WHISPERING PINES The Band The Band (1970) If you find me in a gloom, or catch me in a dream Inside my lonely room, there is no in between Whispering pines, rising of the tide If only one star shines That's just enough to get inside I will wait until it all goes 'round With you in sight, the lost are found Foghorn through the night, calling out to sea Protect my only light, 'cause she once belonged to me Let the waves rush in, let the seagulls cry For if I live again, these hopes will never die I can feel you standing there But I dont see you anywhere Standing by the well, wishing for the rains Reaching for the clouds, for nothing else remains Drifting in a daze, when evening will be done Try looking through a haze At an empty house, in the cold, cold sun I will wait until it all goes round With you in sight, the lost are found

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MELLOW Elton John Honky Chateau (1972) 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 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

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RAZOR FACE Elton John Madman Across the Water (1971) 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 round Needs a man who's young to walk him round 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 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

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COME DOWN IN TIME Elton John Tumbleweed Connection (1970) In the quiet, silent seconds, I I turned off the light switch, and I I came down to meet you in the Half-light the moon left while a Cluster of night jars sang some songs out of tune. A mantel of bright light shone Down from her room Come down in time, I still hear her say. So clear in my ear, like it was today. Come down in time was the message she gave. Come down in time and I'll meet you half way. Well, I don't know if I should have Heard her as yet, but a A true love like ours is a A hard love to get and I I've walked most all the way and I I ain't heard her call and I I'm getting to thinking if she's coming at all. Come down in time, I still hear her say. So clear in my ear, like it was today. Come down in time was the message she gave. Come down in time and I'll meet you half way. There are women and women and some hold you tight while some leave you counting the stars in the night.

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JUST ANOTHER POOR BOY Chris de Burgh Spanish Train & Other Stories (1976) He was but a traveller on the lonely road of life, She, her name was Mary, A lady of the night, She found him lying in that road, on a winter's night so cold, Just another poor boy, treat him right; She saw...

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ELDERBERRY WINE Elton John Don't Shoot Me (I'm Only The Piano Player) (1973) There's a fly in the window A dog in the yard And a year since I saw you There's a trunk in the corner I keep all my letters My bills and demands I keep too Well I can't help thinking About the times You were a wife of mine You aimed to please me Cooked black-eyed peas me Made elderberry wine Drunk all the time Feeling fine on elderberry wine Those were the days We'd lay in the haze Forget depressive times How can I ever get it together Without a wife in line To pick the crop and get me hot On elderberry wine Round a tree in the summer A fire in the fall Flat out when they couldn't stand The bottle went round Like a woman down south Passed on from hand to hand

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WHEN YOU AWAKE The Band The Band (1970) Ollie told me I'm a fool. So I walked on down the road a mile, Went to the house that brings a smile Sat upon my grandpa's knee, And what do you think he said to me? When You Awake you will remember everything, You will be hangin' on a string from your... When you believe, you will relieve the only soul That you were born with to grow old and never know Ollie showed me the fork in the road. You can take to the left or go straight to the right, Use your days and save your nights, Be careful where you step, and watch wha-cha eat, Sleep with the light on and you got it beat. When You Awake you will remember everything, You will be hangin' on a string from your... When you believe, you will relieve the only soul That you were born with to grow old and never know Ollie warned me it's a mean old world, The street don't greet ya, yes, it's true; But what am I supposed to do: Read the writing on the wall, I heard it when I was very small. When You Awake you will remember everything, You will be hangin' on a string from your... When you believe, you will relieve the only soul That you were born with to grow old and never know Wash my hand in lye water, I got a date with the captains daughter. You can go and tell your brother, We sure gonna love one another, Oh! You may be right and ya might be wrong, I ain't gonna worry all day long. Snow's gonna come and the frost gonna bite, My old car froze up last night. Ain't no reason to hang your head <b>...</b>

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MONA LISAS & MAD HATTERS Elton John Honky Chateau (1972) And now I know Spanish Harlem are not just pretty words to say I thought I knew But now I know that rose trees never grow in New York City Until you've seen this trash can dream come true You stand at the edge while people run you through And I thank the Lord there's people out there like you I thank the Lord there's people out there like you While Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters Sons of bankers, sons of lawyers Turn around and say good morning to the night For unless they see the sky But they can't and that is why They know not if it's dark outside or light This Broadway's got It's got a lot of songs to sing If I knew the tunes I might join in I'll go my way alone Grow my own, my own seeds shall be sown in New York City Subway's no way for a good man to go down Rich man can ride and the hobo he can drown And I thank the Lord for the people I have found I thank the Lord for the people I have found

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SALVATION Elton John Honky Chateau (1972) I have to say my friends This road goes a long, long way And if we're going to 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 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

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SUSIE (DRAMAS) Elton John Honky Chateau (1972) I got frostbitten in the winter Ice skating on the river With my pretty little black-eyed girl She'd make your darn toes curl just to see her I got a fringe front on my buggy I got a frisky little colt in a hurry And a pretty little black-eyed Suzie by my side Well she sure knows how to use me Pretty little black-eyed Suzie Playing hooky with my heart all the time Living with her funky family In a derelict old alley Down by the river where we share a little loving in the moonshine I'm an old hayseed harp player I'm the hit of the county fair With my pretty little black-eyed girl Living proof as she swirls She's a dancer

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GOODBYE Elton John Madman Across the Water (1971) And now that it's all over The birds can nest again I'll only snow when the sun comes out I'll shine only when it starts to rain And if you want a drink Just squeeze my hand And wine will flow into the land And feed my lambs For I am a mirror I can reflect the moon I will write songs for you I'll be your silver spoon I'm sorry I took your time I am the poem that doesn't rhyme Just turn back a page I'll waste away, I'll waste away I'll waste away, I'll waste away I'll waste away, I'll waste away

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LEVON Elton John Madman Across the Water (1971) Levon wears his war wound like a crown He calls his child Jesus `Cause he likes the name And he sends him to the finest school in town Levon, Levon likes his money He makes a lot they say Spend his days counting In a garage by the motorway He was born a pauper to a pawn on a Christmas day When the New York Times said God is dead And the war's begun Alvin Tostig has a son today And he shall be Levon And he shall be a good man And he shall be Levon In tradition with the family plan And he shall be Levon And he shall be a good man He shall be Levon Levon sells cartoon balloons in town His family business thrives Jesus blows up balloons all day Sits on the porch swing watching them fly And Jesus, he wants to go to Venus Leaving Levon far behind Take a balloon and go sailing While Levon, Levon slowly dies

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HIGH FLYING BIRD Elton John Don't Shoot Me (I'm Only The Piano Player) (1973) 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

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HAVE MERCY ON THE CRIMINAL Elton John Don't Shoot Me (I'm Only The Piano Player) (1973) 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

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TINY DANCER Elton John Madman Across the Water (1971) Blue jean baby, LA lady, seamstress for the band Pretty eyed, pirate smile, you'll marry a music man Ballerina, you must have seen her dancing in the sand And now she's in me, always with me, tiny dancer in my hand Jesus freaks out in the street Handing tickets out for God Turning back she just laughs The boulevard is not that bad Piano man he makes his stand In the auditorium Looking on she sings the songs The words she knows, the tune she hums But oh how it feels so real Lying here with no one near Only you and you can't hear me When I say softly, slowly Hold me closer tiny dancer Count the headlights on the highway Lay me down in sheets of linen you had a busy day today Blue jean baby, LA lady, seamstress for the band Pretty eyed, pirate smile, you'll marry a music man Ballerina, you must have seen her dancing in the sand And now she's in me, always with me, tiny dancer in my hand

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MY FATHER'S GUN Elton John Tumbleweed Connection (1970) From this day on I own my father's gun We dug his shallow grave beneath the sun I laid his broken body down below the southern land It wouldn't do to bury him where any Yankee stands I'll take my horse and I'll ride the northern plain To wear the colour of the greys and join the fight again I'll not rest until I know the cause is fought and won From this day on until I die I'll wear my father's gun I'd like to know where the riverboat sails tonight To New Orleans well that's just fine alright 'Cause there's fighting there and the company needs men So slip us a rope and sail on round the bend As soon as this is over we'll go home To plant the seeds of justice in our bones To watch the children growing and see the women sewing There'll be laughter when the bells of freedom ring I'd like to know where the riverboat sails tonight To New Orleans well that's just fine alright 'Cause there's fighting there and the company needs men So slip us a rope and sail on round the bend

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BALLAD OF A WELL-KNOWN GUN Elton John Tumbleweed Connection (1970) 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 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 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 (solo) Lord I say at last they've found me... Lord I say now they've found me...

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WHERE TO NOW ST. PETER? Elton John Tumbleweed Connection (1970) I took myself a blue canoe And I floated like a leaf. Dazzling dancing, half enchanted In my merlin sleep. Crazy was the feeling, Restless were my eyes. Insane they took the paddles. My arms they paralyzed. So where to now St. Peter, If it's true I'm in your hands? I may not be a Christian, But I've done all one man can. I understand I'm on the road Where all that was is gone. So where to now St. Peter? Show me which road I'm on; Which road I'm on. I took a sweet young foreign gun. This lazy life is short. Something for nothing always ended With a bad report. Dirty was the day break, Sudden was the change, In such a silent place is this Beyond the riffle range. So where to now St. Peter, If it's true I'm in your hands? I may not be a Christian, But I've done all one man can. I understand I'm on the road Where all that was is gone. So where to now St. Peter? Show me which road I'm on; Which road I'm on. I took myself a blue canoe.

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BLUES FOR BABY AND ME Elton John Don't Shoot Me (I'm Only The Piano Player) (1973) Your old man got mad when I told him we were leaving He cursed and he raged and he swore at the ceiling He called you his child, said honey get wise to his game He'll get you in trouble I know it, those bums are all the same There's a greyhound outside in the lane, it's waiting for us So tell him goodbye, we gotta go west on that bus And it's all over now Don't you worry no more Gonna go west to the sea The greyhound is swaying And the radio is playing Some blues for baby and me And the highway looks like it never did Lord it looks so sweet and so free And I can't forget that trip to the west Singing blues for baby and me Saw your hands trembling, your eyes opened in surprise It's ninety in the shade babe, and there ain't a cloud in the sky I called you my child, said honey now this is our game There's two of us to play it and I'm happy to be home again There's a greyhound outside in the lane, it's waiting for us So tell him goodbye, we gotta go west on that bus

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OLD FRIEND Chris de Burgh Spanish Train & Other Stories (1976) Old friend, so you're in trouble again, you ask me today, To try and find a little time, and maybe buy a glass of wine, Old friend, I'm coming through... Old friend, Yes I remember you, always a smile on your face, Oh memory from years before, an old man and a little boy, Old friend, I remember you... You used to take me fishing down by the wishing well, One day you threw a wish in, and we listened while it fell, And you made a wish... "When the years are heavy, and my heart is growing cold, Well I wish when the evening comes that there'll always be...Some old friend who'll miss me too..." Well I do, so old friend I'm coming through... Yes, for you I'll always find the time, we will have a bottle of wine, old friend, I'm here by your side, Oh, to the very end, Old friend...I miss you too...My dear old friend... Old friend...Old friend...

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THE UNFAITHFUL SERVANT The Band The Band (1970) Unfaithful Servant, I hear you leavin' soon in the mornin' What did you do to the lady, that she's gonna have to send you away? Unfaithful servant, you don't have to say you're sorry, If you done it just for the spite, or did ya do it just for the glory? Like a stranger you turned your back, Left your keys and gone to pack. Bear in mind who's to blame, and all the shame; She really cared, the time she spared and the home you shared. Unfaithful servant, I can hear the whistle blowin, Yes, that train is a-comin' and soon you'll be goin'. Let us not bow our heads for we won't be complainin'; Life has been good to us all even when that sky is rainin'. To take it like a grain of salt is all I can do. It's no one's fault, Makes no diff'rence if we fade away. It's just as it was, it's much to cold for me to stay. Goodbye to that country home, So long to a lady I have known, Farewell to my other side, I'd best just take it in stride. Unfaithful Servant, you'll learn to find your place; I can see it in your smile, And, yes, I can see it in your face. The mem'ries will linger on, But the good old days, they're all gone, Oh! Lonesome servant, can't you see, That we're still one and the same, just you and me.

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A SPACEMAN CAME TRAVELING Chris de Burgh Spanish Train & Other Stories (1976) A spaceman came travelling on his ship from afar, 'twas light years of time since his mission did start, And over a village he halted his craft, And it hung in the sky like a star, just like a star... He followed a light and came down to a shed, Where a mother and a child were lying there on a bed, A bright light of silver shone round his head, And he had the face of an angel, and they were afraid... Then the stranger spoke, he said 'Do not fear, I come from a planet a long way from here, And I bring a message for mankind to hear', And suddenly the sweetest music filled the air... And it went la, la... Peace and goodwill to all men, and love for the child... This lovely music went trembling through the ground, And many were wakened on hearing that sound, And travellers on the road, the village they found, By the light of that ship in the sky, which shone all round... And just before dawn at the paling of the sky, The stranger returned and said 'Now I must fly, When two thousand years of your time has gone by, This song will begin once again, to a baby's cry...' And it went la la... This song will begin once again to a baby's cry... And it goes la la... Peace and goodwill to all men and love for the child... Oh the whole world is waiting, waiting to hear that song again, There are thousands standing on the edge of the world, And a star is moving somewhere, the time is nearly here, This song will <b>...</b>

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PATRICIA THE STRIPPER Chris de Burgh Spanish Train & Other Stories (1976) Dennis is a menace With his "Anyone for tennis?" And he'd beseech me to come keep the score. And Maude said, "Oh Lord, I'm so terribly bored" I really can't stand it anymore... I'm going...out to dinner, With a gorgeous singer, To a little place I know, Down by the quay. Her name is Patricia, She calls herself Delicia And the reason isn't Very hard to see. She said, God made her a sinner Just to keep those fat men thinner As they tumble down in heaps Before her feet. They hang around in groups Like battle weary troops, One can often see the Queue right down the street. Because Patricia Or Delicia Not only is a singer She also removes all her clothing For Patricia, Is the best stripper in town... And with a swing of her hips, She started to strip To tremendous applause She took of her drawers And with a lick of her lips She undid all her clips, Threw it all in the air And everyone stared And as the last piece of clothing Fell to the floor, The police were banging on the door On a Saturday night, In 1924 Take it away boys... Well, Patricia was arrested And everyone detested, The terrible manner in which she was exposed Later on in court where everyone thought A summer's run in jail would be proposed.. But the judge said, "Patricia, Or may I say Delicia, The facts of this case lie before me (knock, knock, knock) Case dismissed... This girl was in her working clothes... And with a swing of her hips, She <b>...</b>

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