unknown

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

Music by elton john
Never released

[instrumental]

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

Music by elton john
Never released

[instrumental]

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


[instrumental]

Music by elton john
Lyrics by 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


[instrumental]

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

Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Never released


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

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


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


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


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

Never released

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

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


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


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


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

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

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

Music by elton john
Never released

[instrumental]

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

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

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


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


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


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


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

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


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

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


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


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

Music by 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

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

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

[instrumental]

Music by elton john
Never released


[instrumental]

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

[instrumental]

Written by elton john
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

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

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

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

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


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


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


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


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


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

Written by elton john and caleb quaye
Never released

I 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

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

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

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


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


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


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


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


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


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

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

[instrumental]

Written by elton john
Released as a uk b-side in 1985


[instrumental]

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

Written by ??
Never released

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

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


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


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


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

Music by reg dwight, caleb quaye, bernie calvert, and roger pope
Released as a b-side by the bread and beer band in february, 1969

[instrumental]

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

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

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

Music by elton john
Never released

[instrumental]

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

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

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

J'ai trop r

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

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

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


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


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


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


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


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


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

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

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

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

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

[instrumental]

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

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


[instrumental]

Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Never released


I'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

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

[instrumental]

Music by elton john
Lyrics by 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

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

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

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


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

Music by 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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


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


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


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

Written by elton john and caleb quaye
Never released

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

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


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


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


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

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

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


[instrumental]