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Bobby Goes Electric

Unreleased. An outtake from *21 At 33*. A Bob Dylan tribute.

## Lyrics:

It might have been Ibiza
But it could have been the coast of Spain
On a clapped-out continental radio
I thought I heard his name
But I was just another hippie then
With my copy of Rolling Stone
In a kickback full of hashish
That I was trying to smuggle home

chorus:

And where were you
When you knew
Where were you
When you heard
The day that Bobby went electric
How did you receive the word

There was years of independence
Put a meaning on the words "hard rain"
In a rundown beachfront arcade I heard
How the times have changed

I was thrown in jail in Tangiers
With a couple from Montreal
Who'd been working their way to London
To see the plug-in at the Albert Hall

(repeat chorus)

(repeat chorus)

The day that Bobby went electric
I was struggling through my teens
And when he plugged in up at Newport
I was caught up in a dream

(repeat chorus)

(repeat chorus)
Little Jeannie

On 21 At 33. Single released in May 1980. Peaked at #3. His first hit of the 1980s.

## Lyrics:

Oh little Jeannie, you got so much love, little Jeannie
And you take it where it strikes and give it to the likes of me
Oh little Jeannie, she got so much love, little Jeannie
So I see you when I can, you make me all a man can be

And I want you to be my acrobat, I want you to be my lover
Oh there were others who would treat you cruel
And oh little Jeannie, you were always someone's fool

Little Jeannie, you got so much time, little Jeannie
Though you've grown beyond your years, you still retain the fears of youth
Oh little Jeannie, you got so much time, little Jeannie
But you're burning it up so fast, searching for some lasting truth

And I want you to be my acrobat, I want you to be my lover
Oh there were others who would treat you cruel
But oh Jeannie, I will always be your fool

And I want you to be my acrobat, I want you to be my lover
Oh there were others, and I've known quite a few
But oh oh Jeannie, I'm still in love with you

Stepped into my life from a bad dream
Making the life that I had seem suddenly shiny and new
Oh Jeannie I'm so in love with you
Stepped into my life from a bad dream
Boogie Pilgrim

On *Blue Moves*.

## Lyrics:

Crime in the streets
I read about it everyday in the papers
Justice needs and justice wants
But just in times, yes, too late here
Feels like I wasn't born there
I feel just like a Boogie Pilgrim

Boogie Pilgrim
Hustled to get it
To get it together
Down on the jive talk
Down on the weather
Boogie Pilgrim
Brother I never felt better
No, I never felt better

Low life's complete
When you've lived that way out on the sidewalk
(Walking on the sidewalk everyday)
I got the speed if you got the need
But the need in me needs nothing
(But you know that I need nothing)
But I know that you all want something
Just like Boogie Pilgrim
Angeline

On *Leather Jackets*.

## Lyrics:

Well I'm work shy, I'm wild-eyed
So shut that door when the baby cries
And keep me well fed, give me warm bread
Lay my body on a feather bed
And spoil me, Angeline
Get to work when the whistle screams, Angeline

Maybe someday, some way
Somewhere in the future there's more pay
Give me more cash, bring me sour mash
Peel me a grape and fetch my stash
And bite me, Angeline
Let me use you like a sex machine, Angeline

You've got to swing that hammer, punch that card
Angeline I love you when you work so hard
Swing that hammer and sew my jeans
Angeline just loves it when I treat her mean

Well I talk tough, I act rough
Lay still honey I can't get enough
And keep your nose clean, let me be
On your knees when you speak to me
And trust me, Angeline
And talk real dirty and I'll make you scream Angeline
White Lady, White Powder

On *21 At 33*. The song is about cocaine.

## Lyrics:

Dust settles on a thin cloud
Sends a fog drifting to a worn out crowd
I've had my face in a mirror for twenty four hours
Staring at a line of white powder

High-priced madness pays the tab
I've scraped too much of nothing from your plastic bag
I'm a catatonic son of a bitch who's had
A touch too much of white powder

And she's a habit I can't handle
For a reason I can't say
I'm in love with a wild white lady
She's as sweet as the stories say
White powder white lady
You're one and the same
Come on down to my house won't you
And hit this boy again

Shock waves to a tired brain
Sends that hungry lady to my door again
She's my shelter from the storm when I feel the rain
Entertaining white powder

I feel I'm dry-docked and tongue-tied
Heaven sends a stretcher for the kids to ride
I might just escape while the others might die
Riding on a high of white powder
Whispers

On *Sleeping With The Past*. Like the entire album, it served as a tribute to favorite rock-soul artists, in this case Jackie Wilson and his 1966 hit "Whispers (Getting Louder)."

## Lyrics:

Look at me twice with wildcat eyes
Promise me everything except a blue night
Shudder like ice in cut crystal glass
Melt in embraces of crazy eyed past
And whisper, whisper, whispering whispers

Tantamount to a lie with lingering breath
Walking fingers run, hungry scratches left
Dull chimes ringing like an empty voice
A distant smile framed, her lips are soft and moist
With whispers, whispers, whispering whispers

And whisper in a rhythm your lies
Keep comfort for others
Hurt me with the night
Whisper like cold winds close to the bone
Save heaven for lovers, leave me alone
With your whispers, whispers, whispering whispers

With whispers, whispers, whispering whispers
Feed Me

On *Rock Of The Westies*. Taupin ponders drug addiction.

## Lyrics:

Don't close the shades
I'm scared of the darkness
I'm cold as a razor blade
Inches from madness

Don't let me sleep here
They're all trying to kill me
I've seen the walls moving
They've all heard me screaming, screaming

chorus:

Feed me
Feed my needs and then just leave me
Let me go back where you found me
'Cause I miss my basement
The sweet smell of new paint
The warmth and the comforts of home
So feed me
Give me my treatment and free me
My arms are so hungry so feed me

The room's so distorted
And filled with mad shadows
I feel like a carcass
White like a marrow bone

It all seems so long ago
I remember them laughing
I heard the ambulance scream
I saw the red light flashing, flashing

(repeat chorus)
Spotlight

On *Victim Of Love*.

## Lyrics (Pete Bellotte):

chorus:

Night life, hot spot light
I've gotta make them dance tonight
Night life, hot spot light
I really want to shine tonight
Night life, hot spot light
I gotta steal a heart tonight
Night life, hot spot light
I'll show them how to dance tonight

I know that the competition's heavy
I know that these guys are cool
But I'll show this kid is more than ready
I sure got something to prove

Right now I'm just another guy
I don't mean nothing to them
but when they see me dance
When they see me dance

(repeat chorus)

Right now the music's moving higher
I feel them stepping up the beat
These shoes will set the floor on fire
Everybody on your feet

You thought that you'd seen the best
Well I can tell you, forget the rest
When you see me dance
When you see me dance

(repeat chorus)

(repeat chorus)
Lord Of The Flies

An outtake from *Leather Jackets*. A Dixie-flavored English B-side to "Slow Rivers."

## Lyrics:

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
High-Flying Bird

On *Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only The Piano Player*. A musical bow to Van Morrison.

The best song on the album was never a single. "High Flying Bird," with its anthemic melody, was Bernie's favorite and, unlike "Crocodile Rock" and "Daniel," has not been overexposed on radio and stage. It's "a cross between Crosby, Stills & Nash and Irma Franklin," Elton said. Bernie's lover, his "high-flying bird" who "has flown from out of my arms" mistakes affection for control: "She thought I meant her harm / She thought I was the archer. Continuing in the avian mode, Elton also recorded a beautiful, and superior, version of one of his earliest songs, "Skyline Pigeon," that can be found as a bonus track on the CD reissue. (Buckley)

## Lyrics:

You wore a little cross of gold around your neck
I saw it as you flew between my reason
Like a raven in the night time when you left
I wear a chain upon my wrist that bears no name
You touched it and you wore it
And you kept it in your pillow all the same

My high-flying bird has flown from out my arms
I thought myself her keeper
She thought I meant her harm
She thought I was the archer
A weather man of words
But I could never shoot down
My high-flying bird

The white walls of your dressing room are stained in scarlet red
You bled upon the cold stone like a young man
In the foreign field of death
Wouldn't it be wonderful is all I heard you say
You never closed your eyes at night and learned to love daylight
Instead you moved away

## Musicians:

* Music: Elton John
* Lyrics: Bernie Taupin
* Piano: Elton John
* Vocals: Elton John
* Bass: Dee Murray
* Drums: Nigel Olsson
* Leslie Guitar: Davey Johnstone
* Acoustic Guitar: Davey Johnstone
* Backing Vocals: Davey Johnstone
* Backing Vocals: Dee Murray
* Backing Vocals: Nigel Olsson
Pinky

On *Caribou*.

## Lyrics:

I don't want to wake you
But I'd like to tell you that I love you
That the candlelight fell like a crescent
Upon your feather pillow

For there's more ways than one
And the ways of the world are a blessing
For when Pinky's dreaming
She owes the world nothing
And her silence keeps us guessing

Pinky's as perfect as the Fourth of July
Quilted and timeless, seldom denied
The trial and the error of my master plan
Now she rolls like the dice in a poor gambler's hands

You don't want to tell me
But somehow you've guessed that I know
Oh when dawn came this morning
You discovered a feeling that burned like a flame in your soul

For there's toast and honey
And there's breakfast in bed on a tray
Oh it's ten below zero
And we're about to abandon our plans for the day
Sweetheart On Parade

Unreleased by Elton. A song demo reveals strong vocals by Elton. it rates among the best of the John-Osborne ballads. It appeared first as "Hero On Parade" on a 1982 Albert Hammond album. Hammon adapted the song, which was written from a woman's viewpoint. The song may have been intended for Kiki Dee. Her 1981 album, *Perfect Timing*, featured other John-Osborne songs. Judy Collins later released it.
Legal Boys

On *Jump Up!* Tim Rice, who co-wrote *Jesus Christ Superstar*, contributed the lyrics. Elton composed a melody -- even recorded a harpsichord instrumental version of the song -- and then received Rice's lyrics in the mail. Fittingly, the words have a theatrical feel. (A-Z)

Another strong cut was "Legal Boys," Elton's first collaboration with one of the world's most successful lyricists, Tim Rice. "It was originally written for something I was going to do with Andrew [Lloyd Webber] for *Tell Me On A Sunday*," says Sir Tim, "but then Andrew decided to do it with the lyricist Don Black and the singer Marti Webb. I was left with this lyric and I knew that Elton liked lyrics first, so I sent it to him. To my amazement, he did it." The song was a sad story of a divorce, with legal language inserted into a salutary tale of what happens when love lost turns into financial gain for the legal profession: "It says something for the legal boys / But nothing much for us / That all we had together / Is so quickly ended thus." (Buckley)

## Lyrics (Tim Rice):

Your accountant called this morning /
There was springtime in his heart /
He couldn't wait to tell me /
How he'd pulled our lives apart /
And the letter from your lawyer /
Lies unopened on the tray /
I may get around to reading it later today

Walking round the lonely rooms /
I see everything the same /
But suddenly it matters /
What was purchased in my name /
Whether this or that was paid for /
Belongs to me or you /
Can the seven years together be divided by two

It says something for the legal boys /
But nothing much for us /
That all we had together /
Is so quickly ended thus /
The legal boys have won again /
And you and I have lost /
They can't tell us how it happened /
But they'll let us know the cost /
Oh they'll let us know the cost, oh yeah

There's a lot I'd like to tell you /
But I can't get past your guards /
I do not speak their language /
And they hold all the cards /
I would rather call you darling /
Than defendant in the case /
But lovers left here long ago /
And clients took their place

***©1982 Big Pig Music Limited***

## Musicians

* Music: Elton John
* Lyrics: Tim Rice
* Vocals: Elton John
* Piano: Elton John
* Bass: Dee Murray
* String Arrangements: James Newton Howard
* Synthesizers: James Newton Howard
* Drums: Jeffrey Porcaro
* Guitars: Richie Zito
* Backing Vocals: Gary Osbourne
* Backing Vocals: Dee Murray
Medley (Yell Help, Wednesday Night, Ugly)

On *Rock Of The Westies*. The song sounds inspired by the 1974 Little Feat release, "Tripe Face Boogie," which appeared on *Feets Don't Fail Me Now*, one of Elton's favorite albums at the time.

## Lyrics (Bernie Taupin):

Yell help, too many cooks and a bird in the bush, yell help
Yell help, if your mirror busts and your cat gets cussed, yell help
`Cause down the road you find someone else who's looking
Down the road you find another sweet lady cooking
So I gotta yell help

Yell help, some shelter from the storm like the travel agent warned
Yell help, if you can help your superstitions they gonna keep you warm
`Cause down the road you find someone else who's looking
Down the road you seen another sweet lady cooking
So I gotta yell help

I wish tonight wasn't Wednesday night
I wish it wasn't the thirteenth of July, yell help
And you're looking at the guy whose eyes can't deny
That he wishes he were somewhere else tonight

Well I met this woman down in New Orleans
Lord she built just like a dream
Even wore stockings that had seams
And she was ugly

Now hell I don't mind women of her kind
I'll even pay sometimes for a woman that's ugly

She built like a steamroller
Just the kind to mow you over anytime
Hey the moment might arrive

On Bourbon Street
Well the ugliest woman you'll ever meet
But she's mine all mine and she's ugly
So I better yell help
Sweat It Out

On *The One*.

## Lyrics:

No ceiling on hard living
Peace keepers keep on breathing
Can't deny eye for eye
It's open season
Dictate to my reason
She devils ruling Britain
Hey girl stick it in your purse
Call it treason

Band aids on dead doorways
No heroes in the Bat Cave
Don't give me Tears For Fears
Give me tears of rage
Fires burn with black smoke
Oil slicks put us on the ropes
Man it's hard to handle
When the bank's broke

Don't kow-tow, don't bow down
Loosen up, get the lead out
Backs up let them shout
Backs up sweat it out
When your back's up, sweat it out
Backs up, sweat it out

Hope froze in the cold weather
No ice on a greasy river
Liberty and John Doe
Stand and Shiver
War waits when the lines form
The baby sitter in a uniform
Knocking down your door
For your rice and corn
The Fox (1981)

1. Breaking Down Barriers
2. Heart In The Right Place
3. Just Like Belgium
4. Nobody Wins
5. Fascist Faces
6. Carla / Etude
7. Fanfare
8. Chloe
9. Heels Of The Wind
10. Elton's Song
11. The Fox

OUTTAKES:

* The Retreat
* Fools In Fashion
* The Man Who Never Died
* Can't Get Over, Getting Over Losing You
* Sweetheart On Parade
* Love So Cold
* Tortured
* Lonely Boy
A Single Man (1978)

1. Shine On Through
2. Return To Paradise
3. I Don't Care
4. Big Dipper
5. It Ain't Gonna Be Easy
6. Part-Time Love
7. Georgia
8. Shooting Star
9. Madness
10. Reverie
11. Song For Guy

OUTTAKES:

* Smile That Smile
* Trying Too
* Lovesick
* I Cry At Night
* Strangers
* Dreamboat
* Can't Get Over Getting Over Losing You
* Earn While You Learn
* Ego
* Flinstone Boy
* I'll Try
* Remember (I'm Still In Love With You)
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
Slave

On *Honky Chateau*. A faster version appeared on *Rare Masters*.

## Lyrics (Bernie Taupin):

There's a river running sweat right through our land, through our land
Driven by a man with a bullwhip in his hand, in his hand
And I've taken just as much as I can stand, I can stand
Oh we've got to free our brothers from their shackles if we can, if we can

Most nights I have to watch my woman cry, oh she cries
Every day I watch the colonel smile, oh he smiles
His painted ladies riding in from town, in from town
I swear one day I'm gonna burn that whore house to the ground, to the ground

chorus:

Slave, slave
To fight the violence we must be brave
Hold on strong to the love God gave
Slave

There's a rumour of a war that's yet to come, yet to come
That may free our families, free our families and our sons, and our sons
It may lay green lands to barren wastes, all the waste, all the waste
The price of release is a bitter blow to face, oh to face

(repeat chorus)

(repeat chorus)

(repeat chorus)

## Musicians:

* Lyrics: Bernie Taupin
* Music: Elton John
* Piano: Elton John
* Vocals: Elton John
* Bass Dee Murray
* Guitars: Davey Johnstone
* Banjo: Davey Johnstone
* Congas: Nigel Olsson
* Drums: Nigel Olsson
Gulliver

On *Empty Sky*. A lyrical ode to Taupin's childhood dog.

## Lyrics:

Gulliver's gone to the final command of his master
His watery eyes had washed all the hills with his laughter
And the seasons can change all the light from the grey to the dim
But the light in his eyes will see no more so bright
As the sheep that he locked in the pen

There's four feet of ground in front of the barn
That's sun baked and rain soaked and part of the farm
But now it lies empty so cold and so bare
Gulliver's gone but his memory lies there

By passing the doors of his life was a stage I remember
And in later years he would cease to bare teeth to a stranger
For sentiment touched him as Cyclamen holds him
And later men came from the town
Who said clear the child this won't take a while
And Gulliver's gone with the dawn
Son Of Your Father

On *Tumbleweed Connection*. The released version, a run-away rocker, differed from the demo, a slow, gospel-flavored ballad.

## Lyrics:

I'll catch the tramline in the morning
With your leave Van Bushell said
He had further heard the cock crow
As he stumbled out the shed

Well blind Joseph came towards him
With a shotgun in his arms
He said you'll pay me twenty dollars
Before you leave my farm

Van Bushell saw the hook
Which replaced Joseph's hand
He said now calm you down my brother
Let's discuss this man to man

It's no good you getting angry
We must try to act our age
You're pursuing your convictions
Like some hermit in a cage

chorus:

You're the son of your father
Try a little bit harder
Do for me as he would do for you
With blood and water, bricks and mortar
He built for you a home
You're the son of your father
So treat me as your own

Well slowly Joseph well he lowered the rifle
And he emptied out the shells
Van Bushell, he came towards him
He shook his arm and wished him well

He said now hey blind man that is fine
But I sure can't waste my time
So move aside and let me go my way
I've got a train to ride

Well Joseph turned around
His grin was now a frown
He said now let me just refresh your mind
Your manners boy seem hard to find

(repeat chorus)

Well there's two men lying dead as nails
On an East Virginia farm
For charity's an argument
That only leads to harm

So be careful when they're kind to you
Don't you end up in the dirt
Just remember what I'm saying to you
And you likely won't get hurt

(repeat chorus)
Medal of honor

The medal of honour was given to Julius Solway by the president during the Korean War.

Before Chase Ambrose fell off his roof he had stolen Julius Solway's medal of honour. Him and his friends, Aaron Hakimian and Bear Bratsky were planning to sell it and split the 3 ways. Chase Ambrose took it out of a box in Mr. Solway’s closet. However, when Chase Ambrose was attempting to hide it behind his neighbour’s painting, he fell off of his roof and that's where Restart begins. After around a year Chase remembers stealing it, he takes it out again, and gives it back to Mr. Solway. Soon after, Chase Ambrose saw that it looked newly polished.
Rotten Peaches

On *Madman Across The Water*.

## Lyrics:

We've moved on six miles from where we were yesterday
And yesterday is but a long long ways away
So we'll camp out tonight beneath the bright starlight
And forget rotten peaches and the places we've stayed

I left from the dockland two years ago now
Made my way over on the S.S. Marie
And I've always had trouble wherever I've settled
Rotten peaches are all that I see

chorus:

Rotten peaches rotting in the sun
Seems I've seen that devil fruit since the world begun
Mercy I'm a criminal, Jesus I'm the one
Rotten peaches rotting in the sun

(repeat chorus)

There ain't no green grass in a U.S. state prison
There is no one to hold when you're sick for your wife
And each day out you'll pick, you'll pick rotten peaches
You'll pick rotten peaches for the rest of your life

Oh I've had me my fill of cocaine and pills
For I lie in the light of the Lord
And my home is ten thousand, ten thousand miles away
And I guess I won't see it no more

(repeat chorus)

(repeat chorus)

La la la la laaa...
Blue Eyes

On *Jump Up!* Single released in July 1982. Peaked at #12. This Elton-Gary Osborne composition topped adult contemporary charts and cracked the top 10 in England, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Italy, Israel, and the Netherlands. Written with Frank Sinatra in mind, the track earned a Grammy nomination. The last song recorded for the album (on February 9, 1982), it was nearly abandoned after six takes because of the difficulty getting acceptable vocals. Elton sang in a lower-than-usual key and even contributed a phrase to the lyrics.
Ballad Of A Well-Known Gun

On *Tumbleweed Connection*.

## Lyrics (Bernie Taupin):

I pulled out my Stage Coach Times
And I read the latest news
I tapped my feet in dumb surprise
And of course I saw they knew
The Pinkertons pulled out my bags
And asked me for my name
I stuttered out my answer
And hung my head in shame

chorus:

Now they've found me
At last they've found me
It's hard to run
From a starving family
Now they've found me
Well I won't run
I'm tired of hearing
There goes a well-known gun

Now I've seen this chain gang
Lord I say let me see my priest
I couldn't have faced your desert sand
Old burning brown backed beast
The poor house they hit me for my kin
And claimed my crumbling walls
Now I know how Reno felt
When he ran from the law

(repeat chorus)

(repeat chorus)

(repeat chorus)

There goes a well-known gun...

## Musicians:

* Lyrics: Bernie Taupin
* Music: Elton John
* Piano: Elton John
* Vocals: Elton John
* Acoustic Guitar: Caleb Quaye
* Lead Guitar: Caleb Quaye
* Drums: Roger Pope
* Percussion: Roger Pope
* Bass: Dave Glover
* Backing Vocals: Dusty Springfield
* Backing Vocals: Madeline Bell
* Backing Vocals: Kay Garner
* Backing Vocals: Lesley Duncan
* Backing Vocals: Tony Hazzard
* Backing Vocals: Tony Burrows
Razor Face

On *Madman Across The Water*. Recorded on August 9, 1971.

## Lyrics (Bernie Taupin):

Has anybody here seen Razor Face
I heard he's back looking for a place to lay down
Must be getting on
Needs a man who's young to walk him around
Needs a man who's young to walk him around

Oh it must be hard for the likes of you to get by
In a world that you just can't see through
And it looks so cold
How does it feel to know you can't go home
How does it feel to know you can't go home

chorus:

Come on Razor Face my old friend
I'll meet you down by the truck stop inn
With a bottle of booze in the back of my car
You're a song on the lips of an aging star
Razor Face, oh amazing grace
Protects you like a glove
And I'll never learn the reason why
I love your Razor Face

Has anybody here seen Razor Face
I heard he's back looking for a place to lay down
Must be getting on
Needs a man who's young to walk him around
Needs a man who's young to walk him around

(repeat chorus)

Love your Razor Face...

## Musicians

* Lyrics: Bernie Taupin
* Music: Elton John
* Piano: Elton John
* Vocals: Elton John
* Drums: Roger Pope
* Bass: David Glover
* Electric Guitar: Caleb Quaye
* Organ: Rick Wakeman
* Accordion: Jack Emblow
Mellow

On *Honky Chateau*. Jean-Luc Ponty contributed electric violin. His solo was recorded on the first take.

## Lyrics:

Cool grass blowing up the pass
Don't you know I'm feeling mellow
I love your Roman nose, the way you curl your toes baby
Make me feel so mellow

It's the same old feeling I get when you're stealing
Back into my bed again
With the curtains closed and the window froze
By the rhythm of the rain

chorus:

You make me mellow, you make me mellow
Rocking smooth and slow
Mellow's the feeling that we get
Watching the coal fire glow

You make me mellow, I make you mellow
Wrecking the sheets real fine
Heaven knows what you sent me Lord
But God this is a mellow time

Going down to the stores in town
Getting all the things we need
Don't forget the beer my little dear
It helps to sow the mellow seed

And it can't be bad, all the love I've had
Coursing through my life
Down in the pass where the wind blows fast
And mellow's feeling right

(repeat chorus)

(repeat chorus)
Soul Glove

On *Ice On Fire*. It was originally recorded with a string section.

## Lyrics (Bernie Taupin):

You say today was not so easy
Pressure tends to get the best of you
Well don't let them break your spirit
Keep the faith and you will come on through

And I'll head home for the weekend
You're tired and you know I'll understand
Just be waiting on the front steps baby when I get there
And take a giant step into my hands

And slip into my soul glove
Pull it on we got a tight fit
Never take it off
And baby if the seam's rough
And honey if the skin's soft
You and me we go together
Oh like a soul glove

Look at me don't you believe me
Cheating hangs a noose around your neck
To shave in someone else's mirror
Is one desire I haven't dreamed of yet

But I'll head home for the weekend
You're tired and you know I'll understand
Just be waiting on the front steps baby when I get there
And take a giant step into my hands

## Musicians:

* Music: Elton John
* Lyrics: Bernie Taupin
* Piano: Elton John
* Vocals: Elton John
* Drums: Mel Gaynor
* Bass: Deon Estus
* Electric Guitar: Davey Johnstone
* Keyboards: Fred Mandel
* Tenor Sax: David Bitelli
* Trumpet: Paul Spong
* Trumpet: Raul D'Oliveira
* Trombone: Rick Taylor
* Bass Trombone: Rick Taylor
* Tenor Sax: Bob Sydor
* Conga: Frank Ricotti
* Tambourine: Frank Ricotti
* Shaker: Frank Ricotti
* String Arrangement: James Newton Howard
* Backing Vocals: Kiki Dee
* Backing Vocals: Kate Kissoon
* Backing Vocals: Pete Wingfield
* Backing Vocals: Alan Carvell
* Backing Vocals: Davey Johnstone
Have Mercy On The Criminal

On *Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only The Piano Player*.

## Lyrics:

Have you heard the dogs at night
Somewhere on the hill
Chasing some poor criminal
And I guess they're out to kill
Oh there must be shackles on his feet
And mother in his eyes
Stumbling through the devil-dark
With the hound pack in full cry

Have mercy on the criminal
Who is running from the law
Are you blind to the winds of change
Don't you hear him any more

Praying Lord you got to help me
I am never gonna sin again
Just take these chains from around my legs
Sweet Jesus I'll be your friend

Now have you ever seen the white teeth gleam
While you lie on a cold damp ground
You're taking in the face of a rifle butt
While the wardens hold you down

And you've never seen a friend in years
Oh it turns your heart to stone
You jump the walls and the dogs run free
And the grave's gonna be your home
Goodbye Marlon Brando

On *Reg Strikes Back*. It deals with tabloids and gossip.

## Lyrics:

Say goodbye to loneliness, say goodbye to Marlon Brando
Say goodbye to latitudes and the confusion that surrounds you
Say goodbye to misery, say goodbye to the morning news
Say goodbye to prime time and the fools that choose to view
Say goodbye to Wendy, say goodbye to Rhonda
Say goodbye to the Beach Boys from the Palisades to Kona

Say goodbye to Glasnost, say goodbye to Malathion
Say goodbye to the clowns in congress and the belt around Orion
Say goodbye to the tabloids, say goodbye to diet soda
Say goodbye to new age music from the Capa to the Coda
Say goodbye to gridlock, goodbye to Dolly's chest
Goodbye to the ozone layer if there's any of it left

Don't it make you wanna crawl back to the womb
Find a sanitarium rent yourself a room
This overload is edging me further out to sea
I need to put some distance between overkill and me, me

Say goodbye to Jackie Collins, say goodbye to illiterate fools
Goodbye to evangelists and geeks with power tools
Goodbye to statuettes, say goodbye to lists
Say goodbye to articles on who the senator kissed
Say goodbye to hair styles, goodbye to heaven's gate
Goodbye to Rocky Five, Six, Seven and Eight

## Musicians:

* Lyrics: Bernie Taupin
* Music: Elton John
* Keyboards: Elton John
* Vocals: Elton John
* Guitars: Davey Johnstone
* Synthesizer: Fred Mandel
* Drums: Charlie Morgan
* Bass: David Paton
* Backing Vocals: Dee Murray
* Backing Vocals: Davey Johnstone
* Backing Vocals: Nigel Olsson
* Tambourine: Ray Cooper
* Maracas: Ray Cooper
* Timbales: Ray Cooper
Candy By The Pound

On *Ice On Fire*. Inspired by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles.

## Lyrics:

Well I'm keeping off the streets since you came to town
Since you claimed my heart from the lost and found
I have said goodbye to my fooling around
Now you and me babe we got candy by the pound
You and me babe we got candy by the pound

Well I never knew it could feel so good
Be the king of the hill in my neighbourhood
Rain on my roof what a sweet sound
Oh with you underneath it's like candy by the pound
With you underneath it's like candy by the pound

You can tell everybody that this girl of mine
Is sweeter than the grapes hanging from the vine
Love like wine honey drinking till I drown
Keep it coming baby like candy by the pound

Oh no what's come over me
If I am dreaming then let me sleep
Oh wow I'm heaven bound
Love is getting sweeter than candy by the pound

Now I'm ducking in the alley of common sense
Hiding from the claws of my old girl friend
She's screaming murder beating my door down
While I'm right behind it I'm eating candy by the pound
I'm right behind it eating I'm candy by the pound
Hell

Unreleased. An outtake from *Made In England*.

## Lyrics:

Take a look around, there ain't no angels here
Just a big red moon all bloody and dirty
Coughing like a factory in the atmosphere

Take a happy face, stick it on the Middle East
There's a light switch broken
And a million fingers pointing at each other
For a minute's peace

Sweet talking baby Jane
She's a little golden tart
Looks like Cleopatra, acts like Joan Crawford
Rolling on a carpet with an ice pick in her heart

chorus:

And it's all or nothing
I feel like jumping
Where are my wings, what's my ETA
And I don't know all that is
Like the place where angels live
All I know is Hell is not below

See Joe Public hanging from a red-tipped noose
Trapped in a bottle, drowning with a genie
Waist-deep in wishes you can never use

At the last resort the geishas spread like flies
It's the moody black cloud all bitchy and muddy
Sticking to the ceiling like Gods on the night

Running in the river since she was only five years old
Only took a second as the windows shattered
Falling precious metal to suck out her soul

(repeat chorus)

(repeat chorus)
Act Of War

On *Ice On Fire*. Single released in July 1985. Failed to chart. Elton hoped to duet with Tina Turner on this hard-rocking number. But she disliked the song's mood, inspired, ironically, by her cover of "The 1984 Song." Instead, Elton teamed up with Millie Jackson, who contributed an energetic, Turner-like performance. Various extended versions of the song appeared on dance releases.
Religion

On *Too Low For Zero*.

## Lyrics (Bernie Taupin):

Well he could almost taste the money
But he was sitting in a den of thieves
Looking for the great awakening
Trying to find a way to leave
But that's when he got religion
And the light went on inside
He said somebody up there likes me
Now he's working for the holy guide

He got drunk but he don't remember
That he'd been drinking in a bar downtown
When he thought he heard a choir of angels
Singing in the Tiki Lounge
And that's when he got religion
From no salesman on TV
Just a tap on the shoulder in the parking lot
He still drinks but he does believe

Religion, you do the best you can
We all make the same mistakes
We're gonna wind up with the man

Religion, oh you do the best you can
We all make the same mistakes
We're gonna wind up with the man

She was silent as he paid her
But the thanks she got was next to none
And as her car pulled out of the motel
She felt the presence of someone
And that's when she got religion
In the front of a compact Ford
Just a gentle voice on the stereo
Now she's a working girl who loves the lord

## Musicians:

* Lyrics: Bernie Taupin
* Music: Elton John
Hymn 2000

On *Empty Sky*. In later years, Elton tried to disown the song, calling the lyrics "psychedelic rubbish" and the melody a "painful Dylan-type thing."

## Lyrics:

She chose the soft centre
And took it to bed with her mother
And the ideal confusion
Was just an illusion
To gain further news of her brother

And the comfort of mother
Was just an appeal for protection
For the cat from next door
Was found later at four
In surgical dissection

And I don't want to be
The son of any freak
Who for a chocolate centre
Can take you off the street

For soon they'll plough the desert
And God knows where I'll be
Collecting submarine numbers
On the main street of the sea

The Vicar is thicker
And I just can't see through to him
For his cardinal sings
A collection of hymns
And a collection of coins is made after

And who wrote the Bible
Was it Judas or Pilate
Well one cleans his hands
While the other one hangs
But still I continue to stand
Teacher I Need You

## Teacher I Need You

### Lyrics:

Bernie Taupin

On *Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only The Piano Player*. A tribute to Bobby Vee.

## Lyrics (Bernie Taupin):

I was sitting in the classroom
Trying to look intelligent
In case the teacher looked at me
She was long and she was lean
She's a middle-aged dream
And that lady means the whole world to me

It's a natural achievement
Conquering my homework
With her image pounding in my brain
She's an inspiration
For my graduation
And she helps to keep the classroom sane

Oh teacher I need you like a little child
You got something in you to drive a schoolboy wild
You give me education in the lovesick blues
Help me get straight come out and say
Teacher I, teacher I, teacher I, Teacher I need you

I have to write a letter
Tell about my feelings
Just to let her know the scene
Focus my attention
On some further education
In connection with the birdies and the bees

So I'm sitting in the classroom
I'm looking like a zombie
I'm waiting for the bell to ring
I've got John Wayne stances
I've got Erroll Flynn advances
And it doesn't mean a doggone thing

## Musicians:

* Music: Elton John
* Lyrics: Bernie Taupin
* Piano: Elton John
* Mellotron: Elton John
* Bass: Dee Murray
* Drums: Nigel Olsson
* Acoustic Guitar: Davey Johnstone
* Backing Vocals: Dee Murray
* Backing Vocals: Nigel Olsson
* Backing Vocals: Davey Johnstone
Breaking Down Barriers

On *The Fox*. Originally called "Free The People."

## Lyrics:

I recall how it used to be
In my younger days
I built a wall all around my heart
To keep the pain away
I built it tall and I built it wide
I left no room for doubt
Your love still found its way inside
And couldn't get back out

I'm breaking down the barriers
Making up my mind
I'm breaking down the barriers of time
I'm taking down the barriers
And loving what I find
I'm breaking down the barriers that lie
Between your love and mine

I guess you know you were not the first
You may not be the last
But you have shown me a better way
And now I'm learning fast
You gotta go where the feeling flows
I take it while it's hot
You gotta give if you wanna get
And I want all you got
Elton John (1970)

## Elton John (1970)

### Recorded

January 1970

1. Your Song
2. I Need You To Turn To
3. Take Me To The Pilot
4. No Shoe Strings On Louise
5. First Episode At Hienton
6. Sixty Years On
7. Border Song
8. The Greatest Discovery
9. The Cage
10. The King Must Die

OUTTAKES:

* All The Way Down To El Paso
* In The Morning
* Bad Side Of The Moon
* Into The Old Man's Shoes
* Ballad Of A Well-Known Gun
* Rock And Roll Madonna
* Big Circle Of Stone
* She Sings Rock And Roll
* Son Of Your Father
* Come Down In Time
* Talking Old Soldiers
* Country Comfort
* Thank You, Mama
* Grey Seal
* I'm Going Home
Conquer The Sun

An outtake from *21 At 33*. The B-side to "Little Jeannie."

## Lyrics:

The night we met, we stood
Divided by defenses as old as time
But love has found a way
To bring me to your senses and you to mine

So we meet in the cloak of evening
And we try to go on believing
Two different worlds can still be one
You and me, you and me, you and me, we can conquer the sun

The night we met, we knew
What love would soon be leading us to do
And so it goes, and now
When wanting turns to needing, I turn to you

And it's hard to go on deceiving
But we have to go on believing
That someday our love will overcome
You and me, you and me, you and me, we can conquer the sun

As I lie here and feel you breathing
It's not hard to keep on believing
That someday our love will overcome
You and me, you and me, you and me, we can conquer the sun
Passengers

On *Breaking Hearts*. A single cracked the top 5 in England.

## Lyrics (Bernie Taupin):

chorus:

Deny the passenger, who want to get on
Deny the passenger, who want to get on
Deny the passenger, who want to get on
Want to get on, want to get on
He want to get on, he want to get on
Want to get on, want to get on
He want to get on, he want to get on

To make a chain of fools
You need a matching pair
One hypocritical fool
And a crowd that's never there
There's anger in the silence
There's wheels upon the jail
A black train built of bones
On a copper rail

(repeat chorus)

Company conductor
You need the salt of tears
Falling on a ticket
That no one's used in years
Non-commercial native
It's tattooed in your veins
You're living in a blood bank
And riding on this train

(repeat chorus)

The spirit's free, but you always find
Passengers stand and wait in line
Someone in front and someone else behind
But passengers always wait in line

(repeat chorus)

## Musicians:

* Lyrics: Bernie Taupin
* Music: Elton John
* Music: Davey Johnstone
* Music: Phineas Mchize
* Vocals: Elton John
* Piano: Elton John
* Bass: Dee Murray
* Guitar: Davey Johnstone
* Drums: Nigel Olsson
Slow Rivers

On *Leather Jackets*. A duet with Cliff Richard, whose record sales in England put him in the company of Elvis Presley.

## Lyrics:

The weather man he looks confused
Shakes his fist at the sky like you used to do
But you don't remember things like that do you
The balance was uneven but I'm breaking through

Slow rivers run cold
Shallow waters never sank so low
I thought I'd drown and you'd never know
You're a slow river and you run so cold

The winter here don't believe in God
The bitter wind just bites through me like a wild dog
I still see your eyes tonight like headlights through the fog
But one foot in your door oh that's all I ever got

Chances are you'll reappear
Swim my way in a flood of tears
No place to hide your conscience so
You're a sinking ship with no place to go
Emily

On *The One*. Lyrically, it evokes comparisons to "Sixty Years On." The song may refer subtly to an ill girl Elton met visiting Ryan White in the hospital.

## Lyrics (Bernie Taupin):

The church bells ring out morning glory
When summer bends to the winter's rage
Emily walks through the cemetery
Passed a dog in an unmarked grave
The old girl hobbles, nylons sagging
Talks to her sisters in the ground
I saw a lie in the mirror this morning
I heard a prophesy all around

And Emily they come and go
The shadows and the distant sounds
But Emily don't be afraid
When the weight of angels weighs you down

Emily prays to a faded hero
In a little frame clutched to her gown
Hears the voice of promise in his memory
Tonight's the night they let the ladder down
In a cage sits a gold canary
By a wicker chair and a rosewood loom
As a soul ascends abord the evening
Canary sings to an empty room

And Emily they come and go
The shadows and the distant sounds
But Emily don't be afraid
When the weight of angels weighs you down

## Musicians:

* Lyrics: Bernie Taupin
* Music: Elton John
* Keyboards: Elton John
* Vocals: Elton John
* Drums: Olle Romeo
* Percussion: Olle Romeo
* Programming: Olle Romeo
* Guitars: Davey Johnstone
* Keyboards: Guy Babylon
* Programming: Guy Babylon
* Bass: Pino Palladino
I'm Going To Be A Teenage Idol

On *Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only The Piano Player*. The song is about Marc Bolan of T. Rex, a friend of Elton. A few years later, Bolan died in a car accident.

## Lyrics (Bernie Taupin):

Well there's slim times when my words won't rhyme
And the hills I face are a long hard climb
I just sit cross legged with my old guitar
It kind of makes me feel like a rock and roll star

Well it makes me laugh Lord it makes me cry
And I think for once let me just get high
Let me get electric put a silk suit on
Turn my old guitar into a tommy gun

And root-toot-shoot myself to fame
Every kid alive gonna know my name
An overnight phenomenon like there's never been
A motivated supersonic king of the scene

I'll be a teenage idol, just give me a break
I'm gonna be a teenage idol no matter how long it takes
You can't imagine what it means to me
I'm gonna grab myself a place in history
A teenage idol that's what I'm gonna be

Well life is short and the world is rough
And if you're gonna boogie boy you got to be tough
Nobody knows if I'm dead or alive
I just drink myself to sleep each night

And so I pray to the teenage god of rock
If I make it big let me stay on top
You got to cut me loose from this one room dive
Put me on the ladder keep this boy alive
Chasing The Crown

## Lyrics:

I built a wall in China, I sank an ocean liner
I've wrecked homes, I've burned thrones, chasing the crown
I've put thorns in your feet, I spread plague in the streets
I've sprung traps, confused maps, chasing the crown

I'm chasing the crown till he bites the apple
I was licking my lips till his Son come down
I'm chasing the crown, the crown, I'm chasing the crown
I'm taking a turn in the right direction
By leaving his soul in the lost and found
I'm chasing the crown, I'm chasing the crown

I saw the tea float in Boston, I saw the live wire shock them
I made them float, I made them drown, chasing the crown
I laid the desert sands, I froze the polar caps
Well, they'd dry out, and I'd shout "Hey I'm chasing the crown"
Ein Traum wird wahr

Staffel 1 Folge 4

Dustin, Mira, Casper, Kim und Janina gehen Einkaufen. Mit einem Vorwand gehen Kim, Casper und Janina vor, Mira und Dustin laufen zusammen zu Dustin.Auf dem Weg erzählt Dustin dass seine Eltern Schönheitschirurgen sind und seine Mutter im Gefängnis sitzt.

Zuhause wartet eine Überraschungsparty auf Dustin, weil er Geburstag hat. Die Freunde feiern und Casper zerstört sein Handy.

Nachdem sich Casper mehrere Tage nicht meldet, machen sich die Freunde sorgen. Als sich Mira wünscht dass Casper wieder auftaucht bekommt sie als Aufgabe den Kölner Dom durch die Freiheitsstatue zu ersetzen.
Tonight

On *Blue Moves*. It relates to Taupin's marital problems.

## Lyrics (Bernie Taupin):

Tonight
Do we have to fight again
Tonight
I just want to go to sleep
Turn out the light
But you want to carry grudges
Nine times out of ten
I see the storm approaching
Long before the rain starts falling

Tonight
Does it have to be the old thing
Tonight
It's late, too late
To chase the rainbow that you're after
I'd like to find a compromise
And place it in your hands
My eyes are blind, my ears can't hear
And I cannot find the time

Tonight
Just let the curtains close in silence
Tonight
Why not approach with less defiance
The man who'd love to see you smile
Who'd love to see you smile
Tonight
Salvation

On *Honky Chateau*. Elton wanted it to be a single, but it was not released as one.

## Lyrics:

I have to say my friends
This road goes a long, long way
And if we're gonna find the end
We're gonna need a helping hand

I have to say my friends
We're looking for a light ahead
In the distance a candle burns
Salvation keeps the hungry children fed

chorus:

It's gotta take a lot of salvation
What we need are willing hands
You must feel the sweat in your eyes
You must understand salvation

A chance to put the devil down
Without the fear of hell
Salvation spreads the gospel 'round
And free you from yourself

(repeat chorus)

I have to say my friends
This road goes a long, long way
And if we're gonna find the end
We're gonna need a helping hand

I have to say my friends
We're looking for a light ahead
In the distance a candle burns
Salvation keeps the hungry children fed

(repeat chorus)

(repeat chorus)
In der Falle

Staffel 1 Folge 6

Mira, Dustin, Kim und Janina warten bis Nicole Feierabend hat und folgen ihr bis nach Hause.

Dort angekommen warten sie bis Nicole am nächsten Morgen wegfährt. Dann gehen Mira, Dustin und Janina in die Wohnung und finden den gefesselten Casper. Kim wartet im Wagen um Wache zu halten.

In Nicoles Wohnung will Nicole Casper mit einem Messer töten, da sie es aber nicht kann wünscht sie sich eine Pistole. Dann verlässt sie die Wohnung und fährt weg. Kurze Zeit später kommt sie wieder, Kim versucht daraufhin seine Freunde per Handy zu warnen, schafft es aber nicht, weil sein Handy ein Softwareupdate durchführt.

Die 4 Freunde können sich rechtzeitig verstecken, bevor Nicole sie entdeckt.

Dann zieht Nicole die von ihr gewünschte Pistole durch und die Folge endet.