OTHER ARTISTS 1990s
Songs written with someone other than Elton John and not appearing on a Farm Dogs album
Keep On Running
(Brian Setzer/Bernie Taupin)
The Stray Cats
From the album "Let's Go Faster" (1990)
She had a white wedding
100 guests and a four piece band
But she's as sad as Sunday
The groom's as cold as a snowman's hand
But out of nowhere
Came her saviour
Down the aisle
Comes Johnny from the promised land
As long as we keep on running
They'll never catch me
As long as we keep on running
Honey, we'll stay free
In an old motel they fell asleep
After driving thru the nite
The word's gone out on the Citizen's Bands
Her Daddy's put a price on Johnny's life
But out of danger
Deep in Texas
She found heaven
Hanging onto Johnny's hand
And if you break away
I cam give you a fast car going west
Ain't got a lot o'time
Just 24 hours of happiness
But if you wake one day
And hear my voice on a cool breeze blowin' south
Remember you and me
Living our life in 24 hours
Soon enough they'll track us down
Time runs out for freedom in the end
Well it's bars for me and the bride to be
In her Daddy's Caddy
Abducted from the promised land
Deal For Life
(Martin Page/Bernie Taupin)
John Waite
From the "Days Of Thunder" motion picture
soundtrack (1990)
In the course of your life
There's a side of each man
That sleeps in the darkest hour
I don't know what it takes
It takes time it takes faith
To wake the second state of the heart
And a simple taste of love
To lift me up
It's easier now to believe
‘Cuz we're working on this deal for life
When your heart's held for ransom
Walk away and your spirit will fly
And bet the light that burns in your eyes
On a deal for life
I never danced in a storm
I was hooked by a hunger
That left a bitter taste in my soul
There's a distance between
Hard truth and a dream
Some days it pays to run with the chances
I got a simple taste of love to lift me up
It's easier now to believe
‘Cuz we're working on this deal for life
When your heart's held for ransom
Walk away and your spirit will fly
And bet the light that burns in your eyes
On a deal for life
Emptiness lays back and it never moves you
It takes the soul on the wing to pull you through
And now I won't let go
It's easier now to believe
‘Cuz we're working on this deal for life
When your heart's held for ransom
Walk away and your spirit will fly
And bet the light that burns in your eyes
On a deal for life
Dip Your Wings
(Paul Fox/Frannie Golde/Bernie Taupin)
Peter Cetera
From the album"World Falling Down" (1992)
If you see me coming up an open road
With an empty glass and a single rose
Take a turn towards the shifting light
You’ll see my shadow lost in the night
Endless flight has no direction now
To a coward’s kiss from a hero’s vow
If I could find the words I’d pick up the phone
If I was half a man I wouldn’t sleep alone
Send me no more angels on a restless wind
All I ever wanted were the simple things
If a love like ours means anything
Show me a sign honey
Dip your wings
Oh you shook your head like a wild horse
Beneath the southern cross in the frozen north
Oh when our bodies touched on that burning beach
I could have sworn that heaven was within our reach
Send me no more angels on a restless wind
All I ever wanted were the simple things
If a love like ours means anything
Show me a sign honey
Dip your wings
Time just crawls here behind my eyes
If the scar heals, can our love survive
Life’s only purpose seems so distant now
If there’s a chance at all wont you show me how
Send me no more angels on a restless wind
All I ever wanted were the simple things
If a love like ours means anything
Show me a sign honey
Dip your wings
The Rain
(Carlene Carter/Bernie Taupin)
Carlene Carter
From the album "Little Love Letters"(1993)
How long
Has it been dear
Since we felt the rain
Endless were our summers
Until the weather changed
Our love was lifted like a harvest
No winter in your eyes
Now cold winds cut right through us
And so the harvest dies
Stranded and lost without you
My pain lives in this house
It's like your heart here
Empty and cold dear
My wild birds flying south
I know that you can hear me
Crying
Where did I
Go wrong
What brought this storm
Into your heart
After loving me so long
Someday
Maybe you'll blame
All this on the rain
But until then
Love's the one thing
I'll never feel again
And after all my tears have
Drowned me
And nothing else
Remains
I'll be one step short of heaven
Seeking shelter from the rain
Someday
Maybe you'll blame
All this on the rain
But until then
Love's the one thing
I'll never feel again
Light In Your Heart
(Martin Page/Bernie Taupin)
Martin Page
From the album "In The House Of Stone And Light" (1994)
You had the model touch
I was your secret fool
Through all the wasted words
I'd see you cutting through
Shades drawn tight across this man
I was lip-synching rhythm
I’d no master plan
There's a light in your heart
There's a shadow in the shade of your eyes
There's a place we can go after dark
In between a truth and a lie
And it's lit by the light in your heart
The light in your heart
You had the coolest hand
I began to shake
In and out of doubt
A better world took shape
But if I fall sometime at your feet
Let me dream in your footsteps
Walk in your sleep
There's a light in your heart
There's a shadow in the shade of your eyes
There's a place we can go after dark
In between a truth and a lie
And it's lit by the light in your heart
The light in your heart
I'm no green light to something better
Just old news when the dust settles down
I'll be no blues I'll be here for you
Keeping my part together
There's a light in your heart
There's a shadow in the shade of your eyes
There's a place we can go after dark
In between a truth and a lie
And it's lit by the light in your heart
The light in your heart
Monkey In My Dreams
(Martin Page/Bernie Taupin)
Martin Page
From the album "In The House Of Stone And Light" (1994)
There's a monkey in my dreams
Clinging like a thief
Forcing my eyes open
Wrestling in my sheets
I'm living on my own now
Without you on my back
But still you keep on calling
No disappearing act
You used to be so good at that
You used to be so good at games
Now you go 'round and around
Exiting the way you came
Just a monkey in my dreams
That's what you are
A loose valve of escaping steam
That's what you are
A motor running in an empty car
That's what you are
And I won't stoop to the obscene
You're a monkey
Just a monkey
You're a monkey in my dreams
Gonna shake that monkey right outta my bed
Gonna shake that monkey right outta my head
I'm losing eight good hours
With this hollow ghost of you
Screeching in my sleep tank
Sleeping in my shoes
Time to shake the monkey outta my bed
Time to shake the monkey outta my head
I can't reason on the phone
I won't talk to your machine
No doctor would prescribe you
No doctor is that mean
Dance With Life (The Brilliant Light)
(Martin Page/Bernie Taupin)
Bryan Ferry
From the "Phenomenon" motion picture soundtrack (1996)
I was thinking out loud
One life's such a short time for love
When a match made in heaven arrives
Eternity’s never enough
It's all been so simple 'til now
There's no brilliance like beauty out there
No knowledge as wise as the heart
We all need a reason to care
I need to dance with life
Sweep you away into the night
When there’s no one else around
I will make every day count
We need to dance with life
Swim in the soul of your eyes
'til we melt into the ground
Oh, we need to dance with life
And leave a brilliant light behind
We could lay on the ground
We could look at that light in the sky
Show you the movement of a million stars
The stars we become when we die
I need to dance with life
Sweep you away into the night
When there’s no one else around
I will make every day count
We need to dance with life
Swim in the soul of your eyes
'til we melt into the ground
Oh, we need to dance with life
And leave a brilliant light behind
Its no secret how I feel
This flesh and bone I love you with is just a shield
To cover me up
And hide the deep deep need to
Dance with life
Breathe the sweet fresh air
And make every second your last
And I'll touch you from any world I wake in
Make the most of the present and the past
Black On Blue
(Bernie Taupin/Josquin des Pres/Mark Paladino)
Lisa Sanders
From the album "Isn't Life Fine" (1997)
Blue’s a color that keeps on changing
Black’s no stranger late at night
Baby's in red and I'm a yellow coward
Love is a dog in the thirteenth hour
Gold is bitter when it's cheated
Sins like silver in your veins
Whisky's a man, meaner than velvet
If love is a rose I never smelled it
And I'm lower knowing I've been wrong
But blue is still a better word then gone
And it should have been me but I can't wait
Livin' black on blue was my mistake
Dawn comes crawling like lizard sunshine
Moody morning beats white on white
Time is a trap and color's a power
Livin' black on blue...
Livin’ black on blue, that’s my poison flower
Destiny
(Bernie Taupin/Josquin des Pres/Mark Paladino)
Mary Dolan
From the album "(Another) Holy Day" I(1998)
All the lights are fading in this sleepy little town
As the dusk days melt into one, the weekend comes around
And the sticky summer nights find me lying in the dark
Listening for your footsteps and the pounding of your heart
We share a love in secret for the sake of those at home
We don’t want to rock the boat, not until the kids are grown
It’s hard enough to live in a lie in a marriage made in hell
But I’d rather die than lose the thrill of loving you as well
In the shadows I must hold you
In the darkness I have told you
Someday we’ll meet with our Destiny
Destiny she is waiting
Some things in life just lay further down the line
So until you’re mine and we are free
We’ll sleep in the arms of our Destiny
Destiny I hear you saying
I kiss the softness of your lips, for the smell of your perfume
As the sun comes up and we return to sleep in separate rooms
Someday the ones we hurt will come to understand
Fate arrives and Destiny just takes it from our hands
The sadness in your eyes betrays the tears you’ve left at home
The hours that lay ahead is all the time we have alone
So dry your eyes and dream tonight is never gonna end
‘Cause I’d rather die than lose the thrill of loving you as well
You Freed Me
(Bernie Taupin/Josquin des Pres/Mark Paladino/Mary Dolan)
Mary Dolan
From the album "(Another) Holy Day" (1998)
I was cold and hungry, I was left to freeze
I was in need of salvation when you came to me
I could see you coming, I could hear your heart
You took a dying woman and you made a work of art
And you freed me
Oh honey how you freed me
And if you tell me that you need me
I’ll say anything that you want to hear
I’ll never stray from the path that you made so clear
When you came along and you freed me
Love was a legacy that I never claimed
You melted the ice and put the angels to shame
It was easy to love you, I was saved by faith
It was the strength of your kiss, it was the smile on your face
And you freed me
Oh honey how you freed me
And if you tell me that you need me
I’ll say anything that you want to hear
I’ll never stray from the path that you made so clear
When you came along and you freed me
Just like a revival in the river of life
Through the power of love I was healed and baptized
You freed me from darkness
You freed me from tears
You freed me from failure
When you appeared
In The Names Of Dark Angels
(Bernie Taupin/Josquin des Pres/Mark Paladino)
Mary Dolan
From the album "(Another) Holy Day" (1998)
You can cover your fire with an empty word
You can talk to me like a wounded bird
But I’ve read your walls
I’ve felt your stone
And like a bird of prey I only hunt alone
In a red sky that makes the lonely strong
I see the honest truth that you’re running from
I’ve felt your frightened eyes
I’ve heard your racing heart
You can’t build a nest out of a burning arc
Sometimes, like a wreck on the highway
You’re fog-bound, rain-soaked and scared
Sometimes, I wish that I could tell you
Tears are just unanswered prayers
In the names of dark angels
Hidden in all the secrets that we keep
There is no blackbird and there is no dove
There is no other substitute for love
Just the names of dark angels
Hidden in all the secrets that we keep
There is no blackbird and there is no dove
Just the names of dark angels
It’s a dangerous dance that nobody knows
And the best part of Heaven is always closed
I’ll fly in this circle, where you waltz alone
Lost in a ballroom, the dark angel’s own