormitory
For me, i only see a lot of snags

The prospect above all i find distressful
Is having to give up the soldier's life
If anything i'm rather too successful
They made me hand my sword in for a wife


For just because i've triumphed as a slaver
Brought booty back to egypt by the ton
Of this and every month, i'm now the flavor
And scheduled to do things i've never done


And why should i tell you this, a stranger i just met
A woman who in hours from now i'll certainly forget
Anonymous and undemanding
Enchantment passing through
My secrets and my confidence are safe enough with you


My days out on the field are all but ended
They'll put me out to grass which means the throne
Bedecked and bejeweled alongside my intended
I feel as though my heart is set in stone


But maybe i am being far too gloomy
Yes, maybe i'll make waves in pastures new
Find goverment and politics come to me
As naturally as i now talk to you


For just because i've triumphed as a slaver
Brought booty back to egypt by the ton
Of this and every month, i'm now the flavor
And scheduled to do things i've never done


And why should i tell you this, a stranger i just met
A woman who in hours from now i'll certainly forget
Anonymous and undemanding
Enchantment passing through
My secret lack of confidence is safe enough with you


Why should i tell you this, a stranger i just met
A woman who in hours from now i'll certainly forget
Anonymous and undemanding
Enchantment passing through
My secret lack of confidence is safe enough with you

Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Never released

Think the trees are shedding leaves
It looks that way and i might say
The same applies to me
'cause it's autumn in my heart
And you're the reason dear
I should try to get you back
Instead of sitting being silly here

'cause you're the last good man in my life
You left me half the woman that i was
But i'm gonna find the time
And you bet i'm gonna climb
Bacm into the arms of the last good man that i loved


Could have been me acting smart
But you know how i can't end what i usually start
You'll realize soemthing's gone
Sure hope you miss me then
But i wouldn't make a fool of you
I'd just pray that you might stay with me again

Music by elton john
Lyrics by tim rice
Elton's solo version is unreleased

Sad to say our mighty ruler
Is not really in the pink
Hopes could not be minuscular
That he'll come back from the brink
Not to beat around the bush
He looks like heading for his box
At the risk of seeming pushy
We must plan for future shocks

According to the hawk god horus
Our most regal invalid
Is not that much longer for us
Build another pyramid


Build it, build it
Another pyramid
Build it, build it


Though all doctors and physicians
Have been summoned to his bed
It'll soon be top morticians
We'll be calling for instead
With each wheeze the nation's humming
Egypt shakes with every cough
No two ways about what's coming
No discussion, bets are off


Soon our monarch will have filled the tomb
Just like his fathers did
Summon egypt's greatest builder
Re: another pyramid


Build it, build it
Another pyramid
Build it, build it


We hate to depress the nation
But our leader has been told
He should scrub his next vacation
Even put tonight on hold
This is where his loyal priesthood
Has the chance to do him proud
Holy leaders at the least should
See him happy to his shroud


He must have a vault that's grand by
Any standards floor to lid
Put five thousand slaves on standby
Build another pyramid

Written by ??
Never released

Loose lips keep him rolling on his whitewall tires
Burning out his diesel now, looking like a forest fire
Ducktail jiver, common pearl diver
Let you have a piece real cheap
Those sunday sermons, gotta start learning
How to look before the lion leaps

Oh i'd be santa clause in something more
Than a honeymoon in san moritz
Ducktail jiver, nine to fiver
I'd like to buy a _____ that fits


Overloaded, railroaded
On the border of a spanish town
Adios amigos, me got to go
Before they cut this poor boy down


So i'd like to buy a drink for someone
A pitcher and a glass
My circuit's run down, my fuse is blown
My childhood came at last


Sun-soaked, rain-choked
I need to get this battery charged
Miles behind my parents' time
Living in the world's back yard

Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Released as a uk b-side in 1982

He would recount the stories he had learned so well
Fourteen years is a long time in one cell
When the pipe is passed the opium does its rounds
Papa legba sitting pretty in a chicken little town

His textured skin, like leather in the sun
Fingers beating hard upon a native drum
He picks his teeth with a splintered back rib bone
Papa legba bears his fangs and lays alone


Hey papa legba, hoo-boo-be-do
Hey papa legba, no one gonna bother you
Hey papa legba, hoo-boo-be-do
Shake papa legba, no one's gonna bother you tonight, alright


He was free to dance alone where the spirits run
His almond eyes would twinkle on a hundred sons
His champagne toast and white meat on a spit
Papa legba's drunken with a smile upon his lips

Written by elton john and bruce roberts
Available on the soundtrack ferngully


You stare through a tunnel of
Solid wall that should be broken down
And you can't see the field of green
Has been turned into a raging battleground
And you'll live with the consequence
Tell me why don't you understand
You'll destroy all the love that's been created
Be a miser with an empty hand
And it's all such a simple thing
Changing everything
Listen to the one who brings all this love to you

Some other world, some other world, that's where you live
Some other world, some other world, that's where you live
Don't you care, stop and think about us and what you feel
I'll be there, don't you cut yourself off from what is real
Don't live in some other world
You don't live in some other world


There's a boat bound for paradise
If you hurry you can ride it back
'cause once the bait hits the water
It don't take long 'till the sharks attack
Oh but it's all such a simple thing
Change is everything
Let me be the one who brings all this love to you


Some other world, some other world, that's where you live
Some other world, some other world, that's where you live
Don't you care, stop and think about us and what you feel
I'll be there, don't you cut yourself off from what is real
Don't live in some other world, in some other world
Oh you don't live in some other world, in some other world
Got to stop living in some other world


Let me help you with a change of mind
And it's all such a simple thing
Changing everything
Listen to the one who brings all this love to you


This is our world, not some other world
You don't live in some other world
Live in our world, not some other world
You don't live in some other world

Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Released as a uk b-side in 1986


Well he looks through the wreckage
But he can't find a photo of you
Then he ties me in knots
With riddles he chooses to use

And he says how come you two
Are the only ones here who survived
Oh i thought it was me
Who was destined to be
The lord of the flies


And who rules when fools leave, i do
Says the lord of the flies
Leave me your world, give me your earth
Swallow your foolish pride
And don't think i'm wrong, it's here i belong
It's mine, i'm the lord of the flies
Lord of the flies
Lord of the flies


Then take all the money you want
It's the last thing we used for fuel
Here in the late great capital
We burned a bonfire for you


He knows we burned the harvest
And saw through his disguise
He's no phantom at all
He's the only thing left
The lord of the flies

Written by george and ira gershwin
Available on the tribute album the glory of gershwin

It's very clear our love is here to stay
Not for a year but ever and a day
The radio and the telephone and the movies that we know
May just be passing fancies, and in time may go

But, oh my dear, our love is here to stay
Together we're going a long, long way
In time the rockies may crumble
Gibraltar may tumble
They're only made of clay
But our love is here to stay
But, oh my dear, our love is here to stay


Together we're going a long, long way
In time the rockies may crumble
Gibraltar may tumble
They're only made of clay
But our love is here to stay
Our love is here to stay

Music by elton john
Never released

[instrumental]

Written by jean-paul dreau
Released as a b-side in 1983, and on the french album the fox

J'ai trop r

Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Released as a uk b-side in 1998

Oh i've been staying up nights
Thinking about a long flight that could take me home
Or a slow train rolling
Or a big boat floating out there on that lonely ocean

I'm not the man i was
I guess the dark side lost and the sun broke through
I thought i knew it all
I was the next big thing until i thought about you


Oh i was reaching for the stars
When i wasn't even touching you
I was lying to myself, i needed no one's help
Thought i was living proof


When there's one set of footsteps
No one's gonna fill your shoes
Now i'm looking in the mirror
At a big man in a little suit


I'm a big man in a little suit
It's tight on me, hard on you
It's a short cut but it's a long way home
When you think you can make it on you own


You think you're bulletproof
But what you really are
Is a big man in a little suit


I was part of the chain
A face with no name in a place with no soul
By a thief in the night
I was robbed of the light and left nothing, nothing to hold


I've turned my back on a world like that
I want to get back to loving you
Give me one more chance
Won't you warm the hands of this cold headed fool

Written by adrien avon and demon spiro
Never released

This year, next year, sometime, never
Will we ever get together
I keep hoping things are gonna change
Colours changing red to yellow
Yesterday you said hello
And from now on i'll never be the same

Annabella umberella
Standing on the corner when the rain comes down
That's the way i'll always think of you
When i first met you
Annabella umberella, child


I wanna get to know you better
Get to know your name
And yet i know to me you'll always be the same


Sunshine sunshine go away
Come again another day
Raindrops fall, us both together
How i love the rainy weather

Written by george and ira gershwin
Available on the tribute album the glory of gershwin

There's a saying old says that love is blind
Still we're often told "seek and ye shall find"
So i'm going to seek a certain girl i've had in mind
Looking everywhere, haven't found her yet
She's the big affair i cannot forget
Only girl i ever think of will regret

I'd like to add her initial to my monogram
Tell me where's the shepherd for this lost lamb


There's a somebody i'm longing to see
I hope that she turns out to be
Someone who'll watch over me


I'm a little lamb who's lost in a wood
I know i could always be good
To one who'll watch over me


Although she may not the girl some men think of
As handsome to my heart
She carries the key


Won't you tell her please to put on some speed
Follow my lead, oh how i need
Someone to watch over me
Someone to watch over me

Written by elton john
Released as a uk b-side in 1983

[instrumental]

Written by lord choc ice
Released as a uk b-side in 1983

[instrumental]

Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Never released

Don't you worry where i'm going
I'll just go without you knowing
I won't come back to you again
I'll leave right now and catch the train

Don't you wait for me anymore
I loved you then and then i was sure
Our love was something at the start
You killed the sun and you broke my heart


Why oh why did you do it
I thought i'd never get through it
While you were telling me lies
You were taking the sun
Taking the sun from my eyes
Taking the sun from my eyes
Taking the sun from my eyes


So just listen to me while i say
Forget all the love of those days
They're only empty and they're gone
Just like the river that's washed in the storm

Music by ??
Produced by chris thomas
Recorded 1969 at emi studios, abbey road
Never released (the bread and beer band)


[instrumental]

Duet with aretha franklin
Written by albert hammond and diane warren
Released as a single in 1989

In this world it's hard you know
Lovers come and lovers go
People never seem to hold on to what they've got
Some, they never stay together
But you and i well we know better
We can make it last forever
We can keep the love alive

Through the storm
Through the tears
You and i
I know we can survive
To the day
Through the night
If we try
We can keep it alive
We can keep it alive


I know sometimes it's been so tough
We've been so close to givin' up
But our love's so strong
We're holdin' on to what we got
It's easier to walk away
It takes a lot of love to stay
We got all the love it takes
We know there's a brighter day


We just got to be strong
We just got to be strong
We just got to be strong together


We just gotta hold on
We just gotta hold on
We just gotta hold on and go through the storm

Written by phil spector, ellie greenwich and jeff barry
Available on the soundtrack four weddings and a funeral

Spring is here, the sky is blue
Birds will sing as if they knew
Today's the day, we'll say "i do"
And we'll never be lonely any more

Because we're going to the chapel
And we're gonna to get married
Going to the chapel
And we're gonna get married
Gee i really love you
And we're gonna get married
Going to the chapel of love


Bells will ring, the sun will shine
I will be hers, and she'll be mine
We'll love until the end of time
And we'll never be lonely any more

Music by ??
Recorded 2 december, 1968 at emi studios, abbey road
Released as single by the bread and beer band in february, 1969

[instrumental]

Music by elton john
Lyrics by gary osborne
Never released

Everybody loves to love
The local girl made good
Surely i'd find peace of mind
If anybody could

Still at times i find myself
Wishing they were right
If everybody loves me
Where are they tonight


Everybody loves to love
The sweetheart on parade
Out there on the stage tonight
The girl who's got it made


But after the applause is gone
I sometimes wish i knew
Why everybody loves me
And i love only you


Haven't i got all the things
Success alone can give
Wouldn't everybody love
To lead the life i live
All i need is someone i can share it with


But how they love to love
The golden girl next door
Up there with her name in lights
Now who could ask for more


Still i can't help wondering
Why it should be true
That everybody loves me
Everyone but you

Music by elton john and davey johnstone
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Released as a uk b-side in 1989

Have you ever had a good time turn bad
When the leaves turn brown
And the shattered glass just splinters
It's days like this that you can't resist
A long tall drink
And a big yellow sun in the winter

And you can go dancing
You can go dancing
You can go dancing
Dancing in the end zone


Did you ever pray you could stay away
Company excluded
From the curse of the family circle
In a big round room on the edge of the moon
There's a shooting star
In a race for the final hurdle


No need to worry, no need to worry
No need to worry when you dance alone
You already made it, you already made it
When you're dancing in the end zone

Music by elton john
Lyrics by tim rice
Elton's solo version is unreleased

I grew up in your hometown, at least began to grow
I hadn't got to my first shave before the body blow
Egyptians in the courtyard, my family in chains
You witnessed our abduction which possibly explains

How i know you
How i know you


Before that fateful morning my family enjoyed
A privileged existence, for my father was employed
As advisor to the king, no less, which surely rings a bell
For as you are his daughter, you probably can tell


How i know you
How i know you


Enough of reminiscence, and such happy memories
The reason why i know you well is really none of these
It's just you reek of royalty, you ooze uncommon grace
I'd know you were a princess, in any time and place


Yes i know you
How i know you
Yes i know you
How i know you

Duet with kiki dee written by stevie wonder and ivy hunter
Released as a uk single in 1981


I remember yet before we met
That every night and day
I had to live the life of a lonely woman

I remember meeting you
Discovering love can be so true
When it's shared by two instead of one


When you said you love me (when you said you love me)
We could not be parted (we could not be parted)
And i built my world around you (i built my world around you)
I'm so thankful that i found you


And loving you is sweeter than ever
(i ain't never felt like this before)
Loving you has made my life sweeter than ever, sweeter than ever


Each night i pray we'd never part
For the love within my heart grows stronger
From day to day


As best i can, and how i try
To reassure and satisfy
'cause i'd be lost if you went away


'cause i really need you (really really need you)
And i need for you to need me too
(if you don't go breaking my heart)
I have built my world around you
(i have built my world around you)
Baby i'm so thankful that i've found you


And loving you has made my life sweeter than ever before
(i ain't never felt like this before)
And loving you has made my life sweeter than ever
So much sweeter


That's what loving you (loving you)


'cause i really love (really really love you)
And i'm thankful that you love me too
(thankful that you love me too)
I have built my world around you
(i have built my world around you)
I am truly glad, i am truly glad
That loving you has made my life sweeter than ever
(you don't know how much this means to me)
When i'm loving you
Me, you, us


Sweeter than ever (tell me about it)
Loving you has made my life sweeter than ever
(you don't know how much this means to me)
I'm loving you, you made my life sweeter than ever
(you're sweeter than ever baby)
Sweeter than ever (sweeter than ever)
So much sweeter (sweeter than ever)


Loving you
Loving you is sweeter than ever...

Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Performed at princess diana's funeral, saturday september 6, 1997.

Goodbye england's rose
May you ever grow in our hearts
You were the grace that placed itself
Where lives were torn apart
You called out to our country
And you whispered to those in pain
Now you belong to heaven
And the stars spell out your name

And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
Never fading with the sunset
When the rain set in
And your footsteps will always fall here
Along england's greenest hills
Your candle's burned out long before
Your legend ever will


Loveliness we've lost
These empty days without your smile
This torch we'll always carry
For our nation's golden child
And even though we try
The truth brings us to tears
All our words cannot express
The joy you brought us through the years


And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
Never fading with the sunset
When the rain set in
And your footsteps will always fall here
Along england's greenest hills
Your candle's burned our long before
Your legend ever will


Goodbye england's rose
May you ever grow in our hearts
You were the grace that placed itself
Where lives were torn apart
Goodbye england's rose
From a country lost without your soul
Who'll miss the wings of your compassion
More than you'll ever know


And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
Never fading with the sunset
When the rain set in
And you footsteps will always fall here
Along england's greenest hills
Your candle's burned out long before
Your legend ever will

Written by elton john and caleb quaye
Never released

Oh pity me
I'm so alone and so blue
My friends have all gone away
Their friendliness too

It was i on my own
With no need to be alone
And i wanted to die
That's when you came along


And thank you for all of your loving
Thank you for all of your tears
Thank you for all of your kindness
Thank you for being here


What a difference it makes
My life has started again
And if you go away
It just won't be the same


It's hard to say what i feel
When i'm by your side
You're there when i'm worried
All my troubles in you i confide