1. _ Last Night
Music by ??
Produced by chris thomas
Recorded 1969 at emi studios, abbey road
Never released (the bread and beer band)
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2. _ Saturday Sun
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3. _ And The Clock Goes Round
Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Never released
I came down here just to waste some time
To get a little rest and to ease my mind
I didn't calculate it when i walked in the door
I only thought i'd stay for a minute or more
First i saw the lights on the ceiling dim
The stale perfume yeah, and ___________
My first impression was to get outside
But then i saw you crying, crying by the fireside
The pendulum swings
Goig to and fro
And the clock goes round
Says it's time to go
And the clock goes round
And the hours fly past
Slow down pendulum you're moving much too fast
Now it's gone kind of quiet but i seem to see
That the only people here in the room are you and me
But i don't mind girl, girl that's all right
As long as you're gonna be with me, gonna be with me all night
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4. _ Lonely Boy
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
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5. _ Tactics
Written by elton john
Released as a uk b-side in 1980
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6. _ Hognuts Blues
Music by elton john
Never released
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7. _ Scarecrow
Music by reg dwight
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Never released
You're too low to see me smiling
When i'm flying in the air
But you're too high to frighten me
Pretend you didn't see me
Pretend you didn't need me
Pretend you didn't see me
Pretend you didn't need me
To frighten away all the lost and the lonely
The sacred forgotten of yesterday's problems
Your wooden construction was meant for infliction
To penetrate pain with the thoughts from my mind
Can you see me scarecrow
Can you still feel free
For all your love scarecrow
And will you still be there tomorrow
And will you still be there tomorrow
Like moths around a light bulb, your brain is still bleeding
From visions and pictures of nature's young raincoat
If only my eyes were not pinned to your table
My arms would be grasping the lilies of summer
It's no good to be a scarecrow post
And i've said it before, and i'll say it some more
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8. _ Where It's At
Written by reg dwight and nicky james
Never released
Dada dum-da dadada dum-da
Where it's at
Dada dum-da dadada dum-da
Where it's at
He's a man who knows most everything
Of anything at all
Tells a story of psychology
And his story never falls
He's a man who wears a portobello yellow bill-bob hat
He's a man who knows exactly where it's at
He's a man who draws illusions
And he carves them on a tree
Including all the love he found
He gives to you and me
And i don't even know his name
But i surely promise that
He's a man who knows exactly where it's at
Roaming around from place to place
He takes in all that he sees
He notices the good things that please him
He watches all the bad things that grieve him
But he loves everybody and he knows just where it's at
He was born of gypsy parenthood
And he's always lived the land
And if people who would talk to him
Just cannot understand
But no matter what they say of him
They'll always tell you that
He's a man who knows exactly where it's at
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9. _ Hour Glass
Written by tony collacott, jack mowbray and breen leoeuf
Never released
I'm just sitting counting all the cobwebs
And wondering just when you'll come along
You said that you'd be here an hour ago
But an hour ago is hours ago from then
No, and i don't know what to do
I'm drawing crazy patterns on my shoe
And the sand in the hour glass slips on by
Light another cigarette, watch the burning glow
Catching spiders in my hand, and then i let them go
Imagine pictures on the wall, watch the insects where they crawl
They don't care about you and i've nothing to do
Maybe the bus didn't get there on time
Maybe the train doesn't run on that line for some reason
And she might not come
Because she doesn't want to see you again
No no no, that can't be true
And i've got nothing to do
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10. _ Reminds Me Of You
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
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11. _ Turn To Me
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
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12. _ Cry Willow Cry
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13. _ I'm Your Man
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
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14. _ Go Out And Get It
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15. _ Queen
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
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16. _ That's What Friends Are For
With dionne warwick, gladys knight and stevie wonder
Written by bacharach
Released as a uk single in 1985
And i never thought i'd feel this way
And as far as i'm concerned
I'm glad i got the chance to say
That i do believe i love you
And if i should ever go away
Well then close your eyes and try
To feel the way we do today
And then if you can remember
Keep smiling, keep shining
Knowing you can always count on me, for sure
That's what friends are for
For good times and bad times
I'll be on your side forever more
That's what friends are for
Well you came in loving me
And now there's so much more i see
And so by the way i thank you
Oh and then for the times when we're apart
Well then close your eyes and know
The words are coming from my heart
And then if you can remember
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17. _ Sara's Coming Back
Written by paul raymond and tony murray
Never released
Just got the price in my pocket for a one course meal
My shoes are tilting over to an angle at the heel
I should be feeling sorry for myself and i may
But i've got a little happiness, i know she's gone away
Sara's coming back to me, yes she is
To take away my suffering and pain
Sara's coming back to me, yes she is
To show me that the good times will be here once again
She's got the face of an angel and a heart made of gold
She's got me feeling like a spy that came in from the cold
Now i can shout about it, that's the way that i feel
'cause sara's coming back to me, she's coming back for real
Now i know that i wasn't very kind to her before
'cause i was staying out at night, i guess it made her sore
And there were times that i thought she'd left me for good
But she wrote to me this morning, and she said she never could
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18. _ Let It Shine
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19. _ White Man Danger
Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Released as a uk b-side in 1980
White man danger
He's come to stay
Red man, it's all over
You're in the way
White man danger
Time on his side
Red man, you don't know it
But your world just died
Let's hear it for the white man
He feels no pain
Let's hear it for the white man
He feels no shame
White man danger
His day has come
Red man got two chances
Slim chance and none
White man danger
He's come to stay
Red man, it's all over
You're in the way
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20. _ Red
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
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21. _ Abide With Me
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
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22. _ Last To Arrive
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
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23. _ Is It You
Written by ??
Never released
Is it you
Running around with someone who is new
I love you
You can be sure of everything i do
If you're feeling lonely
If you're feeling blue
Is it you
Is it you
Is it you
I can be sure that you have someone new
Oh i knew
You can be sure of everything i do
If you're ever lonely
To a heart that's true
Is it you
Is it you...
If you want somebody
Who loves you through and through
I want you
I need you
Is it you
Is it you...
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24. _ Gotta Get Back To England
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25. _ 20th Century Blues
Written by noel coward
Available on the uk album 20th century blues - the songs of noel coward
Twentieth century blues are getting me down
Blues, escape those dreary twentieth century blues
Why, if there's a god in the sky, why shouldn't he grin
High above this dreary twentieth century din
In this strange illusion, chaos and confusion
People seem to lose their way
What is there to strive for, love or keep alive for
Say, hey hey, call it a day
Blues, nothing to win or to lose, it's getting me down
Blues, escape those weary twentieth century blues
Why is it that civilized humanity can make this world so wrong
In this hurly-burly of insanity, our dreams cannot last long
We've reached a deadline, a press headline, every sorrow
Blues value is news value tomorrow
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26. _ Tartan Coloured Lady
Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Never released
The grass in ashfield park is dying
Where everybody dreams of deeds of crime
And the tartan coloured lady walks
Behind the water colours of my mind
And the tartan coloured lady she is mine
People speak of willow trees in autumn
And my _____ doesn't fit her anymore
And the tartan coloured lady that i wanted
Talked of this place an hour or so before
And the tartan coloured lady lost her _____
So if your crystal window isn't broken
And they've taken all the dust bins from your door
Take yourself the tartan coloured lady
And smell the grass in ashfield park once more
See the trees in ashfield park once more
So i guess i'll read the comic books you've left me
And play marbles on the floor
And if the tartan coloured lady calls me
Just tell her i won't be home till four
Or just tell her i won't be home no more
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27. _ Big Circle Of Stone
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28. _ The Muse
Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Available on the soundtrack the muse
When i can't find words and wisdom in my life
And barriers abound
Should i feel blinded by the light
Knee deep up to my neck in heavy water
I conjure up my muse
She's my means to achieve a simple quota
When it's make or break
Make no mistake
She appears like lightening in a bottle
I catch the spark
Oh she lights the dark
The knot's undone the ideas come
Like two hands on a throttle
There's a place of one way streets and doubt
No red lights ever change
We wind up with no exit out
Facts are facts and stumbling blocks delay the mind
That's when my muse arrives
To sew loose ends up in time
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29. _ S.o.s.
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30. _ Amen
Amen
Lord hear my prayer
I know youre listening
And I know that you care
Theres something that you gave to me
That I simply want to share
So father hear my prayer
Oh Lord grant the world peace today
Grant us peace that will always stay
Within all of our hearts
And will never ever part
If you see fit amen
The reasons are all too clear
For our needing you with us here
Each and every step of the way
To help to guide us from day to day
So father hear me when I pray
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(ADLIB) - (Send down your mighty power rain down your love - Lord grant us peace today amen
oh my my my my)
* Mechanical licensing for this song can be obtained through the Harry Fox Agency, Inc.
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31. _ Trio
Music by elton john
Lyrics by tim rice
Elton's solo version is unreleased
It's so strange he doesn't show me more affection than he needs
Almost formal, too respectful, never takes romantic leads
There are times when i imagine i'm not always on his mind
He's not thinking what i'm thinking, always half a beat behind
Always half a beat behind
I'm in every kind of trouble, can't you tell, just look at me
Half ecstatic, half dejected, all in all i'm all at sea
Easy turns i thought i wanted, fill me now with chilling dread
You can never know the chaos, of a life turned on it's head
Of a life turned on it's head
Take a little time to panic, shake off your complacent state
I know all i ever wished to, of a life destroyed by fate
It's so strange you never notice anything but where you are
Step outside your gleaming prison, or is that a step too far
Or is that a step too far
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32. _ I'll Stop Living When You Stop Loving Me
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33. _ Trying To Hold On To A Love That's Dying
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34. _ Hell
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35. _ Nina
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36. _ Season Of The Rain
Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Never released
Ice thaws the sun when autumn comes
And bristol trips and bugy rides are over
And the nucleus of everyone has disappeared
As winter holds my shoulder
So put on your make-up
Make up to me now
Kick off your sand-shoes
Throw them in the sea now
It's the season of the rain
You wear your big hat
I'll wear my check cap
Throw up your string bags
Into the old trap
It's the season of the rain
And i gotta get home
I wanna go home again
Castles in the country
See the maids of air
Rambling fires and canopies contain us
And the waters of the countryside
Wash away our cares
Leave the city lights behind us
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37. _ Child
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38. _ Basque
Music by elton john
Never released
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39. _ Skin
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40. _ Can't You See It
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41. _ Mellow Yellow
Music by ??
Produced by chris thomas
Recorded 1969 at emi studios, abbey road
Never released (the bread and beer band)
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42. _ I Could Never Fall In Love With Anybody Else
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43. _ Not Me
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
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44. _ Scales
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45. _ Tortured
Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Released as a uk b-side in 1984
I'd like to make this song so simple
Don't want to hide my feeling under
Drawn up words in shades of many colours
How can i make them think i am clever
By merely saying that i miss you
It's just a state they claim i'm going through
Don't want you to think that i am weakening
Although you know i'm always dreaming
Someday you'll be coming home to me
Tortured, i've been so tortured by you so many times
But you always love the ones that hurt you
And i guess those are the ties that bind
Tortured by you
If i had taken parting easy
It might have been a better lesson
For all concerned in wars of love and hate
How can you swear through words and music
The heart you crave and how to move it
It's just a beach you washed my body onto
Don't want you to know that i an crying
Although your friends can see i'm dying
Slowly from the knife you left in me
Tortured by you
Tortured by you
Tortured by you so many times
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46. _ Easy As Life
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
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47. _ Dreamboat
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
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48. _ Lonely Heart
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49. _ Don't Stop
Written by christine mcvie
Available on the tribute album legacy: a tribute to fleetwood mac's rumours
If you wake up and don't want to smile
If it takes just a little while
Open your eyes and look at the day
You'll see things in a different way
Don't stop thinking about tomorrow
Don't stop, it'll soon be here
It'll be here, better than before
Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone
Why not think about the times to come
And not about the things that you've done
If your life was bad to you
Just think what tomorrow will do
All i want is to see you smile
If it takes just a little while
I know you don't believe that it's true
I never meant any harm to you
Don't you look back
Don't you look back
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50. _ Little Island
Written by randy newman
Available on randy newman's album faust
In two long wars, my country bled
To save the world for everyone
As through the years, the fight we've led
Too long, we stood alone, too long alone
And when at last, the battle won
We asked for no reward
An empire gone
Two generations turned to blood and dust
Only the best were lost
Only the best
And now the years have passed
The times have changed
The foe is risen up
He stands astride the world
His dreams of conquest all fulfilled
Little island, little island
Glory lost in the mists of time
They will pay for what was done
To those of us who died so young
They will pay for what was done
Little island, little island
Little island
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51. _ Snookeroo
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
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52. _ Leaves
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53. _ Timothy
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
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54. _ Wild Love
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
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55. _ Witch's House
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56. _ In The Morning
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
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57. _ Lovesick
Written by elton john and bernie taupin
Released as a uk b-side in 1978
I've been blown away like a printed page
That reads "you're lovesick"
Headline news had me so abused
But i was lovesick
You never tried although i sacrificed
My weaknesses for you
I could have understood, i could have read your looks
I should have known better too
I've been holding out but it's time to shout
You know i'm lovesick
A helping hand for a dying man
Who says he's lovesick
I can't explain why i'll never change
This sickness deep inside
I've been doctored down, i've had the nurse around
I've heard too many lies
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58. _ Suit Of Wolves
Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Released as a uk b-side in 1992
Looking back in anger
On this dirty little town
It stained your dress carved up my face
Put a wedge between our state of grace
Somethings so young and pretty
Should never be released
We place our bets we take our pick
They wind up in the belly of the beast
And when you can't get what you want
You take anything you can
So i wear this suit of wolves at night
I slip it on how come it feels so right
I get a hungry man
When i can't get what i want
I take anything i can
I wear a suit of wolves
Just across from friday
The weekend circus rolls
I cross my heart turn on the charm
I say my prayers between two hungry arms
There's a string of dangerous flowers
All around my bed
There's some want rings and some just want
And those who'd like to see me dead
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59. _ Lonely Man
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
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60. _ Love Is Worth Waiting For
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
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61. _ My Strongest Suit
Music by elton john
Lyrics by tim rice
Elton's solo version is unreleased
In life one has to face a huge assortment
Of nauseating fads and good advice
There's health and fitness, diet and deportment
And other pointless forms of sacrifice
Conversation, wit, i am a doubter
Manners, charm, they're no way to impress
So forget the inner me, observe the outer
I am what i wear and how i dress
Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere
Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere
Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere, ooh
Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere
Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere
Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere, ooh
Now i believe in looking like my time on earth is cooking
Whether polka-dotted stripes or even checks
With some glamour guaranteeing every fiber of my being
Is displayed to quite remarkable effects
From your cradle via trousseau to your death bed you're on view so
Never compromise accept no substitute
I would rather wear a barrel than conservative apparel
A dress has always been my strongest suit
Staying in or hitting townwards, from the top and working downwards
I ensure that every stitch is stitched in time
Whether wig or hat or turban, whether clad boudoir or urban
Not to strut your stuff outrageously's a crime
And the few who are invited to my wardrobe are delighted
As they wander through my things to find en route
That in negligee or formal i am anything but normal
A dress has always been my strongest suit
Now you don't need a recital of the reasons why its vital
That tonight i simply have to look my best
That from coronet to sandal no one else is worth a candle
That i couldn't make more impact if i'm dressed
So bring me out my finest, most audacious, my divinest
Most revealing, most expensive and to boot
Most arresting, most heart-stopping, most free-flowing, most eye-popping
A dress has always been my strongest suit
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62. _ Highlander
Written by elton john
Released as a uk b-side in 1986
[instrumental]
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63. _ Lonnie And Josie
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64. _ Mairi Gay Charan Ko Jatee Hay
mairi gay charan ko jatee hay
Man maira bohot behlatee hay
Choras
Mairi gay charan ko jatee hay
Mairi gay charan ko jatee hay
Mairi gay charan ko jatee hay
Mairi gay charan ko jatee hay
Mairi gay charan ko jatee hay
Mairi gay charan ko jatee hay
Mairi gay charan ko jatee hay
Mairi gay charan ko jatee hay
Jab bhee main dukhee hota hoon
Mairi gay charan ko jatee hay
Phir jab main kaaam par jata hoon
Mairi gay charan ko jatee hay
Choras
Mairi gay charan ko jatee hay
Mairi gay charan ko jatee hay
Mairi gay charan ko jatee hay
Mairi gay charan ko jatee hay
Mairi gay charan ko jatee hay
Mairi gay charan ko jatee hay
Mairi gay charan ko jatee hay
Mairi gay charan ko jatee hay
Phir jab main ghar say aata hoon
Mairi gay charan ko jatee hay
Mairi gay charan ko jatee hay
Mairi gay charan ko jatee hay
Hasta la vista baby
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65. _ Mr. Frantic
Written by reg dwight
Released as a single by bluesology in february, 1966
When you hold me, when you thrill me
My heart just sets on fire
When you love me, when you hold me
I'm just filled with desire
You know that i love you baby
But your kind of loving just drives me crazy
When you hold me, when you kiss me
Mr. frantic, mr. frantic
When you tell me that i'm your only
I feel on top of the world
If you'd only say you will
Then you'll be my only girl
We could be such a happy pair
And i promise to do my share
When you hold me, when you kiss me
Mr. frantic, mr. frantic
You know that i have loved you since
The day we met in the rain
And if you were to go away now
My heart couldn't stand the pain
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66. _ Rollin' On
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67. _ Song For You
Written by leon russell
Released as a live uk b-side in 1988
I've been so many places in my life and times
I've seen a lot of things, i've had some bad rhymes
I acted out my life on stages, ten thousand people watching
Now i'm alone and i'm gonna sing these songs for you
I know your image of me isn't what i hoped it would be
I treated you unkindly, i'm a fool you see
There's no one more imprtant to me
Darling can you please see through me
Now i'm alone and i'm gonna sing these songs for you
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68. _ God Knows (a Bit Of Freedom)
Music by ??
Produced by chris thomas
Recorded 1969 at emi studios, abbey road
Never released (the bread and beer band)
[instrumental]
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69. _ Two Of A Kind
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70. _ Indian Maiden
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
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71. _ Stormbringer
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72. _ The Gods Love Nubia
Music by elton john
Lyrics by tim rice
Elton's solo version is unreleased
Take me in my dreams recurring
Cheerful as a childhood dance
Into one more taste of freedom
One more longing backward glance
In the sway of somber music
I shall never, never understand
Let me slip into the sweeter
Chorus of that other land
The gods love nubia, the beautiful, the golden
The radiant, the fertile, the gentle and the blessed
The pain of nubia is only of the moment
The desolate, the suffering, the plundered, the oppressed
The gods love nubia, the glorious creation
The songs roll sweetly across the harvest plain
The tears of nubia, a passing aberration
They wash into the river and are never cried again
The gods love nubia, we have to keep believing
The scattered and divided, we are still it's heart
The fall of nubia, ephemeral and fleeting
The spirit always burning though the flesh is torn apart
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73. _ Love So Cold
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
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74. _ Swan Queen Of The Laughing Lake
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75. _ La Vie En Rose
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76. _ Snow Queen
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
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77. _ Hi-heel Sneakers
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78. _ I Love You And That's All That Matters
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
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79. _ Rollercoaster
Music by elton john
Never released
[instrumental]
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80. _ Steal Away Child
Music by elton john
Lyrics by gary osborne
Released as a uk b-side in 1980
Steal away child into your dreams
Where nothing is ever the way that it seems
I gave you your life, you gave me your trust
I've no wish to hurt you but hurt you i must
Steal away child, turn down your light
Steal away into the night
Steal away child to the land of the lies
Where love lasts forever and hope never dies
Sit safe for a place peaceful and calm
Where no one and nothing can harm you
Steal away child, you'll be alright
Steal away into the night
Once more goodnight, one last goodbye
Trying hard not to show how i'm making what it's taking not to cry
Steal away child, sleeping so still
Our love is too precious for distance to kill
But when you awake, morning has come
I won't be the one you turn to
I'll do what i must before it gets light
I'll steal away into the night
Steal away child
Steal away into the night
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81. _ Who's Gonna Love You
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82. _ Woolly Bully
Music by ??
Produced by chris thomas
Recorded 1969 at emi studios, abbey road
Never released (the bread and beer band)
[instrumental]
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83. _ She's Only Anne
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84. _ The Goaldigger Song
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
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85. _ The Letter
Music by ??
Produced by chris thomas
Recorded 1969 at emi studios, abbey road
Never released (the bread and beer band)
[instrumental]
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86. _ The Pacifier
Written by elton john
Available on the various artists album disney's for our children
[instrumental]
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87. _ Tick-tock
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88. _ Times Getting Tougher Than Tough
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89. _ Wake Up Wendy
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
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90. _ Honey Man
Duet with cat stevens
Written by cat stevens and ken cumberbatch
Never released
I want to be your honey man
I want to be, i want to be your honey man
To wash your clothes and hold your hand
I want to be, i want to be your honey man
You've got a lot
But all of your money and stuff
Just isn't enough to buy what i can give
When things get rough
And all of your friendliest friends
Are turning to dust
We will live ______________
You know i'll give you the world
I'll sacrifice girl anything
I'll do it all on my own, believe me
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91. _ Love Adventure
Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Never released
Have you heard about the love sensation
That someone in the submarine
Love what you take
Love what you want
Love is the steam about
My whole adventure
Got what you want
Got what you need
Got what you want
I want my love adventure
Got a lot of love
Got a lot of dreams
______________
About my soul adventure
________________....
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92. _ Regimental Sergeant Zippo
Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Never released
There's a picture in the nursery of a well known soldier man
And he wants to be like father when he grows up if he can
His eyes survey the floorboards with his soldiers around him
But fear not for the future, you will climb the highest mountain
So regimental sergeant zippo
Stand up to attention will you
Hear the bugle sounding in the morning call up rising
So your cowboy castle is standing
You're the one who is commanding
Watch them march along the landing down the stairs
Just a small boy in a small boy's world
And small boys do strange things
He likes to see the match sticks fly
And hear the cannons ring
For his eider down, his battle field
And in his dreams his fights are real
Until the field is won, aim, fire the guns
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93. _ Elaborate Lives
Music by elton john
Lyrics by tim rice
Elton's solo version is unreleased
We all lead such elaborate lives
Wild ambitions in our sights
How an affair of the heart survives
Days apart and hurried nights
Seems quite unbelievable to me
I don't want to live like that
Seems quite unbelievable to me
I don't want to love like that
I just want our time to be slower and gentler, wiser, free
We all live in extravagant times
Playing games we can't all win
Unintended emotional crimes
Take some out, take others in
I'm so tired of all we're going through
I don't want to live like that
I'm so tired of all we're going through
I don't want to love like that
I just want to be with you now and forever, peaceful, true
I wish i had the courage
To tell you face to face
But i could wait forever
For the perfect time and place
We all live such elaborate lives
We don't know whose words are true
Strangers, lovers, husbands, wives
Hard to know whose loving who
Too many choices tear us apart
I don't want to live like that
Too many choices tear us apart
I don't want to love like that
I just want to touch your heart, may this confession be the start
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94. _ Get Out (of This Town)
Music by elton john
Never released
[instrumental]
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95. _ Billy's Bag
Music by ??
Produced by chris thomas
Recorded 1969 at emi studios, abbey road
Never released (the bread and beer band)
[instrumental]
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96. _ Going Home
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97. _ I Heard It Through The Grapevine [live]
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98. _ Love Is A Cannibal
Written by elton john and davey johnstone
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Released as a uk b-side in 1989
We follow the dog who follows the cat
We swallow the chain if they don't fight back
We come and go, just getting by
We got a flag on the moon, we got a hole in the sky
And each man kills the things he loves
It's an edible romance we all dream of
Amd love eats love, eats love
Love is a cannibal
Woman is a criminal
She have the hunger
But man is the animal
And love eats love, eats love
Love is a cannibal
We live in the woods but we hate the trees
We kill off the jungle but we save the leaves
The family face is painted grey
They did it for the baby and the wedding day
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99. _ Marching In Milan
Written by elton john
Never released, recorded for versace fashion show, paris 1995
And then there were uniforms
We're marching in milan
We're marching in milan
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100. _ The Tide Will Turn For Rebecca
Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Never released
Can you hear the floorboards crying
In a room on the second floor
That used to be owned by someone who's no one
But he don't live there anymore
Only rebecca clasping her head in her knees
Trying to work out what it's about
And why someone had to leave
But dry up your tears
Stop counting the years
Don't worry what's coming
Forget all your fears
And the tide will turn for rebecca
And the tide will turn for rebecca
Her life will change
Her hopes rearrange
Into something that might really matter
She's all alone in a world of her own
With a key that fits her lonely world
You won't need a crowd to shout out aloud
What she says deserves to be heard
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101. _ There Is Still A Little Love
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
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102. _ Don't Forget To Remember
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103. _ Flames Of Paradise
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
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104. _ Just An Ordinary Man
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105. _ Way To Blue
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
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106. _ Medicine Man
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
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107. _ Quick Joey Small
Music by ??
Produced by chris thomas
Recorded 1969 at emi studios, abbey road
Never released (the bread and beer band)
[instrumental]
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108. _ Sweet Honesty
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109. _ Can't Get Over Getting Over Losing You
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
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110. _ Into The Jungle
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
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111. _ Velvet Fountain
Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Never released
Do you believe in faeries
For the children's rhymes are in my mind
Seen through the colours of my eyes
A rainbow in the sky
With the flowers of seed
Taken by the beautiful people who have gone
Where have they gone
Where have they all gone
They're throwing coins in a velvet fountain
Wishing on stars and floating on air
Can somebody catch me if i __________ stranger
And the mystery beleives me a velvet fountain
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112. _ Zorba The Greek
Music by ??
Produced by chris thomas
Recorded 1969 at emi studios, abbey road
Never released (the bread and beer band)
[instrumental]
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113. _ But Not For Me
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
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114. _ The Girl On Angel Pavement
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115. _ You'll Be Sorry To See Me Go
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
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116. _ Angel Tree
Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Never released
The angel tree has grown so high
And its roots are planted deep
Never climb that willow
'cause its trunk is awful steep
Yeah the trunk is awful steep
Seven miles south of the city
Way on a windy hill
The whistling branches of the angel tree
Are calm at the evening still
Magical ___________________
As the leaves are _______________
And strange things happen to people
Who go on to the windy hill
__________down here
Had gone up to there
And rested underneath her bough
They slept long, what is wrong
They never woke up again
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117. _ Every Day (i Have The Blues)
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118. _ I'm Going Home
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119. _ Sitting Doing Nothing
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
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120. _ The Flowers Will Never Die
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
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121. _ Les Aveux
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122. _ Saved By The Bell
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123. _ The Man Who Never Died
Written by elton john
Released as a uk b-side in 1985
[instrumental]
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124. _ Just A Little Bit
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125. _ Rope Around A Fool
Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Released as a uk b-side in 1988
I don't make the rules around here
A tear starts at the edge
It takes two hands to rip it
It takes a lot more than either one of us has said
But i come from indecision
A place you ain't never been
Living in the state of confusion
On a map that runs like the veins under your skin
We got miss communication kicking out the stool
We got mass determination making up the rules
But saving us is something that we can't do
And it's easier sometimes to throw a rope around a fool
And love is just another means
By which we hang ourselves
It takes two to execute
One to leave with innocence and one to leave with guilt
But i just see no reality
Just shades drawn on remorse
We've whipped this beast beyond the limit
Staggered out of breath along this course
It's easier to lose a rope around a fool
Easier sometimes to throw a rope around a fool
A ring of your indifference thrown anywhere you choose
Easier sometimes to throw a rope around a fool
Rope around a fool
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126. _ Thank You Mama
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127. _ When I Was Tealby Abbey
Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Never released
I'm very low but not too dim
I can still see the faces of you and him
I remember well how it used to be
You remember too obviously
Remember when, remember when i was tealby abbey then
It was not so long ago maybe a hundred years or so
When i was tealby abbey
That's a long long time ago
When i was tealby abbey
That's a long long time ago
When the clock stopped and the rocks dropped
And the gravel started giving away
I can still recall when we were small
But oh what a fateful day
In younger times, children climb
Up and down your walls
And a curse on the day the fates will say
When tealby abbey falls
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128. _ Ducktail Jiver
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
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129. _ Sing Me No Sad Songs
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
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130. _ The Man Who Loved To Dance
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131. _ Another Pyramid
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
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132. _ Building A Bird
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133. _ Digging My Grave
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134. _ Supercool
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135. _ The Last Good Man In My Life
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
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136. _ Enchantment Passing Through
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
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137. _ Flintstone Boy
Written by elton john
Released as a uk b-side in 1978
Please don't talk about the flintstone boy
He's alright with me
Please don't talk about the flintstone boy
He's alright with me
Please don't worry about the flintstone boy
He got trouble but he ain't got joy
Please don't talk about the flintstone boy
Please don't talk about the flintstone boy
Don't you worry, he's alright with me, oh yeah, oh yeah
Please don't worry about the flintstone boy
He's alright with me
Please don't worry about the flintstone boy
He's alright with me
Please don't talk about the flintstone boy
He got trouble and he ain't got joy
Please don't worry about the flintstone boy
Please don't worry about the flintstone boy
Don't you worry, he's alright with me, oh yeah, oh yeah
Well joey had a lover but he had to run for cover
When someone told a lie
Jo jo his lover, he'd been cheating on him
Shouldn't he know why
Joey had a lover but he had to run for cover
When someone let him down
Jo jo his lover, he'd been cheating on him
He'd been messing around
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138. _ Take Me Down To The Ocean
Music by elton john
Lyrics by gary osborne
Released as a uk b-side in 1982
Take me down to the water
Take me back to the source
Call the meeting to order
And let it run its course
Take me back to my childhood
When i was so alone
Let me feel like a child would
Looking out across the great unknown
Take me down to the ocean
Take me down to the sea
Set the feeling in motion
Forget the tied up time and let my spirit free
Take away the illusion
Of the man, of the king
Help me lose the confusion
So i can breathe again
Take me down to the ocean
Take me down to the sea
Set the feeling in motion
So you can just be you and i can just be me
That's how i need to be
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139. _ A Little Love Goes A Long Long Way
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140. _ A Simple Man
Music by elton john
Lyrics by gary osborne
Released as a uk b-side in 1984
I'm a simple man with a simple dream
In a far from simple time
And i payed the price of the road i chose
But at least the choice was mine
And the times i get the feeling
That the journey's end is near
But i prefer to die with my head held high
Than to live my life in fear
I'm a simple man from a time gone by
Growing cold and old alone
There's a time to run and a time to hide
And a time to head for home
To forgive and be forgiven
If it's the last thing i can do
Then in death's release i may find the peace
That in life i never knew
'cause i'm a simple man with a simple dream
I may never see come true
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141. _ Blue Bottle Blues
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142. _ Breakdown Blues
Music by reg dwight, caleb quaye, bernie calvert, and roger pope
Released as a b-side by the bread and beer band in february, 1969
[instrumental]
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143. _ Conquer The Sun
Music by elton john
Lyrics by gary osborne
Released as a uk b-side in 1980
The night we met, we stood
Divided by defenses as old as time
But love has found a way
To bring me to your senses and you to mine
So we meet in the cloak of evening
And we try to go on believing
Two different worlds can still be one
You and me, you and me, you and me, we can conquer the sun
The night we met, we knew
What love would soon be leading us to do
And so it goes, and now
When wanting turns to needing, i turn to you
And it's hard to go on deceiving
But we have to go on believing
That someday our love will overcome
You and me, you and me, you and me, we can conquer the sun
As i lie here and feel you breathing
It's not hard to keep on believing
That someday our love will overcome
You and me, you and me, you and me, we can conquer the sun
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144. _ Empty Hands
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145. _ Hey Papa Legba
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
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146. _ If I Asked You
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147. _ She Sings Rock And Roll
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148. _ Some Other World
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
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149. _ When The First Tear Shows
Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Never released
Hold my hand girl much tighter, much much tighter
'cause what i've got to say i only hope and pray
Comes out as well as i rehearsed it yesterday
And baby when the first tear shows
It's a sign for you to go
And baby when the first tear shows
It's a sign for you to go and leave her alone
With the broken dreams that she owns
It's a crime for me to tell you
It's a sin for me to stay
And i'll never look behind me
When i start to walk away
Firl i'm sorry but it's all that i can say
You know that i used to love you so
Enjoy every moment together
Well i'm not the kind of man
To forever hold your hand
And i've said as much as i should say
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150. _ 71-75 New Oxford Street
Music by elton john
Never released
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151. _ Lord Of The Flies
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
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152. _ Smile That Smile
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153. _ Amneris' Letter
Music by elton john
Lyrics by tim rice
Elton's solo version is unreleased
I'm sorry for everything i've said
And for anything i forgot to say too
When things get so complicated
I stumble, at best, muddle through
I wish that our lives could be simple
I don't want the world, only you
I wish i could tell you this face to face
But there's never the time, never the place
So this letter will have to do
I love you
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154. _ Je Veux De La Tendresse
Written by jean-paul dreau
Released as a b-side in 1983, and on the french album the fox
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155. _ Love Is Here To Stay
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
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156. _ Mr. Lighting Strikerman
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157. _ Big Man In A Little Suit
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
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158. _ I Know Why I'm In Love
Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Released as a b-side in 1997
I wake up and i look at the clock
In the middle of the night my heart stops
When i see you in the moonlight
I know why i'm in love
Peace will come i promise you
I wish you success in all you do
And when i think about the rest
I know why i'm in love
It's hard to find the kind of thing
You've searched for all your life
Someone bright and crazy
With a little soul inside
And looking at you fast asleep
I thank the stars above
And what more can i say
I've said it all in different ways
The bottom line, the simple facts are true
I know why i'm in love with you
I only hope you know i love you too
I kiss you and i melt inside
What you mean to me i can't describe
And if seeing is believing
You'd know why i'm in love
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159. _ I'm Ready (let's Have A Party)
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160. _ Say Hello To Mrs. Jones
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161. _ I Cry At Night
Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Released as a uk b-side in 1978
This house that i live in has no reason
This house that i sleep in has no purpose
It has a bed and a few old chairs
Three flights up, two flights of stairs
But it has no reason
Then someone shot through the tyre swing
The dogs barked and bayed in the winter and spring
And the ivy that hung now sadly clings
To a dying season
And i cry at night when the lights go out
And the green eyes fuse and the full moon shouts
From road maps and red lines to lipstick lies
And when the lights go out it's tought to survive
This man holds a hand that shows a tremble
This man that i live in bears his faults
He has a heart and a well worn soul
Ten years a slave to rock and roll
But he has to tremble
For the yellow grass on the sun burnt lawn
Sleeps in her seeds from the sunset to dawn
And just like your love that's come and gone
It goes on breathing
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162. _ If You Could See Me Now
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163. _ The Day Is Done
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164. _ Annabella Umberella
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
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165. _ Baby I Miss You
Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Never released
Time goes by, it seems so long
But it was only days ago when things were going wrong
What happened to the love, to the love we knew
The days we shared were so short and so few
And baby i miss you
Baby i miss you
Remember when it didn't rain
Will i ever see the sun again
And baby i miss you
Baby i miss you
And i only wish that i could share your love again
I thought about leaving for some new place
Somewhere where i, i don't have to see your face
'cause seeing your face only brings me out in tears
Thinking of the love i've wasted all through the years
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166. _ Earn While You Learn
Written by elton john
Released as a uk b-side in 1983
[instrumental]
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167. _ Fools In Fashion
Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Released as a uk b-side in 1981
He's so sophisticated
In a critic's eye
He needs a change of habit
But then so do i
He's all zefferelli
In cool loose clothes
He needs to be rewired
He's plugged on overload
So crisp and new
Well it had to be
I guess he needs a change
From the likes of me
If he should lose some color
When he leaves the sun
I'm sure a little braggi
Wouldn't hurt no one
'cause when the fool's in fashion
He's attracting everyone
He'll be the head of your list
He'll be your dinner guest
If he's the center of attention
Looks like the fool's in fashion
You had your pound of flesh
You got the driver's seat
Well you can keep the car
But i'd like the meat
'cause there must be plenty
Down in the cutting room
It's so tough to suffer
When you want the moon
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168. _ Rolling Western Union
Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Never released
I've served upon this railroad for longer than i know
My father and his father did the same thing long ago
To keep the western union rolling down towards the sea
The benefits of this great line built for you and me
So rolling western union, you can roll on to the sea
Ten thousand miles of beatin' steel has made a man out of me
In every state i've driven home a rivet with my hands
Oh it's rolling western union rolling onward, onward through our land
It's friends of mine who died upon the building of this line
Irishmen and chinamen and some from the british isles
I've even seen the convicts come to work here for a while
Before the law caught up with them and sent them back to trial
I had a wife while on the job a hundred miles on back
She died in oklahoma and i laid her by the track
All that's left is a wooden cross upright on a mound
And every time the train rolls past, it rumbles in the ground
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169. _ Someone To Watch Over Me
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
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170. _ The Measure Of A Man
Written by alan menken
Available on the soundtrack rocky v
These battered hand are all you own
This broken heart has turned to stone
Go hang your glory on the wall
There comes a time when castles fall
And all that's left is shifting in the sand
You're out of time, you're out of place
Look at your face
That's the measure of a man
This coat that fits you like a glove
These dirty streets you learned to love
So welcome back my long lost friend
You've been to hell and back again
God alone knows how you crossed that span
Back on the beat, back to the start
Trust in your heart
That's the measure of a man
It's the fire in the eyes, the lines on the hand
It's the things you understand
Permanent ties from which you once ran
That's the measure of a man
You've come full cirlce, now you're home
Without the gold, without the chrome
And this is where you've always been
You had to lose so you could win
And rise above your troubles while you can
Now you can love, now you can lose
Now you can choose
That's the measure of a man
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171. _ Choc Ice Goes Mental
Written by lord choc ice
Released as a uk b-side in 1983
[instrumental]
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172. _ Needles And Pins
Music by ??
Produced by chris thomas
Recorded 1969 at emi studios, abbey road
Never released (the bread and beer band)
[instrumental]
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173. _ Taking The Sun From My Eyes
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
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174. _ Time Has Told Me
Written by nick drake
Recorded by elton john, but unreleased
Time has told me
You're a rare rare find
A troubled cure
For a troubled mind
And time has told me
Not to ask for more
Someday our ocean
Will find its shore
So i'll leave the ways that are making me be
What i really don't want to be
Leave the ways that are making me love
What i really don't want to love
Time has told me
You came with the dawn
A soul with no footprint
A rose with no thorn
Your tears they tell me
There's really no way
Of ending your troubles
With things you can say
And time will tell you
To stay by my side
To keep on trying
'till there's no more to hide
So leave the ways that are making you be
What you really don't want to be
Leave the ways that are making you love
What you really don't want to love
Time has told me
You're a rare rare find
A troubled cure
For a troubled mind
And time has told me
Not to ask for more
For some day our ocean
Will find its shore
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175. _ Since I Found You Baby
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176. _ A Slow Fade To Blue
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177. _ Coutryside Love Affair
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178. _ Through The Storm
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
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179. _ Watching The Planes Go By
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180. _ Chapel Of Love
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
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181. _ Dick Barton Theme
Music by ??
Recorded 2 december, 1968 at emi studios, abbey road
Released as single by the bread and beer band in february, 1969
[instrumental]
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182. _ Billy And The Kids
Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Released as a uk b-side in 1986
Nothing looks as bad
After staying up all night
And the cruel words that cut you down
I never meant to write
And what came out as anger
Oh was a lack of self control
Billy won't you hold me
Once before you go
Clever lies keep coming
Some men never change
I'm a hand that's raised in anger
The blow that causes pain
But i just can't be trusted
With a bottle and a child
Billy it's no wonder
You say i've never tried
Oh so leave me now
Oh don't turn around
It's the best thing you ever did
But it's hard for me to say goodbye
To billy and the kids
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183. _ Bonnie's Gone Away
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184. _ I Can't Go On Living Without You
Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Never released
I can't go on living without you, oh no
I once said i could go on without your love
I would be strong but things have changed and heaven's above
I know that i need you more than i did before
I can't go on living without you, oh no my love
I can't go on living without you, oh no my love
I can't go on living without you, oh no
If you could see the state i'm in you'd never know
That it was the same old me that told you to go
I've never been happy since i walked out on you
You know that i've missed you more than anything at all
If there's any way to get you back i'll try it
I won't deny it, i'm lonely for you girl
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185. _ Sweetheart On Parade
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
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186. _ Smokestack Children
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187. _ Year Of The Teddy Bear
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188. _ Since The Poet Came
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189. _ Dancing In The End Zone
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
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190. _ I Get A Little Bit Lonely
Written by reg dwight
Never released
Never thought i'd miss you
When you said goodbye
Never thought i'd see the day
That i break down and cry
Won't you come on back to me
Back where you belong
'cause i get a little bit lonely baby
Lonely and blue missing you
I get a little bit lonely baby
If you ever come back, gonna be true
Oh i know i hurt you
Couldn't you forgive
For i know without you
It's impossible to live
I want you back in my arms again
Back where you belong
Come on baby
Let's forgive and forget
And even though things are bad
I'm gonna get you yet
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191. _ I Loved A Man
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192. _ How I Know You
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
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193. _ I Want To See You Smile
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194. _ Stand By Your Man
Written by tammy wynette
Available on the tribute album tammy wynette remembered
Sometimes it's hard to be a woman
Giving all your love to just one man
Oh, you have bad times, and you have good times
Doing things that you don't understand
Hey, but if you love him, you'll forgive him
Even though he's hard to understand
And if you love him, be proud of him
'cause after all, he's just a man
Stand by your man
Give him two arms to cling to
And someone warm to come to
When nights are cold and lonely
Stand by your man
And show the world you love him
Keep giving all the love you can
Stand by your man
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195. _ Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever
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...
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196. _ The Best Of Both Worlds
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197. _ A Dandelion Dies In The Wind
Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Never released
See my eyes and i see my arms
The seagulls say you've gone
It was just a game of let's pretend
And i whistle to the waves that lend me tears
Purple clouds, golden rain
Yesterday has gone
And a dandelion dies in the wind
If you're quick enough to rise
With the sleep still in your eyes
You'll see the shadow of the sun above my mind
I know that only you can help me now
Purple clouds, golden rain
Yesterday has gone
And a dandelion dies in the wind
But a dandelion sighs
And it tries to tell the wind
That crying's not a bad thing
Worrying is a sin
If they sent a cloud from heaven
I would ride into the skies
To escape all of my troubles
And to cast away your lies
Purple rains have turn to gold
The clouds of yesterday
And a dandelion dies in the wind
I see my eyes and i see my arms
The seagulls say you've gone
It was just a game of let's pretend
And i whistle to the waves that lend me tears
Purple clouds, golden rain
Yesterday has gone
And a dandelion dies in the wind
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198. _ Candle In The Wind 1997
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
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199. _ Like Father Like Son
Music by elton john
Lyrics by tim rice
Elton's solo version is unreleased
Like father, like son
Like father, like son
Like father, like son
Don't come on so cocksure boy, you can't escape your genes
No point in feeling purer boy, your background intervenes
Listen good and listen straight, you're not the master of your fate
To this you must be reconciled, you'll always be your father's child
At times acclaimed, at times reviled
You'll wind up doing just what i've done
Like father, like son
Like father, like son
Don't assume your vices get handed down the line
That a parent's blood suffices to condemn the child's design
I've done wrong, i can't deny, but at least i know that i
Shouldn't blame that on my stock, this may come as quite a shock
But i'm no chip off any block, i wouldn't wish those words on anyone
Like father, like son
Like father, like son
Son, you're nervous, take my hand
All is settled, all is planned
You've got the world at your command
I don't think you understand
Just have the slave if you must, and be done with her
Don't ever speak of her like that again
I appreciate too well, the squalor at which you excel
It isn't very hard to tell, evil's a distinctive smell
From this day on i choose my own way
If i choose to be with aida, then i will be
And no one, not you, not even the gods can stop me
He's lost all sense of reason, and why? some foreign slut
Not only is that treason, some doors are slamming shut
Just like me, he's found that flesh can excite but will enmesh
Watch me rid him of this blight, once the harlot's out of sight
Then i think he will see the light
He won't walk back to daddy, he will run
Like father, like son
Like father, like son
Like father, like son
Like father, like son
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200. _ Thank You For All Your Loving
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
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201. _ There's Still Time For Me
Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Never released
Turn towards the neon night
And watch the spectre of the night time
Read the sign ____ killing time
And they can't see me, they can't see
Synthetic sounds around the town
Moaning bus queues all alone
Trying to find their own way home
Some are young and some are grown
There's still time for me
With just a little help from you
There's still time for me
There's still time for me
The mist of the city has soaken through my clothes
The people who were there before were only there to gloat
Synthetic sounds around the town
Moaning bus queues all alone
Trying to find their own way home
Some are young and some are grown
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202. _ Tell Me What The Doctor Said
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203. _ Fat Boys And Ugly Girls
Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Released as a b-side in 1992
Fat boys cry when ugly girls sing
About the way the world would be if they were thin
And ugly girls turn their heads when fat boys laugh
About the handsome kid next door who broke their heart
Who broke their heart
Broke their heart
And fat boys lie when ugly girls ask
About the size an apple pie looks through a magnifying glass
And ugly girls dream at night when fat boys sleep
About the way the mirrors lie when beauty's only skin deep
Beauty's only skin deep
Skin deep
But it's the fat boy's world for an ugly girl
And ugly girls love that fat boy joy
Who needs the worries of a perfect world
Hear the early birds make that spring time come
When a fat boy falls in love with an ugly girl
When a fat boy falls in love with an ugly girl
Fat boys dance when ugly girls shout
That a waltz is not the dance for the boy who's stout
And ugly girls dream at night when fat boys sleep
About the way the mirrors lie when beauty's only skin deep
Beauty's only skin deep
Skin deep
Fat boys and ugly girls
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204. _ From Denver To L.a.
Written by francis lai and hal sharper
Released as a us single in 1970
Issued on "the games" soundtrack
If i say goodbye it'll grieve you
Denver means the whole world to you
Girl it breaks me up just to leave you
But i got things that i gotta do
Got to take my guitar
With one break i'm a star
Girl i'll love you forever more
But today i've got to make my way
From denver to l.a.
Girl i know that you'll make me stay
But today i've got to make my way
From denver to l.a.
There's a whole new life to be led there
That's the place that i gotta be
Guys are making mountains of bread there
Reckon it could happen to me
Lots of guys make the grade
Just one break and i may
And i'll bring it on home
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205. _ All The Way Down To El Paso
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206. _ If I Were A Carpenter
Music by ??
Produced by chris thomas
Recorded 1969 at emi studios, abbey road
Never released (the bread and beer band)
[instrumental]
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