FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND – LOVE LIES BLEEDING

The roses in the window box Have tilted to one side

Everything about this house Is gonna grow and die

Oh it doesn't seem a year ago to this very dayYou said I'm sorry honey If I don't change the pace I can't face another day

And love lies bleeding in my hand Oh it kills me to think of you with another man

I was playing rock and roll and you were just a fan But my guitar couldn't hold you so I split the band

Love lies bleeding in my hands

I wonder if those changes Have left a scar on you

Like all the burning hoops of fire That you and I passed through

You're a bluebird on a telegraph line I hope you're happy now

While if the wind of change comes down your way girl You'll make it back somehow

And love lies bleeding in my hand Oh it kills me to think of you with another man

I was playing rock and roll and you were just a fan But my guitar couldn't hold you so I split the band

Love lies bleeding in my hands

And love lies bleeding in my hand Oh it kills me to think of you with another man

I was playing rock and roll and you were just a fan But my guitar couldn't hold you so I split the band

Love lies bleeding in my hands

Oooooh oooh Love lies bleeding in my hands

Oooooh

THE BITCH IS BACK

I was justified when I was fiveRaising cane, I spit in your eye

Times are changing, now the poor get fatBut the fever's gonna catch you when the bitch gets back

Eat meat on Friday that's alrightEven like steak on a Saturday night

I can bitch the best at your social do'sI get high in the evening sniffing pots of glue

I'm a bitch, I'm a bitchOh the bitch is back

Stone cold sober as a matter of factI can bitch, I can bitch

`Cause I'm better than youIt's the way that I move

The things that I do

I entertain by picking brainsSell my soul by dropping names

I don't like those, my God, what's thatOh it's full of nasty habits when the bitch gets back

I'm a bitch, I'm a bitchOh the bitch is back

Stone cold sober as a matter of factI can bitch, I can bitch

`Cause I'm better than youIt's the way that I moveThe things that I do (x3)

BENNIE AND THE JETS

Hey kids, shake it loose together The spotlight's hitting something

That's been known to change the weather We'll kill the fatted calf tonight

So stick around You're gonna hear electric music

Solid walls of sound

Say, Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet But they're so spaced out, Bennie and the JetsOh but they're weird and they're wonderful

Oh Bennie she's really keen She's got electric boots a mohair suit

You know I read it in a magazine Bennie and the Jets

Hey kids, plug into the faithless Maybe they're blinded

But Bennie makes them ageless We shall survive, let us take ourselves along

Where we fight our parents out in the streets To find who's right and who's wrong

Say, Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet But they're so spaced out, Bennie and the JetsOh but they're weird and they're wonderful

Oh Bennie she's really keen She's got electric boots a mohair suit

You know I read it in a magazine Bennie and the Jets

Say, Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet But they're so spaced out, Bennie and the JetsOh but they're weird and they're wonderful

Oh Bennie she's really keen She's got electric boots a mohair suit

You know I read it in a magazine Bennie and the Jets

I GUESS THAT’S WHY THEY CALL IT THE BLUES

Don't wish it awayDon't look at it like it's forever

Between you and me I could honestly sayThat things can only get better

And while I'm away Dust out the demons inside

And it won't be long before you and me runTo the place in our hearts where we hide

And I guess that's why they call it the bluesTime on my hands could be time spent with you

Laughing like children, living like loversRolling like thunder under the covers

And I guess that's why they call it the blues

Just stare into spacePicture my face in your hands

Live for each second without hesitationAnd never forget I'm your man

Wait on me girlCry in the night if it helps

But more than ever I simply love youMore than I love life itself

DANIEL

Daniel is travelling tonight on a plane I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain

Oh and I can see Daniel waving goodbye God it looks like Daniel, must be the clouds in my eyes

They say Spain is pretty though I've never been Well Daniel says it's the best place that he's ever seen

Oh and he should know, he's been there enough Lord I miss Daniel, oh I miss him so much

Daniel my brother you are older than me Do you still feel the pain of the scars that won't heal

Your eyes have died but you see more than I Daniel you're a star in the face of the sky

Daniel is travelling tonight on a plane I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain

Oh and I can see Daniel waving goodbye God it looks like Daniel, must be the clouds in my eyes

Oh God it looks like Daniel, must be the clouds in my eyes

LOOKING UP

Figuring out where I went wrongThe script not followed, then was awfully long

Too much pluck, too little ofThe acting right, not acting up

I wore the world upon my backThough someone else could meet, pick up the slack

Just because I could sayIt's my life, do things my way

Now I'm looking up more than I look downThe view's a whole lot better second time around

Too much of me was hidden in the shadowsI looked up and felt my feet lift off the ground

Color a lot with a broader strokeThe laughter comes as easy as the jokes

Nowadays, I'm thinking 'boutTime is wasted looking back

Now I'm looking up more than I look downThe view's a whole lot better second time around

Too much of me was hidden in the shadowsI looked up and felt my feet lift off the ground

You drop a bucket in a wellIt's dark and deep down thereCrank the handle, bring it up

The water, crystal clear

I'm looking up more than I look downThe view's a whole lot better second time around

Too much of me was hidden in the shadowsI looked up and felt my feet lift off the ground

I'm looking up more than I look downThe view's a whole lot better second time around

Too much of me was hidden in the shadowsI looked up and felt my feet lift off the ground

Looking up, looking upLooking up, looking up

A GOOD HEART

Don't shy away from coming inCloser still my darling friendDon't slip, don't trip on life

I bear the moonInside your eyes

Don't be afraid of all my yearsWhat you see or what you hear

It's all yours and yours and yours aloneYours for the taking, so take it home

Oh it's a good heartTo be a part of

Just a soul full all men tend to loveThe kind of love you never knew

Oh it's a good heart from me to you

Oh sure it's cracked a time or twoBut him and me, we pulled on throughI've seen 'em come, I've seen 'em go

Some went through fastSome went real slow

So take a chance, and take your timeReading my face between the lines

I love real good, and I love youMy heart and meThat's what we do

Oh it's a good heartTo be a part of

Just a soul full all men tend to loveThe kind of love you never knew

Oh it's a good heart from me to you

Oh it's a good heartTo be a part of

Just a soul full all men tend to loveThe kind of love you never knew

Oh it's a good heart from me to you

PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM

I used to be a rolling stoneYou know if the cause was right

I'd leave to find the answer on the roadI used to be a heart beating for someone

But the times have changedThe less I say the more my work gets done

`Cause I live and breathe this Philadelphia freedomFrom the day that I was born I've waved the flag

Philadelphia freedom took me knee-high to a manYeah gave me peace of mind my daddy never had

Oh Philadelphia freedom shine on me, I love youShine a light through the eyes of the ones left behind

Shine a light shine a lightShine a light won't you shine a light

Philadelphia freedom I love you, yes I do

If you choose to you can live your life aloneSome people choose the city

Some others choose the good old family homeI like living easy without family ties

Till the whippoorwill of freedom zapped meRight between the eyes

ROCKET MAN

She packed my bags last night pre-flightZero hour nine a.m.

And I'm gonna be high as a kite by then

I miss the earth so much, I miss my wifeIt's lonely out in space

On such a timeless flight

And I think it's gonna be a long, long timeTo touch down, brings me round again to find

I'm not the man they think I am at homeOh no, no, no, I'm a rocket man

Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone

And I think it's gonna be a long, long timeTo touch down, brings me round again to find

I'm not the man they think I am at homeOh no, no, no, and I'm a rocket man

Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone

Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kidsIn fact it's cold as hell

And there's no one there to raise them if you did

And all this science I don't understandIt's just my job five days a week

Rocket man, rocket man

And I think it's gonna be a long, long timeTo touch down, brings me round again to find

I'm not the man they think I am at homeOh no, no, no, well, I'm a rocket man

Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone

And I think it's gonna be a long, long timeTo touch down, brings me round again to find

I'm not the man they think I am at homeOh no, no, no, well I'm a rocket man

Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone

And I think it's gonna be a long, long time…

LEVON

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

TINY DANCER

Blue jean baby, L.A. 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, L.A. 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

GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD

When are you gonna come downWhen are you going to land

I should have stayed on the farmI should have listened to my old man

You know you can't hold me foreverI didn't sign up with you

I'm not a present for your friends to openThis boy's too young to be singing the blues

So goodbye yellow brick roadWhere the dogs of society howl

You can't plant me in your penthouseI'm going back to my plough

Back to the howling old owl in the woodsHunting the horny back toad

Oh I've finally decided my future liesBeyond the yellow brick road

What do you think you'll do thenI bet that'll shoot down your plane

It'll take you a couple of vodka and tonicsTo set you on your feet again

Maybe you'll get a replacementThere's plenty like me to be found

Mongrels who ain't got a pennySniffing for tidbits like you on the ground

HAVE MERCY ON THE CRIMINAL

Have you heard the dogs at nightSomewhere on the hill

Chasing some poor criminalAnd I guess they're out to kill

Oh there must be shackles on his feetAnd mother in his eyes

Stumbling through the devil-darkWith the hound pack in full cry

Have mercy on the criminalWho is running from the law

Are you blind to the winds of changeDon't you hear him any more

Praying Lord you got to help meI am never gonna sin again

Just take these chains from around my legsSweet Jesus I'll be your friend

Now have you ever seen the white teeth gleamWhile you lie on a cold damp groundYou're taking in the face of a rifle butt

While the wardens hold you down

And you've never seen a friend in yearsOh it turns your heart to stone

You jump the walls and the dogs run freeAnd the grave's gonna be your home

SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST WORD

What I got to do to make you love me?What 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 I got to do to make you want me?What I got to do to be heard?

What do I say when it's all over?Sorry seems to be the hardest word.

It's sad, so sadIt'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 want me?What I got to do to be heard?

What do I say when it's all over?Sorry seems to be the hardest word.

It's sad, so sadIt'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.

Yeh. Sorry

What I got to do to make you love me?What 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

YOUR SONG

It's a little bit funny this feeling insideI'm not one of those who can easily hideI don't have much money but boy if I did

I'd buy a big house where we both could live

If I was a sculptor, but then again, noOr a man who makes potions in a travelling show

I know it's not much but it's the best I can doMy gift is my song and this one's for you

And you can tell everybody this is your songIt may be quite simple but now that it's done

I hope you don't mindI hope you don't mind that I put down in wordsHow wonderful life is while you're in the world

I sat on the roof and kicked off the mossWell a few of the verses well they've got me quite cross

But the sun's been quite kind while I wrote this songIt's for people like you that keep it turned on

So excuse me forgetting but these things I doYou see I've forgotten if they're green or they're blue

Anyway the thing is what I really meanYours are the sweetest eyes I've ever seen

And you can tell everybody this is your songIt may be quite simple but now that it's done

I hope you don't mindI hope you don't mind that I put down in wordsHow wonderful life is while you're in the world

I hope you don't mindI hope you don't mind that I put down in wordsHow wonderful life is while you're in the world

BURN DOWN TO THE MISSION

You tell me there's an angel in your treeDid he say he'd come to call on me

For things are getting desperate in our homeLiving in the parish of the restless folks I know

Everybody now bring your family down to the riversideLook to the east to see where the fat stock hideBehind four walls of stone the rich man sleepsIt's time we put the flame torch to their keep

Burn down the missionIf we're gonna stay alive

Watch the black smoke fly to heavenSee the red flame light the sky

Burn down the missionBurn it down to stay alive

It's our only chance of livingTake all you need to live inside

Deep in the woods the squirrels are out todayMy wife cried when they came to take me awayBut what more could I do just to keep her warm

Than burn burn burn burn down the mission walls

SAD SONGS (SAY SO MUCH)

Guess there are times when we all need to share a little painAnd ironing out the rough spots

Is the hardest part when memories remainAnd it's times like these when we all need to hear the radio

`Cause from the lips of some old singerWe can share the troubles we already know

Turn them on, turn them onTurn on those sad songsWhen all hope is gone

Why don't you tune in and turn them on

They reach into your roomJust feel their gentle touch

When all hope is goneSad songs say so much

If someone else is suffering enough to write it downWhen every single word makes sense

Then it's easier to have those songs aroundThe kick inside is in the line that finally gets to you

and it feels so good to hurt so badAnd suffer just enough to sing the blues

Sad songs, they saySad songs, they saySad songs, they say

Sad songs, they say so much

BLUE WONDERFUL

Every breath is a prayer of some kindI breathe in, I breathe out, I just breathe

And you're so well, blue wonderfulBlue wonderful to me

Like swimming in your eyesI dive in, I dive deep, I just swim

I lose myself in you, blue wonderfulBlue wonderful again

Don't you know where you go? I will followIn your footsteps I find my own feet

Addicted like I am to the bluesKind of blue of all the blues I need

Yesterday did someone else's songIn sixty-five summertime, don't let go

Long before you came, blue wonderfulThe blue wonderful I know

Ain't just something I just left behindIn the past, far away, used to be

But your presence, my blue wonderfulBlue wonderful to me

Go where you want, when you want toJust don't let the wind tear you free

Stick around the light that brings you homeDon't ever hang around with the breeze

Don't you know where you go? I will followIn your footsteps I find my own feet

Addicted like I am to the bluesKind of blue of all the blues I need

Every breath is a prayer of some kindI breathe in, I breathe out, I just breathe

And you're so well, blue wonderfulBlue wonderful to me

Like swimming in your eyesI dive in, I dive deep, I just swim

I lose myself in you, blue wonderfulBlue wonderful again

I lose myself in you, blue wonderful (x5) again

CANDLE IN THE WIND

Goodbye Norma JeanThough I never knew you at all

You had the grace to hold yourselfWhile those around you crawled

They crawled out of the woodworkAnd they whispered into your brain

They set you on the treadmill Testo trovato su http:// And they made you change your name

And it seems to me you lived your lifeLike a candle in the wind

Never knowing who to cling toWhen the rain set in

And I would have liked to have known youBut I was just a kid

Your candle burned out long beforeYour legend ever didLoneliness was tough

The toughest role you ever playedHollywood created a superstar

And pain was the price you paidEven when you died

Oh the press still hounded youAll the papers had to say

Was that Marilyn was found in the nudeGoodbye Norma Jean

From the young man in the 22nd rowWho sees you as something as more than sexual

More than just our Marilyn Monroe

ALL THE YOUNG GIRLS LOVE ALICE

Raised to be a lady by the golden ruleAlice was the spawn of a public school

With a double barrel name in the back of her brainAnd a simple case of Momma-doesn't-love-me blues

Reality it seems was just a dreamShe couldn't get it on with the boys on the scene

But what do you expect from a chick who's just sixteenAnd hey, hey, hey, you know what I mean

All the young girls love AliceTender young Alice they say

Come over and see meCome over and please me

Alice it's my turn today

All the young girls love AliceTender young Alice they say

If I give you my numberWill you promise to call meWait 'til my husband's away

Poor little darling with a chip out of her heartIt's like acting in a movie when you got the wrong part

Getting your kicks in another girl's bedAnd it was only last Tuesday they found you in the subway dead

And who could you call your friends down in SohoOne or two middle-aged dykes in a Go-Go

And what do you expect from a sixteen year old yo-yoAnd hey, hey, hey, oh don't you know

All the young girls love AliceTender young Alice they say

Come over and see meCome over and please me

Alice it's my turn today

MONA LISAS AND MAD HATTERS

And now I knowSpanish Harlem are not just pretty words to say

I thought I knewBut now I know that rose trees never grow in New York City

Until you've seen this trash can dream come trueYou stand at the edge while people run you through

And I thank the Lord there's people out there like youI thank the Lord there's people out there like you

While Mona Lisas and Mad HattersSons of bankers, sons of lawyers

Turn around and say good morning to the nightFor unless they see the sky

But they can't and that is whyThey know not if it's dark outside or light

This Broadway's gotIt's got a lot of songs to sing

If I knew the tunes I might join inI'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 downRich man can ride and the hobo he can drown

And I thank the Lord for the people I have foundI thank the Lord for the people I have found

DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME

I can't light no more of your darknessAll my pictures seem to fade to black and white

I'm growing tired and time stands still before meFrozen here on the ladder of my life

Too late to save myself from fallingI took a chance and changed your way of lifeBut you misread my meaning when I met you

Closed the door and left me blinded by the light

Don't let the sun go down on meAlthough I search myself, it's always someone else I see

I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander freeBut losing everything is like the sun going down on me

I can't find the right romantic lineBut see me once and see the way I feel

Don't discard me just because you think I mean you harmBut these cuts I have they need love to help them heal

Don't let the sun go down on meAlthough I search myself, it's always someone else I see

I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander freeBut losing everything is like the sun going down on me (x2)

I’M STILL STANDING

You could never know what it's likeYour blood like winter freezes just like ice

And there's a cold lonely light that shines from youYou'll wind up like the wreck you hide behind that mask you use

And did you think this fool could never winWell look at me, I'm coming back again

I got a taste of love in a simple wayAnd if you need to know while I'm still standing you just fade away

Don't you know I'm still standing better than I ever didLooking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid

I'm still standing after all this timePicking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind

I'm still standing yeah yeah yeahI'm still standing yeah yeah yeah

Once I never could hope to winYou starting down the road leaving me again

The threats you made were meant to cut me downAnd if our love was just a circus you'd be a clown by now

YOUR SISTER CAN’T TWIST (BUT SHE CAN ROCK ‘N’ ROLL)

I could really get off being in your shoesI used to be stone sold on rhythm and blues

A heard of a place at the back of townWhere you really kick the shit when the sun goes down

I really got buzzed when your sister said"Throw away them records `cause the blues is deadLet me take you honey where the scene's on fire"

And tonight I learned for certain that the blues expired

Oh your sister can't twist but she can rock and rollOut bucks the broncos in the rodeo-doShe's only sixteen but it's plain to see

She can pull the wool over little old meYour sister can't twist but she can rock and roll

Your sister can't twist but she got more soul than me

Somebody help me `cause the bug bit meNow I'm in heaven with the aching feet

But I'll be back tonight where the music playsAnd your sister rocks all my blues away

I really got buzzed when your sister said"Throw away them records `cause the blues is deadLet me take you honey where the scene's on fire"

And tonight I learned for certain that the blues expired

SATURDAY NIGHT’S ALRIGHT FOR FIGHTING

It's getting late have you seen my matesMa tell me when the boys get hereIt's seven o'clock and I want to rock

Want to get a belly full of beer

My old man's drunker than a barrel full of monkeysAnd my old lady she don't care

My sister looks cute in her braces and bootsA handful of grease in her hair

Don't give us none of your aggravationWe had it with your discipline

Saturday night's alright for fightingGet a little action in

Get about as oiled as a diesel trainGonna set this dance alight

`Cause Saturday night's the night I likeSaturday night's alright alright alright

Well they're packed pretty tight in here tonightI'm looking for a dolly who'll see me right

I may use a little muscle to get what I needI may sink a little drink and shout out "She's with me!"

A couple of the sound that I really likeAre the sounds of a switchblade and a motorbike

I'm a juvenile product of the working classWhose best friend floats in the bottom of a glass

CROCODILE ROCK

I remember when rock was youngMe and Suzie had so much fun

holding hands and skimming stonesHad an old gold Chevy and a place of my own

But the biggest kick I ever gotwas doing a thing called the Crocodile Rock

While the other kids were Rocking Round the Clockwe were hopping and bopping to the Crocodile Rock

Well Crocodile Rocking is something shockingwhen your feet just can't keep still

I never knew me a better time and I guess I never willOh Lawdy mama those Friday nightswhen Suzie wore her dresses tight

and the Crocodile Rocking was out of sight

But the years went by and the rock just diedSuzie went and left us for some foreign guyLong nights crying by the record machine

dreaming of my Chevy and my old blue jeansBut they'll never kill the thrills we've got

burning up to the Crocodile RockLearning fast as the weeks went past

we really thought the Crocodile Rock would last