1. _ Elton's Song
Music by elton john
Lyrics by tom robinson
Available on the album the fox
Staring all alone
And your grace and style
Cut me to the bone
With your razor blade smile
I watched you playing pool
It's all around the school that i love you
I love your gypsy hair
And dark brown eyes
Always unprepared
For your pointed replies
Cynical and lean
I lie awake and dream about you
If you only knew
What i'm going through
Time and again i get ashamed
To say your name
It's hard to grin and bear
When you're standing there
My lips are dry
I catch your eye and look away
Sitting in my room
I've got it bad
Crying for the moon
They think i'm mad
They say it isn't real
But i know what i feel and i love you
But i would give my life
For a single night beside you
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2. _ All Quiet On The Western Front
Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Available on the album jump up
All quiet on the western front, nobody saw
A youth asleep in the foreign soil, planted by the war
Feel the pulse of human blood pouring forth
See the stems of europe bend under force
All quiet
All quiet
All quiet on the western front
So tired of this garden's grief, nobody cares
Old kin kiss the small white cross, their only souvenir
See the prussian offense fly, weren't we grand
To place the feel of cold sharp steel in their hands
It's gone all quiet on the western front, male angels sigh
Ghosts float in a flooded trench as germany dies
Fever reaps the flowers of france, fair-haired boys
String the harps to victory's voice, joyous noise
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3. _ Chameleon
Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Available on the album blue moves
The last i heard of you
You were somewhere on a cruise in the mediterranean
So imagine my surprise to see you very much alive
In the english rain again
And i can still recall wet afternoons
When we were small and simply childish
But you've created your own ghost
And the need you have is more than most to hide it
Oh, chameleon, you're stealing your way back into my eyes
Beyond a shadow of a doubt
You're a devil, you're a devil in disguise
Do you really change me, or am i going crazy
Chameleon, chameleon, chameleon, you're free again my child
I remember still those lazy summer days
We'd kill out hunting danger
And we were alien to all outsiders
We had no desire to talk to strangers
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4. _ Chloe
Music by elton john
Lyrics by gary osborne
Available on the album the fox
How come you're so understanding
When i tell you all my lies
And pretending to believe them
See through all my alibis
And i need you more than ever
And i want you till the end
Chloe
How you handle what you live through
I can never hope to learn
Taking all the pain i give you
Loving blindly in return
And i need you more than ever
I will always be your friend
Chloe, chloe
Chloe, what you gonna do about me
Chloe, what you gonna do
What you gonna do about me
You're the lifeline that i cling to
When i feel like giving in
When the dreams that i rely on
Start to wear a little thin
Then i need you more than ever
And i want you till the end
Chloe, chloe
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5. _ Tonight
Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Available on the album blue moves
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
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6. _ Blue Eyes
Music by elton john
Lyrics by gary osborne
Available on the album jump up
Blue eyes
Baby's got blue eyes
Like a deep blue sea
On a blue blue day
Blue eyes
Baby's got blue eyes
When the morning comes
I'll be far away
And i say
Blue eyes
Holding back the tears
Holding back the pain
Baby's got blue eyes
And she's alone again
Blue eyes
Baby's got blue eyes
Like a clear blue sky
Watching over me
Blue eyes
I love blue eyes
When i'm by her side
Where i long to be
I will see
Blue eyes laughing in the sun
Laughing in the rain
Baby's got blue eyes
And i am home, and i am home again
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7. _ Strangers
Music by elton john
Lyrics by gary osborne
Released as a uk b-side in 1979
Two people caught on a string
A high-wire act above the center ring
While the audience is wondering
If we'll make it back
Two people up on a wire
Overhead and under fire
While the audience enquire
If it's just a knack
Strangers, after all, we find we're strangers
After all this time
We've made the long and the lonely climb
And now we've reached the part
Where we find we're strangers
We were strangers from the start
Two people caught in the tide
On the edge of love and pride
And both afraid to approach the side
And fall again
Two people playing the part
But which is life and which is art
And isn't it a little late
To start it all again
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8. _ Princess
Music by elton john
Lyrics by gary osborne
Available on the album jump up
Haven't you heard what's new
There is a rumour
Going around that suddenly i've found you
Better believe it's true
I got a feeling
This is for real and nobody else will do
You are my princess
You make me smile
You make my life seem worthwhile
You are my princess
You are the one
You make the sun shine on me
You're one fine lady
You're my princess
You're my princess
Haven't you heard them say
I was a prisoner
Buried alive now suddenly i've been freed
But love is the sweetest way
Oh i was lonely
And now you're the only lover that i'll ever need
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9. _ Little Jeannie
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
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10. _ Song For Guy
Music by elton john
Available on the album a single man
Life
Isn't death everything
Isn't death everything
Isn't death everything
Life
Isn't death everything
Isn't death everything
Isn't death everything
Life
Isn't death everything
Isn't death everything
Isn't death everything
Life...
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11. _ Shine On Through
Music by elton john
Lyrics by gary osborne
Available on the album a single man
Oh my love
I have cursed the stars above
That lead my heart to you
But as hard as i try
Still my love will not die
And the stars still shine on through
And the stars still shine on through
Oh my dear
Now this ship's too hard to steer
The tide has turned, turned on you
I have been through the lies
That i've seen in your eyes
But the truth still shines on through
But the truth it still shines, shines on through
So shine, shine on through the days we have to fill
Though we took our love so daringly
And gave it up uncaringly
There are feelings left not even we can kill
Oh my friend
So at last we reach the end
The lights go down on cue
I have wasted my time
But it tasted oh so fine
That my love still shines, shines on through
And my love still shines, shines on you
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12. _ Return To Paradise
Music by elton john
Lyrics by gary osborne
Available on the album a single man
It's paradise here where the sun meets the sea
There's nothing to fear and so much to be
But soon i must go, say goodbye to it all
That homeland of mine is beginning to call
Goodbye doesn't mean this has to be the end
Fading dreams grow cold as ice
And i got a feeling we will meet again
When we return to paradise
The wind in our hair and the sun in our eyes
There's no need for tears and no time for lies
So reach out your hand and i'll reach out my heart
Remember me while we are apart
I'm heading homeward
Leaving sunshine and heading for rain
But we'll return to paradise again
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13. _ Never Gonna Fall In Love Again
Music by elton john
Lyrics by tom robinson
Available on the album 21 at 33
Never meant to be so friendly
Never made the room look nice
Never heed a word of warning
Never take my own advice
I got a brand-new problem
Pretty and she's 5 foot 10
I been in love three times this week
I'm just about to fall again
I don't want to fall in love
Never gonna fall in love, again
I don't want to fall in love
Never gonna fall in love
I'm never gonna fall in love, again
Never meant to be so sexist
It's so hard to overcome
Trying hard to fight the feeling
Lechery can be such fun
`cause everywhere there's lots of foxes
And every cat i meet's a tom
I wish she didn't make me rabid
I wish she wouldn't turn me on
`cause everywhere there's lots of foxes
And every cat i meet's a tom
I wish she didn't make me rabid
I wish she wouldn't turn me on
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14. _ Someone's Final Song
Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Available on the album blue moves
He died when the house was empty
When the maid had gone
He put a pen to paper for one final song
He wrote -
Oh babe, it's the only way
I know it's wrong but i can't stand
To go on living, to go on living, living life this way
And i don't know what the time is
Or what the next line is
Or how you're going to take the news
But if i had my life again
I wouldn't change a thing
I'd let nobody, i'd let nobody
Stand inside my shoes
Something's gotten hold of me
This home is not the home it used to be
I've gathered dust like the dying flowers
And i've drunk myself sober
After hours and hours
After hours and hours
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15. _ Sartorial Eloquence
Music by elton john
Lyrics by tom robinson
Available on the album 21 at 33
You've a certain sartorial eloquence
And a style that's almost of your own
You've got the knack of being so laid-back
It's like talking to the great unknown
You've got a self-sufficient swept-back hairdo
Pretty certain that you've got it made
Oh your life-style shows in the clothes you chose
Sitting pretty in the masquerade
Sing it
Don't you wanna play this game no more
Don't you wanna play no more
Don't you wanna play this game no more
Don't you wanna play no more
You remain the only main contender
Though you never, you never meant to lose at all
Down at the mouth yet unsurrounded
Adamant before the fall
Though when you go you know i might be lonesome
But i'll keep it under close control
Go and get your kicks and babe let's call it quits
I believe i'm feeling indisposed
Don't you wanna play this game no more
When you go you know i might be lonesome
But i'll keep it under close control
Go and get your kicks and babe let's call it quits
I believe i'm feeling indisposed
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16. _ Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Available on the album blue moves
What have i got to do to make you love me
What have i got to do to make you care
What do i do when lightning strikes me
And i wake to find that you're not there
What do i do to make you want me
What have i got to do to be heard
What do i say when it's all over
And sorry seems to be the hardest word
It's sad, so sad
It's a sad, sad situation
And it's getting more and more absurd
It's sad, so sad
Why can't we talk it over
Oh it seems to me
That sorry seems to be the hardest word
What do i do to make you love me
What have i got to do to be heard
What do i do when lightning strikes me
What have i got to do
What have i got to do
When sorry seems to be the hardest word
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