OTHER ARTISTS 1980s
Songs written with someone other than Elton John and not appearing on a Taupin solo album
Julie
(Michael Chapman/Bernie Taupin)
Cher (as Black Rose)
From the album "Black Rose" (1980)
Cheap lips lie into hungry ears
Well backsliding Julie was borne in the air
Riding away on the horses
That run through my life
You think I'm tough
Just to watch your game
But Julie you're messing
With a naked flame
I'm a dangerous rain
That’ll wash all your lies away
Well I now know,
Julie you're the shape of sin
But I can strut like Bowie,
When the line dance begins
So cool it Julie or I'm gonna do you in
Julie, Julie why do you taunt me
Julie, Julie you're lying
Julie, Julie Why do you haunt me
Julie, oh Julie you lying bitch
Well you think I'm just flying
With strings of a kite
But Julie I hope that your knots are all tight
I'm flying higher
And I am the one holding the knife
He's all that I got
And he's all that I want
Well Julie for the last time
Enough is enough
Take it from me
You'll meet no meaner woman
For The Working Girl
(Melissa Manchester/Bernie Taupin)
Melissa Manchester
From the album "For The Working Girl" (1980)
I work in the chorus doing three shows a night
Wearing fishnets and feathers under blinding white lights
I've sold shorts to hardhats who've had booze on their lips
Been fondled and leered at for an occasional tip
And it don't get no better, but can't get no worse
For the working girl's world is the size of her purse
From Detroit to Des Moines, it's the same ugly scene
I'm a cog, you're a wheel
He's a king, she's a queen
From the smokestacks to the meat racks
Where you're eyelined and curled
There's a lot to be said for the working girl
Sweating for sweet water just to run through your hands
Six kids in Cleveland for one wedding band
Tied up to a mail room for the minimum wage
A nest egg's a daydream that never gets laid
And it don't get no brighter, but it's clearer to see
There aren't no working girls like the ones on TV
From Detroit to Des Moines, it's the same ugly scene
I'm a cog, you're a wheel
He's a king, she's a queen
From the smokestacks to the meat racks
Where you're eyelined and curled
There's a lot to be said for the working girl
There's a lot to be said for the working girl
Sonny
(Jimmy Cregan/Rod Stewart/Kevin Savigar
Bernie Taupin)
Rod Stewart
From the album "Tonight I'm Yours" (1981)
Sonny, I've been missing you tonight,
Sonny, something deep inside me has died.
I gave up the purest love
A woman could give to a man.
Everything I ever had
Has slipped right through my hands
'cause she walks like you,
She talks like you,
She feels like you,
But she ain't you,
She smiles like you,
Cries like you,
Denies like you,
But she'll never be you.
Sonny, she don't move me anymore,
Sonny, I've never hurt this way before.
She's trying hard to replace you
but there's something she'll never know.
She can borrow all your style
but she'll never possess your soul
'cause she acts like you,
Attacks like you,
She cracks like you,
But she ain't you,
She needs like you,
Pleads like you,
Feels like you,
But she'll never be you.
Sonny
Sonny
I'm down on my knees
Sonny won't you come back, come back,
Come back to me please.
Someday, we'll hide the pain away, and
Sonny, I know that we can laugh again.
I should have known and had more sense
Sinking to a childish pride.
All I got was your looking glass
Without your heart in side
'cause she craves like you,
Behaves like you,
And lays like you,
But she ain't you,
She plays like you,
Prays like you,
Does everything like you,
But she ain't you.
She hides like you,
Denies like you,
Sighs like you,
But she ain't you.
Sonny,
Sonny,
Sonny won't you come back,
Come back to me.
Never Give Up On A Dream
(Jimmy Cregan/Rod Stewart/Bernie Taupin)
Rod Stewart
From the album "Tonight I'm Yours" (1981)
If there's doubt and you're cold,
Don't you worry what the future holds.
We've gotta have heroes to teach us all
To never give up on a dream.
Claim the road, touch the sun,
No force on earth could stop you run.
When your heart bursts like the sun
Never never give up on a dream.
Shadows fall, daylight dies,
Freedom never got a place to hide.
Search forever photo finish line
But never give up on your dream.
Crazy notions fill your head,
You gotta break all the records set.
Push yourself until the end
But don't you ever give up on your dream.
Now listen to me
You don't need no restrictions yeah
Oh, sing it again
You can't live on sympathy.
You just need to go the distance,
Oh the distance
That's all you need to be free,
To be free, to be free, to be free.
Sing a song for me children
You don't need no restrictions yeah
You can't live on sympathy.
You just need to go the distance,
That's all you need to be free,
Now listen to me!
Inspiring all to never lose,
It'll take a long long time before they fill your shoes
It'll take somebody, somebody, who's a lot like you
Who never gave up on a dream.
No, you never gave up on a dream
No, you never gave up on a dream.
You never, never, never,
Never gave up on a dream.
I Guess I’ll Always Love You
(Anthony Brock/James Cregan/Jay Davis/
Robin LeMesurier/Kevin Savigar/Rod Stewart/
Bernie Taupin)
Rod Stewart
From the album "Absolutely Live" (1982)
I used to think I was something real special,
Bragged about the hearts that I broke.
As you came along like a hurricane, honey,
And snap me like a piece of rope.
Oh, and even after all this time when I've acted so stupid and blind.
You took me in when I was out, you gave me hope when there was doubt…
Guess I'll always love you.
I guess I'll always care.
I guess I'll always love you all of my life.
I used to worry about time and money but I don't matter no more!
I used to believe I was an old-time lover but now I'm no longer sure!
Oh, cause you brought into my life as I was nervous and as sharp as a knife.
And if I ever get loose again, you wrap me up and turn me in.
You know that?
I guess I'll always love you.
I guess I'll always care.
I guess I'll always love you all of my life.
I feel I've waited a million years for this little girl of mine.
And this time I won't mess it up, stand by her for the rest of my life…
All of my life.
All of my life.
All of my life.
All of my life.
If ever get drunk again, you're the one that takes the blame.
Cause you know what, babe?
I guess I'll always love you.
I guess I'll always care.
I guess I'll always love you all of my life.
All the times I've been too too smart!
You remind me of my name.
And all the days that I went missing.
You're complete shaped in the blame.
Oh, but you'd never seen her hold.
You'd even madness of laugh at it all.
And I know you knew all along
I guess the plans you're on
I guess I'll always love you.
I guess I'll always care.
I guess I'll always love you all of my life.
I guess I'll always love you.
I guess I'll always care.
I guess I'll always love you all of my life.
All of my life.
All of my life.
Ooh, all of my life.
I've been waiting for someone, someone like you…
Ain't it good?
Hey Ricky (You're A Low Down Heel)
(Melissa Manchester/Bernie Taupin)
Melissa Manchester
From the album "Hey Ricky" (1982)
Hey sugar, where'd you get that sweet tooth
Where'd you get that swagger
Where'd you get off acting like Babe Ruth
When you look just like the others?
And you wouldn't know good silk stockings
From a cheap ol' pair of tights
You ain't so swell in your pinstripes
You ain't no tiger when there ain't no lights
You call me your latest conquest
As you belch money to the boys
But if your beer was the Sea of Cortez
You'd be drowning in the sound of your own voice
Hey Ricky, you're a low down heel
You're a minus zero on the scale of me
With your "What's up kid?" and your "Cool it, babes."
You're a worn-out fact on an ancient page
Hey Ricky, hey hey Ricky
Hey Ricky, you're a low down heel.
Oh lordie, where'd you buy them morals
Where's you get that Stetson
You come across a little short of urban
Ain't New York white boys, hardly redneck Texan
Say I really love them white bucks
Oh, did your battleship sink your rubber duck
And you, you wouldn't know what a lady was
Unless she came up and kicked you in the butt
As you turn the color of Khalua on a boat off the Florida Keys
I'll be messing up the sheets with someone else
While your Jello heart is adrift at sea
Hey Ricky, you're a low down heel
You're a minus zero on the scale of me
With your "What's up kid?" and your "Cool it, babes."
You're a worn-out fact on an ancient page
Hey Ricky, hey hey Ricky
Hey Ricky, you're a low down heel.
White Rose
(Melissa Manchester/Kevin DeRemer/Bernie Taupin)
Melissa Manchester
From the album "Emergency" (1983)
How come we feel the way we do
How come we think as one, we two
Like warm sunsets within our hearts
There's nothing in the real world
Could tear our love apart
Each season's born behind your eyes
Without your strength my purpose dies
And if indeed the soul remains
Let's leave within this lifetime
Two seeds beneath the rain
So we'll look for the white rose, you and me
When we're both beyond this lifetime
Then we'll both become the seed
And if you leave this world tomorrow
Or if I leave this world today
You'll find me as a white rose
And I'll find you the same way
Rest assured I need your arms
I'll need them more in years to come
We'll wrap ourselves around our lives
And plant our hearts together
Before we see the other side
When lovers die in fairy tales
The once upon a time just stays
As children grow like flowers wild
We could go on forever
Never fade away
And the thorns won't ever make you bleed
No the stem that's you holds the flower that's me
So we'll look for the white rose, you and me
When we're both beyond this lifetime
Then we'll both become the seed
And if you leave this world tomorrow
Or if I leave this world today
You'll find me as a white rose
And I'll find you the same way
Satisfied
(Jimmy Cregan/Kevin Savigar/Rod Stewart/Bernie Taupin)
Rod Stewart
From the album "Body Wishes (1983)
It's a common misconception
About a man's role in this world
A provider and survivor and
A winner who must never fail
But oh how he needs a woman
To reassure and give him strength
Through the darkest nights
And the hardest fights
When there's no other corner left
When the world outside is threatening
And all his dreams have been destroyed
Take him in your arms watch all his guards
Melt like a little boy
Tell him you really need him
Tell him you really care
Tell him you'll never leave him
He'll be satisfied
And he may not find it easy
To say what's on his mind
When he's full of doubt
Say "we'll work it out"
God knows how hard he's trying
And he may never buy you roses
And forget to notice your hair
But as long as he says "I
Love you my dear"
That's all you need to hear
Tell him you really need him
Tell him you'll aways care
Tell him you'll never leave him
He'll be satisfied
And they say the heart's a hunter
But it's truth you can't deny
He may never be everything you want
But for you he'd lay down and die
So Friday night when the phone rings
And he's stuck in a downtown bar
Roll away the stone
Cause the last mile home
Is the longest mile of them all
Tell him you really need him
Tell him you'll always care
Tell him you'll never leave him
He'll be satisfied
Tell him you really want him
Tell him you understand
And tell him that you love him
He'll be satisfied
Mystery D.J.
(Martha Davis/Bernie Taupin)
The Motels (1983)
From the album "Anthologyland" (2000)
Heard the war-cry in Gallup
Where cheap drunks die easy
There’s a hole in my heart
Where the tomahawk hit me
I burn my way past midnight
In my little glass room
Ain’t heard nothing worth playing
Since ‘52
Who’s the mystery DJ
From the last good tribe
Other side of the needle's
Vinyl suicide
Good at fooling tourists
Checking out Indian land
Picking up all the turquoise
And the Cherokee understands
I still play your big bands
From my little room
Yeah, I'm in here somewhere
If you need a tune
Does it smell like liquor here
Fine brown bourbon in a glass
Remember how the console shined
Stars fade - nothing lasts
Into The Heartland
(Martha Davis/Bernie Taupin)
The Motels
From the album "Little Robbers" (1984)
Rita saw a deal on the TV
So me and her hopped on the R.T.D.
Drove it down to Colton on the weekend
Me I stole the Pontiac
I got sick of taking orders
Slinging hash and hearing them complain
I don't wanna smell that grill forever
So I took the Pontiac
An' drove it straight into the heartland
Rita's fingers fumblin' trying to roll one
My frozen fingers trying to find a cold one
Tonight we dine on the line and the lone one
As I gun this sucker straight into the heartland
Read about a guy down in Florida
He took a shotgun down to the hardware store
Blew ten people to the floor
'Cause the way they fixed his mower
Then headed out that night
Straight into the heartland
Rita's fingers fumblin' trying to roll one
My frozen fingers trying to find a cold one
Tonight we dine on the line and the lone one
As I gun this sucker straight into the heartland
They say Eddy boy you're wanted
But not for running lights this time
You don't need the gun
To hear the sound of your own name
Rita's fingers fumblin' trying to roll one
My frozen fingers trying to find a cold one
Tonight we dine on the line and the lone one
As I gun this sucker straight into the heartland
I'm gonna gun this sucker straight into the heartland
I'm gonna gun this sucker straight into the heartland
These Dreams
(Martin Page/Bernie Taupin)
Heart
From the album "Heart" (1985)
Spare a little candle
Save some light for me
Figures up ahead
Moving in the trees
White skin in linen
Perfume on my wrist
And the full moon that hangs over
These dreams in the mist
Darkness on the edge
Shadows where I stand
I search for the time
On a watch with no hands
I want to see you clearly
Come closer than this
But all I remember
Are the dreams in the mist
These dreams go on when I close my eyes
Every second of the night I live another life
These dreams that sleep when it’s cold outside
Every moment I’m awake the further I’m away
Is it cloak ‘n’ dagger
Could it be spring or fall
I walk without a cut
Through a stained glass wall
Weaker in my eyesight
The candle in my grip
And words that have no form
Are falling from my lips
These dreams go on when I close my eyes
Every second of the night I live another life
These dreams that sleep when it’s cold outside
Every moment I’m awake the further I’m away
There’s something out there
I can’t resist
I need to hide away from the pain
There’s something out there
I can’t resist
The sweetest song is silence
That I’ve ever heard
Funny how your feet
In dreams never touch the earth
In a wood full of princes
Freedom is a kiss
But the prince hides his face
From dreams in the mist
We Built This City
(Martin Page/Bernie Taupin/Dennis Lambert/Peter Wolf)
Starship
From the album "Knee Deep in the Hoopla" (1985)
We built this city,
We built this city on rock and roll
Say you don't know me, or recognize my face
Say you don't care who goes to that kind of place
Knee deep in the hoopla, sinking in your fight
Too many runaways eating up the night
Marconi plays the Mamba,
Listen to the radio
Don't you remember?
We built this city
We built this city on rock and roll
We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
Someone always playing corporation games
Who cares they're always changing corporation names
We just want to dance here, someone stole the stage
They call us irresponsible, write us off the page
Marconi plays the Mamba,
Listen to the radio
Don't you remember?
We built this city
We built this city on rock and roll!
We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
It's just another Sunday in a tired old street
Police have got the choke hold, and we just lost the beat
Who counts the money underneath the bar
Who rides the wrecking ball into our guitars
Don't tell us you need us, 'cause we're the ship of fools
Looking for America, crawling through your schools
Don't you remember ...
Marconi plays the Mamba,
Listen to the radio -
Don't you remember?
We built this city,
We built this city on rock and roll
We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
Love Rusts
(Martin Page/Bernie Taupin)
Starship
From the album "Knee Deep in the Hoopla" (1985)
Where are you now, somewhere on the highway
Probably checked into some low-rent room
You call your service back in San Francisco
You tell your landlord you’ll be home by June
But what about me girl, back in California
What about the blue-eyed boy you called a child
You held me for ransom like some beautiful bandit
Going down for the third time, drowning in your life
Love rusts when it rains on romance
Thunder rolls in on a clear blue day
We used to shine like the eye of a diamond
But something happened when the weather changed
I should have known better, you read me like a roadmap
Staying in one place don’t interest you at all
Maybe I don’t move as fast as I used to
But youth is something we can’t hold on to long
Love rusts when it rains on romance
Thunder rolls in on a clear blue day
We used to shine like the eye of a diamond
But something happened when the weather changed
Love rusts when it rains on romance
Hailstones heavy on this empty heart
It cracks the window where I used to watch you
Down by the shoreline standing in the dark
What about the moments, do you call them a loan
Were you just passing through, or did you have some time to kill
You’d lay for hours with your head in the clouds
Your heart was moving while my heart stood still
I Engineer
(Holly Knight/Bernie Taupin/Mike Chapman)
Animotion
From the album "Strange Behavior" (1986)
Don't count on me, I engineer
On every move we make from here
I'll take the lead
You take the pain
You see, I engineered this game
Who do you think you fool when you talk about us?
Why do you walk on glass when you know it cuts?
There must be a reason why,
You put my life in overdrive.
I'm up to here with push and shove...
From here on in, I've had enough!
Don't count on me, I engineer
On every move we make from here
I'll take the lead
You take the pain
You see, I engineered this game
I'll leave it all behind in a cloud of dust,
There's an even chance I'll shine or rust.
On my own I've got the time...
There's a light ahead at the end of the line.
Seeing you leaves me no doubt,
I'll take the wheel from here on out.
Don't count on me, I engineer
On every move we make from here
I'll take the lead
You take the pain
You see, I engineered this game
On my own I've got the time...
There's a light ahead at the end of the line.
Seeing you leaves me no doubt,
I'll take the wheel from here on out.
Don't count on me, I engineer
On every move we make from here
I'll take the lead
You take the pain
You see, I engineered this game
Hard Lesson To Learn
(Joe Triplett/Peter Blachly/Bernie Taupin)
Rod Stewart
B-side to the single "Love Touch" (1986)
I drifted into the notion
That you were looking for me
I told myself that devotion
Would flow from your heart to me
When I looked into your eyes
Still no reflection did I see
Of love light glowing within there
That I hoped there would be
And it's a hard lesson to learn my friend
A hard lesson to learn
Sometimes you’re gonna get what you want
Sometimes you’re gonna get burned
I took a chance on emotion
Washing my heart out to sea
A single wave on the ocean
You feel so distant from me
And there's a shadow dark upon your smile
A sadness living in your eyes
Storm clouds rolling in and out of doubt
Guess I been living a lie
And it's a hard lesson to learn my friend
Hard lesson to learn
Sometimes you’re gonna get what you want
Sometimes you’re gonna get burned
When The Phone Stops Ringing
(Holly Knight/Bernie Taupin)
Eighth Wonder
From the album "Fearless" (1987)
He said to me tonight
"Why stay, they only tell you lies"
Is it a dream?
My conscience tells me he's just make-believe
Don't be a fool for boys, it's only common sense
So Momma says, “Use your head
Can’t you tell he’s got you hypnotized and paralyzed
And I see trouble overhead”
It's over when the phone stops ringing
He's never, ever going to call
It's over when the phone stops ringing
He's done this kind of thing to girls before
I tried to memorize
Just how he kissed me when we said goodnight
So sincere
He said, "You'll see I’m gonna be a millionaire"
My friends only laugh
They think it's oh, so cute to call him names
Like Howard Hughes
In front of me
They investigate and confiscate my privacy
They act like it's all a game
It's over when the phone stops ringing
He's never, ever going to call
It's over when the phone stops ringing
He's done this kind of thing to girls before
Why do they have to be so right all the time?
He was a special kind of shy
But he said he'd call and now it's been two days
Now all I hear is, "I told you so..."
Fly On The Wall
(Bruce Hornsby/Bernie Taupin)
Exile
From the album "Shelter From The Night" (1987)
There’s doorways and hallways that I’ve never stepped through
Although there were times when I’ve felt the need to
Where the beds stay unmade
And the curtains stay closed
And the sign on the door reads “Do Not Disturb”
Is that where you go with a clean change of clothes
And your toothbrush tucked up your sleeve
Making love through the night
‘Neath the bare light
Just a shakedown in second-hand sheets
And a diamond can't buy the lies that you hide
When you tell me a friend took a fall
And I'd pay any price just for one night
If I was a fly on the wall
Just to look down and see your sweet poison
Or to hear your love call
Just a spot between the bed and the ceiling
Just enough room for a fly on the wall
There's a silver Mercedes that I've never rode in
Where's your pool hall Don Juan with his ruby red stick-pin
He's naked as daybreak
And hungry for you
As his footsteps approach you in room 22
Do you really believe this one’s for keeps
Does his silver tongue send you insane
Will he promise you life
As his sweetheart and wife
When he barely remembers your name
The Ballad Of Zero And The Tramp
(John Anderson/Bernie Taupin)
John Anderson
From the album "You Can't Keep A Good Memory Down" (1988)
Well they used to call him Zero cause he never made his mark
And when he took up with a tramp like her all the people laughed
And fate just seemed to find them on a one way losing streak
Between the two they lived their lives trapped on a dead end street
Well a man gets tired of zero and a woman hates that scorn
And if time would allow they'd made those fools wish they were never born
Oh how come it feels like Sunday each day of your life
Some of us have to make a name before we're satisfied
Oh and how come it feels like Monday seven days a week
Work your fingers to the bone just to make ends meet
Well the bank job wasn't easy no they'd left a couple dead
And when the headlines hit the stands that day ‘twas Zero and the tramp they said
Now it looks like they've got a manhunt for a couple of crazy kids
And they both got just what they want it was a price upon their heads
The more they kept on running the more they fell in love
Cause when you live your life outside the law you need that kind of trust
Oh how come it feels like Sunday each day of your life
Some of us have to make a name before we're satisfied
Oh and how come it feels like Monday seven days a week
Work your fingers to the bone just to make ends meet
Sometimes the nights get colder and the dreams can chill your bones
And it was on a night like this that they came too close to home
They were caught up in the crossfire of a SWAT team's finest hour
And went down in a blaze of automatic fire
Crying hey we've really made it now
Oh how come it feels like Sunday each day of your life
Some of us have to make a name before we're satisfied
Oh and how come it feels like Monday seven days a week
Work your fingers to the bone just to make ends meet
Work your fingers to the bone just to make ends meet
Under Fire
(Bernie Taupin/Martin Page/Monty Byrom/David Neuhauser)
New Frontier
From the album "New Frontier" (1988)
It’s a story that’s often told
Here it comes again
How a poor boy loves a rich girl
Somebody loses
So it never ends
I’m the promise never broken in your heart tonight
If you keep your distance
Will you be satisfied
The pressure of your family
Fair weather friends
Mess you up inside
I’m still waiting on the corner of hell and paradise
Under fire
It’s not over yet
Under fire
I’ll take what I can get
Under fire
I’ll come with the night
Movin’ like a shadow through the rest of your life
Under fire
The class war’s never over
Wealth walks a thin line
And the heart can’t tell the difference
Blind indifference
Between your life and mine
I’m still waiting on the corner of hell and paradise
And if them uptown types still fool you
I will bring you across the trucks
And if the climate remains cruel
Then I’ll carry you back
I’m still waiting on the corner of hell and paradise
The Burn
(Martin Page/Bernie Taupin)
Starship
From the album "Love Among the Cannibals" (1989)
Bad is better than the burn
Some people never learn
Bad is better than the burn
I'll take the blame it's my mistake
One heart goes free one heart just aches
It's an easy kill within my range
I made the break honey you kept the pain
And yesterday means nothing to me now
I'll keep it hid you'll live somehow
Bad is better than the burn
Truth is better than a lie
They say some people never learn
Bad is better than the burn
I fished love's kiss from the wishing well
Wound up in heaven stayed around for hell
It's a common crime to live this lie
I see no point after love has died
The villain is one who said goodbye
I'll take the heat for the tears you cry
Bad is better than the burn
Truth is better than a lie
They say some people never learn
Bad is better than the burn
Bad is better than the burn
Or the hurt that's hidden in the heart
They say you pay with what you earn
Bad is better than the burn
Cold is the shoulder that turns away
Cursed is the man on judgment day
Damned by the brand done too soon
Crawled out of this house and howled at the moon
And yesterday means nothing to me now
I'll keep it hid, you'll live somehow
Bad is better than the burn
Truth is better than a lie
They say some people never learn
Bad is better than the burn
Closer To The Edge
(Martin Page/Bernie Taupin)
Bertin Osborne From the album "Motivation" (1989)
I must have took a wrong turn
I got myself boxed in
Now I feel the ropes behind me
Trapped within this ring
You’ve got to be so holy
You’ve got to be a saint sometimes
When we break the vows we make
And stray across that line
Slipping into darkness
Deep inside our heads
Each one knows the other’s getting
Closer to the edge
Every day in deeper
Balanced on the ledge
We push this lie baby
Inch by inch
We’re getting close to the edge
Pushing it inch by inch
Getting closer
Closer to the edge
Funny how the body heats up
I swore your lips were crimson
Sweat soaked the sheets we were locked in
Our bodies both imprisoned
You’ve got to have that passion
You’ve got to have the drive to love
Soon as doubt attacks us
Half a heart ain’t enough
And I can’t pretend sometimes the fever ends
Sometimes it burns a short time then dies away
And comes again
Slipping into darkness
Deep inside our heads
Each one knows the other’s getting
Closer to the edge
Every day in deeper
Balanced on the ledge
We push this lie baby
Inch by inch
We’re getting close to the edge
Pushing it inch by inch
We’re getting close to the edge
Pushing it inch by inch
Getting closer
Closer to the edge
Johnny And Mary(Robert Palmer/Bernie Taupin)
Melissa ManchesterFrom the album "Emergency" (1983) Johnny's always running aroundTrying to find certaintyHe needs all the world to confirmThat he ain't lonelyMary counts the wallsKnows he tires easilyJohnny thinks the world would be rightIf it would buy truth from himMary says he changes his mindMore than a womanBut she made her bedEven though the chance was slim Eye to eyeHeart to heartAll the timeTries to make it mile for mileDay to daybreakHe wants to see it throughLiving like dreamers do Johnny says he's willing to learnWhen he decides he's a foolJohnny says he'll live anywhereWhen he has time toMary combs her hairSays she should be used to itMary always hedges her betsShe never knows what to thinkShe says that he still acts like he'sBeing discoveredScared that he'll get caughtWithout a second thought Eye to eyeHeart to heartAll the timeTries to make it mile for mileDay to daybreakHe wants to see it throughLiving like dreamers doHe’s got to see it throughLiving like dreamers do Johnny feels he's wasting his breathTrying to talk sense to herMary says he's lacking a realSense of proportionMary counts the wallsSays she should be used to it Eye to eyeHeart to heartAll the timeTries to make it mile for mileDay to daybreakHe wants to see it throughLiving like dreamers do Johnny's always running aroundRunning around, running aroundRunning around, running aroundHe's got to see it throughLiving like dreamers doJohnny's always running aroundRunning around, running aroundRunning aroundJohnny's always running aroundRunning around, running around