Amoreena

On Tumbleweed Connection. Taupin suggested that Ray Williams, an early manager, name his future daughter Amoreena. He did, and Taupin wrote the song using her name. He described it as a "bawdy love song." Later, the song opened the movie Dog Day Afternoon. Despite the Williams connection, "Amoreena" is an obvious nod to the 1969 Joe Cocker hit "Delta Lady," written by Leon Russell. Both songs paint lyrical images of a lusty country girl in a pastoral setting.
== Lyrics: ==
Lately I've been thinking how much I miss my lady
Amoreena's in the cornfield brightening the daybreak
Living like a lusty flower, running through the grass for hours
Rolling through the hay like a puppy child
chorus:
And when it rains the rain falls down
Washing out the cattle town
And she's far away somewhere in her eiderdown
And she dreams of crystal streams
Of days gone by when we would lean
Laughing fit to burst upon each other
I can see you sitting eating apples in the evening
The fruit juice flowing slowly, slowly, slowly
Down the bronze of your body
Living like a lusty flower, running through the grass for hours
Rolling through the hay like a puppy child
(repeat chorus)
Oh if only I could nestle in the cradle of your cabin
My arms around your shoulders, the windows wide and open
While the swallow and the sycamore are playing in the valley
Oh I miss you Amoreena like a king bee misses honey
(repeat chorus)
(repeat chorus)
Lately I've been thinking how much I miss my lady
Amoreena's in the cornfield brightening the daybreak
Living like a lusty flower, running through the grass for hours
Rolling through the hay like a puppy child