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 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

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

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

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

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


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


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


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


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

Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Never released

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

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


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


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


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

Music by elton john
Lyrics by 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

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

[instrumental]

Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Never released


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

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


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


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


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

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

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 bernie taupin
Released as a uk b-side in 1980

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

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


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


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

Written by ??
Never released


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

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


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


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


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

Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
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


________________....

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 ??
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

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

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

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

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

[instrumental]

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

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 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

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

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

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

Written by elton john and caleb quaye
Never released

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

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


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


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


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

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


[instrumental]

Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Never released

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

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


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


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


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


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

Written by ??
Never released

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

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


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


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


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

Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Never released

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

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


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

Music by elton john
Lyrics by 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
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

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

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

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


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


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


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


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

Written by adrien avon and demon spiro
Never released

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

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


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


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

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

[instrumental]

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

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

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

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 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 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

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


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

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


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


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


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


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


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


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


That's what loving you (loving you)


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


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


Loving you
Loving you is sweeter than ever...

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

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

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


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


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


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


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

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]