OTHER ARTISTS 2000s
Songs written with someone other than Elton John and not appearing on a Farm Dogs album
Red
(Bernie Taupin/Josquin des Pres/Mark Paladino/Keith Roberts)
The Young Dubliners
From the album "Red" (2000)
Paint on your nails smells like kerosene
Before these blisters we were squeaky clean
We were Mr. and Mrs. Butter and Cream
Sweet things turn sour honey, love’s never clean
And I see red, red, red
Don’t you hear what I said?
And it’s thicker than the water
It’ll rush into your head
And I see red, red, red
Don’t you hear what I said?
They’re pulling on my strings
Baby shaking up the bed
Creeps in the attic putting salt on our tails
Big bucks and high heels drove us both off the rails
We were sun gods in Athens but uncommonly pale
Tans don’t last long baby, white bread gets stale
And I see red, red, red
Don’t you hear what I said?
And it’s thicker than the water
It’ll rush into your head
And I see red, red, red
Don’t you hear what I said?
They’re pulling on my strings
Baby shaking up the bed
And I’m near you but, I can’t hear you but
I’m out here guessing you’re guessing too
You’re guessing too
Gimme Eight Seconds
(Toby Keith/Bernie Taupin)
Toby Keith
From the album "Pull My Chain"(bonus track) (2001)
I got a good bull roped, I got a brand new bell
I got a hot rod pick up truck, she can really set sail
Pushing that red line gotta make that show
Gonna meet my buddies at the rodeo
Just drew myself a mean old bull
We're all smellin' money 'cause the jackpot's full
He's got the fire in his belly and he turns back quick
Son this big devil's got a bag of tricks
Gimme 8 more seconds, gimme one more shot
Gimme hell below, gimme strength on top
You gotta be crazy, gotta be insane
To hitch your wagon to a hurricane, yeah
Gonna rap my rope around my gloves real tight
I'm droppin' my hooks down and I'm ready to ride
Say a little prayer, give a nod and go
Stay clean in the middle 'til I hear that whistle blow
Gimme 8 more seconds, gimme one more shot
Gimme hell below, gimme strength on top
You gotta be crazy, gotta be insane
To hitch your wagon to a hurricane, yeah
Yeah, hitch your wagon to a hurricane
Mendocino County Line
(Bernie Taupin/Matt Serletic)
Willie Nelson and Lee Ann Womack
From the album "The Great Divide"(2002)
Counted the stars on the fourth of July
Wishin’ we were rockets burstin’ into the sky
Talkin’ about redemption…leavin’ things behind
As the sun sank west of the Mendocino county line.
As fierce as Monday mornin’ feelin’ washed away
I orchestrated paradise but couldn’t make you stay
You dance with horses, through the sands of time
As the sun sinks west of the Mendocino county line
I have these pictures
I keep these photographs
To remind me of a time
These pictures
These photographs
Let me know I’m doin’ fine.
I used to make you happy
Once upon a time
But the sun sank west of the Mendocino county line
The two of us together, felt nothin’ but right.
Feelin’ near immortal every Friday night.
Lost in our convictions, lips stained with wine
As the sun sank west of the Mendocino county line
I have these pictures
I keep these photographs
To remind me of a time
These pictures
These photographs
Let me know I’m doin’ fine.
I used to make you happy
Once upon a time
But the sun sank west of the Mendocino county line
I don’t talk to you too much these days
I just thank the Lord pictures don’t fade
I spent time with an angel just passing through
Now all that’s left is this image of you.
We counted the stars on the fourth of July
Wishin’ we were rockets burstin’ into the sky
Talkin’ about redemption…leavin’ things behind
I have these pictures
I keep these photographs
To remind me of a time
These pictures
These photographs
Let me know I’m doin’ fine.
I used to make you happy
Once upon a time
But the sun sank west of the Mendocino county line
But the sun sank west of the Mendocino county line
But the sun sank west of the Mendocino county line
Uncool
(Bernie Taupin/Courtney Love/Jerry Best/Linda Perry/Patty Schemel)
Courtney Love
From the album "America'sSweetheart"(2004)
Your pretty face just grabbed the headlines
Leaving nothing but my name
And all my grief keeps multiplying
And I pretend to feel no pain
Am I gonna lose?
Baby, if I tell the truth
Would it be uncool?
If I could write a love song
I just wanna bleed
Tear a hole in me
Spit out what I have held down oh so long
I get tired of the pleasure
My company’s so cheap
Baby, take me from this tempest
Take me someplace so I can sleep
I don’t wanna die, and I don’t wanna live
Baby, I just want a chance to be with you
I’ll try, cause I love you
I swear to God I’ve never felt so alive
Yeah am I gonna lose?
If I tell the truth
Would it be uncool?
If I could write a love song
I just wanna bleed
Tear a hole in me
And every time you move
And every time you breathe
Yeah, gotta write a love song
Baby you’re a freak show just like me
Baby, we are all born ugly
Gotta write a love song
Gonna make you cry
Gonna go so deep
Tear the whirlwind take me somewhere I can sleep
I wanna be uncool!
I wanna be uncool!
I wanna be uncool!
Cause I’ll have you
I’m gonna make you cry
Cause I’m gonna go so deep
Can you take the tempest baby
And go somewhere I can sleep
Gonna make you love me
Gonna make you love me
Yeah am I gonna lose?
If I tell the truth
Would it be uncool?
If I could write a love song
I just wanna bleed
Tear a hole in me
And every time you move
And every time you breathe
Yeah, gotta write a love song
Baby you’re a freak show just like me
Baby, we are all born ugly
Gotta write a love song
Gonna make you cry
Gonna go so deep
Tear the whirlwind take me somewhere I can sleep
I wanna be uncool!
I wanna write a love song
I wanna be uncool!
I wanna write a love song
I wanna be uncool!
Gonna write a love song
Gonna be uncool
I Don’t Want To Say Goodbye
(Gustavo Santaolalla/Bernie Taupin)
Teddy Thompson
From the "Brokeback Mountain" motion
picture soundtrack (2005)
I don’t want to say goodbye
Let the stars shine through
I don’t want to say goodbye
All I want to do is live with you
Just like the light of the morning
After the darkness has gone
The shadow of my love is falling
On a place where the sun always shone
Don’t you know that’s where our hearts both belong?
‘Cause I don’t want to say goodbye
Let the stars shine through
No, I don’t want to say goodbye
All I want to do is live with you
Together, our two hearts are strong
Don’t you know that’s where our hearts both belong?
‘Cause I don’t want to say goodbye
Let the stars shine through
No, I don’t want to say goodbye
All I want to do is live with you
All I want to do is live with you.
A Love That Will Never Grow Old
(Gustavo Santaolalla/Bernie Taupin)
Emmylou Harris
From the "Brokeback Mountain" motion
picture soundtrack (2005)
Go to sleep, may your sweet dreams come true
Just lay back in my arms for one more night
I've this crazy old notion that calls me sometimes
Saying this one's the love of your life.
Cause I know a love that will never grow old
And I know a love that will never grow old.
When you wake up the world may have changed
But trust in me, I'll never falter or fail
Just the smile in your eyes, it can light up the night,
And your laughter's like wind in my sails.
Lean on me, let our hearts beat in time,
Feel strength from the hands that have held you so long.
Who cares where we go on this rugged old road
In a world that may say that we're wrong.
What I Really Want For Christmas
(Brian Wilson/Bernie Taupin)
Brian Wilson
From the album
"What I Really Want For Christmas"(2005)
Snow's so deep, stars so bright
Hear Winter wake and Angels sing on Christmas night
I'll build a fire, you'll hold me tight
We'll pray for peace on Christmas night
Lift our hearts, hope to find
A world that stops to think of love at Christmas time
Children's laughter brings, joy beyond our dreams
Full of hope to give, these times in which we live
Please no more lists, send no more gifts
What I really want for Christmas
What I really want for Christmas
What I really want at Christmas time
Is peace tonight, peace for all
That Season's Greetings last beyond a festive Fall
Santa's home, his reindeer sleep
A child's strength is their belief
Lift your hearts hope to find
That belief that children have at Christmas time
The dying embers glow
We watch the falling snow
Lucky to be home, when some are all alone
Please no more lists send no more gifts
What I really want for Christmas
What I really want for Christmas
What I really want at Christmas time
Is peace tonight, peace is hard
Peace is more than just a sentimental card
So be good, so be kind
Look inside your hearts at Christmas time
What I really want for Christmas
What I really want for Christmas
What I really want at Christmas time
Leave
(Bernie Taupin)
John Corbett
From the album "John Corbett" (2006)
You and me we’re two roads never bending
Yeah we cross some rocky ground
We could have made some smoother landings
But somehow we’re still around
You say we’re made from different fires
But I say we’re the same spark
True love invites a form of lightning
That you can only see in the dark
I’d do anything for you
This side of heaven
Anything you ever ask me to
I’d drag the sky in to your room for you to sleep on
The only thing I won’t do for you
Is leave
Together we’re like candles in the rain
We fade and flicker yet return
Like waves crashing on a coastline
In love there’s always something new to learn
I’d do anything for you
This side of heaven
Anything you ever ask me to
I’d drag the sky in to your room for you to sleep on
The only thing I won’t do for you
Is leave
I can’t control the way I feel
I’ve caused scars and I’ve seen them heal
Lost hope for us but found every reason to believe
Seen a lot of things come between these rants
But the only thing that I won't ever do
Is leave