21 At 33

Music by elton john
Lyrics by gary osborne
Available on the album 21 at 33

Dear god, are you there
Can you hear me, do you care
Dear god, here are we
Less than perfect, far from free

Oh we take what we get and we don't take no more
But we sometimes forget what it was you created us for


Dear god, now's the time
If you're listening, show some sign
Dear god, hear me plead
Don't desert us in our need


Dear god, lend a hand
Is this really what you planned
Dear god, in you we trust
Though we've failed you, don't fail us


Oh we take what we get but we can't take much more
Do you sometimes forget what it was you created us for, dear god


I hope and pray you'll lead us to a brighter day
Out of the darkness and light up our way, dear god
I hope and pray you'll lead us to a better way
Love is the answer so light up our way, dear god
Light up our way dear god, dear god
Love is the answer so light up our way, dear god

Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Available on the album 21 at 33

Through a mutual agreement, we got that aching feeling
To look up one another one more time
Tracking down the zip codes
Sealing down those envelopes
Lack of communication on the telephone line

But don't judge us by distance
Or the difference between us
Try to look at it with an open mind
For where there is one room, you'll always find another
Two rooms at the end of the world


Well we've both ridden the wagon bit the tail off the dragon
Borne our swords like steel knights on the highway
Washing down the dirt roads
Hosing off our dirty clothes
Coming to terms with the times that we couldn't but we tried


Where there is one room, you'll always find another
Two rooms at the end of the world


Door to door they would whisper, will they ever get together
Their rooms are different temperatures i'm told
There's a change in their thinking
And their habits seem uneven
But together the two of them were mining gold

Music by elton john
Lyrics by gary osborne
Available on the album 21 at 33

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

Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Available on the album 21 at 33

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

Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Available on the album 21 at 33

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"