WONDERFUL CRAZY NIGHT (2016)
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Wonderful Crazy Night
(Elton John/Bernie Taupin)
Ice cubes on the back of your neck
Warm wind blowing through the parking lot
A radio humming in every car
Didn't it feel like the clocks have stopped
Calypso moon just cast its spell
We grabbed that magic just because
We remember and never forget
What a wonderful crazy night that was
Some things you don't forget
Some things just take a hold
A wonderful crazy night like that
Takes you back, won't let you go
Someday if you're asking
All about the key to love
I'd say that wonderful night
What a wonderful crazy night it was
Loose clothes and a cool, cool drink
A greasy breeze from the chicken stand
Hearts on fire just one last time
A wishbone snapping in every hand
Chorus
We found a place to feel it
We knew where we were at
Stars above spelled out our future
Don't everybody need a night like that
Ice cubes on the back of your neck
Warm wind blowing through the parking lot
We'd remember and never forget
What a wonderful crazy night that was
Chorus
In the Name of You
(Elton John/Bernie Taupin)
Got a penny in my pocket
And a dollar in my hand
But I'll drop it in your tin cup
If you were a one man band
If I could make a million
On some TV show
On the roulette wheel
In a great big casino
I'd go ahead and do it
But only if I knew
I could go ahead and claim it
In the name of you
Whatever words I choose
Whatever tricks I'd use
I would find a way to claim it
In the name of you
I got my favorite hat
With that snakeskin band
When you need a little shade
I'll put it in your hands
To the bottom of the ocean
I would surely dive
To find the oldest oyster
With the biggest pearl inside
Chorus
I'd claim a country
I'd claim a tune
All the undiscovered territory
Out there beyond the moon
Chorus (x2)
In the name of you (x6)
Claw Hammer
(Elton John/Bernie Taupin)
You're holding back, you're hard to read
You're the 21st century kind
You're lighting fast, built for speed
A tight lipped modern mind
An architect of grand romance
You're a mystery of disguise
You're holed up in your house of wax
Just waiting for the fire
You're buttoned-down, all sewn up
You're an archeological soul
Cold hard truth only proves
What we already know
You're gonna need a claw hammer
Oh my Lord
To bust on through
And break down your walls
Loosen your lips
Slacken that jaw
It's gonna take a claw hammer
Oh my Lord
Look at us fools being used
The totally dumb surprised
Waiting for you to share with us
The myth behind the lies
Come on out throw us a bone
We want to know your intentions
Are you fake for goodness sake?
Or the mother of invention?
Chorus
It's gonna take a claw hammer
Oh my Lord
(x2)
Blue Wonderful
(Elton John/Bernie Taupin)
Every breath is a prayer of some kind
I breathe in, I breathe out, I just breathe
And you’re so well Blue Wonderful
Blue Wonderful to me
Like swimming in your eyes
I dive in, I dive deep, I just swim
And lose myself in you Blue Wonderful
Blue Wonderful again
Don’t you know where you go I will follow?
In your footsteps I find my own feet
Addicted like I am to the blues
Two kinds of blue are all the blues I need
“Yesterday” that’s someone else’s song
In sixty-five, summertime, long ago
Long before you came Blue Wonderful
The Blue Wonderful I know
Age is something I just left behind
In the past, far away, used to be
But you’re present my Blue Wonderful
Blue Wonderful to me
Go where you want when you want to
Just don’t let the wind tear you free
Stick around the light that brings you home
Don’t ever hang around with the breeze
Don’t you know where you go I will follow?
In your footsteps I find my own feet
Addicted like I am to the blues
Two kinds of blue are all the blues I need
Chorus
And lose myself in you Blue Wonderful
Blue Wonderful
Blue Wonderful
Blue Wonderful
Blue Wonderful...again
I've Got 2 Wings
(Elton John/Bernie Taupin)
I am the elder Utah Smith
I've got two wings to fly
They may be made of paper
They may never reach the sky
But I believe in mercy
I believe that man is good
And if they want two wings like me
There's a chance they could
I am the elder Utah Smith
I was born in Cedar Grove
That's in Louisiana
On a dirt-poor stretch of road
I found the calling early
Gave birth to righteous words
And in a tent around the South
I took my Sonic Church
I was a light for the living
And I spoke of peace and love
With 2 wings and my old Gibson
I bought blessings from above
I was here and I was gone
Just a heartbeat from the past
But I went from paper wings
To the real thing at last
I am the elder Utah Smith
I take all as they are
I was the first man of the cloth
To plug in a guitar
Love was my redeemer
I felt it from the start
The Holy Ghost was channeled
Through the sound of my guitar
Chorus
Been a long time in the ground
Unmarked is my grave
But I reside elsewhere these days
Thanks to souls I've saved
I traveled far, I traveled wide
Three chords for the Lord
Till one day he called me home
To claim his great reward
Chorus (x2)
A Good Heart
(Elton John/Bernie Taupin)
Don't shy away from coming in
Closer still my darling friend
Don't slip, don't trip on life
I'll be the moon
Inside your eyes
Don't be afraid of all my years
What you see or what you hear
It's all yours and yours alone
Yours for the taking
so take it home
Oh it's a good heart
To be a part of
Just a soulful
Warm and tender love
The kind of love you
Never knew
Oh it's a good heart
From me to you
Oh sure it's cracked
A time or two
But him and me
We pulled on through
I've seen 'em come
I seen 'em go
Some went through fast
Some went real slow
So take a chance
And take your time
Reading my face
Between the lines
I love real good
And I love you
My heart and me
That's what we do
Chorus (x2)
The kind of love you never knew
Oh it's a good heart
From me to you
(x2)
Looking Up
(Elton John/Bernie Taupin)
Figuring out where I went wrong
The script I followed then was awful long
Too much plot too little of
The acting right, not acting up
I wore the world upon my back
Let someone else but me
Pick up the slack
Just because I could say
It's my life, do things my way
Now I'm looking up
More than I look down
The view's a whole lot bette
Second time around
Too much of me
Was hidden in the shadows
I looked up and felt
My feet lift off the ground
I color life with a broader stroke
The laughter comes as easy as the jokes
Nowadays, I'm thinking 'bout
Time is wasted looking back
Chorus
You drop a bucket in a well
It's dark and deep down there
Crank the handle, bring it up
The water's crystal clear
Chorus (x2)
Looking up
(x4)
Guilty Pleasure
(Elton John/Bernie Taupin)
Hand it over, reach across the line
Let's talk about it
Tell me one more time
What is it you want
What you think you'll find
Inside of this old heart of mine
Come on out, cause you want to play
The rain went east, thunder rolled away
Will you ever choose are you gonna stay
For loving you that's the price I pay
Can't you tell the deal's been done
Won't you let me love you?
I don't see no smoking gun
I'm not up here to judge you
What do you see when you look at me
Tailor-made to measure
Am I the love of your life my love?
Or just some guilty pleasure
I roamed around looking for a clue
Searched the world - it's what I used to do
Where I went and what I went through
A beaten path to find my way to you
I can't whistle, never really could
Sing a song I guess you understood
It's what you do
When you think you should
Surrender like you knew
You always would
Chorus
Hold out or still in doubt
What's it gonna be
Never a chance in a million years
Or you can't get enough of me?
Chorus (x2)
Am I the love of your life my love?
Or just some guilty pleasure
Tambourine
(Elton John/Bernie Taupin)
It feels like I'm flying when I see your face
I'm charged with a power of amazing grace
A flip switch signal on permanent green
Like the palm of my hand on a tambourine
Dumb rocks filling up my poor head
Did you just say what I thought you said?
First cat back here gets the cream
And bounce a little rhythm
Off my tambourine
Smack in the middle toss it in the air
I don't care you can play me everywhere
Rolled and rattled when I'm out of steam
You got my head ringing like a tambourine
A curveball coming
That I didn't see
A flash flood washing oyt
A dried-up creek
A went in muddy
But I came out clean
Like a Baptist
Banging on a tambourine
Chorus
You're a spin-around
Gypsy in the moonlight
Cymbals flashing in the firelight
I'm free fallin' into a dream
My head and heart
Banging like a tambourine
Chorus
Rolled and rattled
When I'm out of steam
You got my head
Ringing like a tambourine
The Open Chord
(Elton John/Bernie Taupin)
You gotta think about it
You gotta make a wish and count to ten
It's just a sense of wonder
I feel a new direction looking down the lens
Jump-started the action
Heard a song in my head and wrote it down
It came out of nowhere
Felt a new sensation driving you through town
You're an open chord I wanna play all day
A new broom sweeping up
the scenes I no longer play
Cleaning out the corners
Clipping off the horns
That the devil used to make me wear all day
You're an open chord I'm gonna play all day
You're gonna see some changes
Gotta pinch myself just to believe
Everybody's having something
But I can tell you've got
Mome magic up your sleeve
Some need protection
When a feeling follows you around
I always need the silence or the lightning
You bring crackling with new sound
Chorus
I sat around and waited
For a spark and it brightened up the night
Before I get much older
I want the pleasure of seeing you up in lights
I stand beside you
Hand over my heart and say a prayer
Love's not for quitters
It's a satisfaction knowing that you're there
Chorus
Cleaning out the corners
Clipping off the horns
That the devil used to make me wear all day
You're an open chord I'm gonna play all day
You're an open chord I'm gonna play all day
Free and Easy
(Elton John/Bernie Taupin)
I got a strong-willed someone to love me
Here off a highway hidden away
Don’t need to shout it – we’re living here quietly
Away from the folks who just sleep all day
I lived a fast life taking some chances
On my high horse everyone rode
All around were too many monkeys
Asleep at the wheel and running the show
But I’m free now, free and easy
Freedom’s a breeze, freedom’s the tide
Rollin’ over and over
And I wanna be where you are tonight
Where you are tonight
All of my street sense stayed in the city
I caved in and wandered into your heart
When least expected, out of the heavens
The moonlight descended into the dark
And I’m free now, free and easy
Freedom’s a breeze, freedom’s the tide
I'm rollin’ over and over
And I wanna be where you are tonight
Where you are tonight
‘Cause you blew the dust off a watch with no hands
Set back the clock and gave me your time
I’m livin’ better now I’m free and easy
Free of the past I’ve left behind
But I’m free now, free and easy
Freedom’s a breeze, freedom’s the tide
Rollin’ over and over
And I wanna be where you are tonight
'Cause I’m free now, free and easy
Freedom’s a breeze, freedom’s the tide
Rollin’ over and over
And I wanna be where you are tonight
Where you are tonight
England and America
(Elton John/Bernie Taupin)
Had some good times jumping ship
And showing up on shore
Just pocket change to get us by
A little bit of grease to help us slide
Give us an inch we’d take a mile
And squeeze under the door
Caught some big ones, reeled ‘em in
And hung ‘em out to dry
From little fish to bigger things
A welcome push, an empty swing
Given the chance we’d start to sing
And watch the world go by
And I’ve tried to take my time
To get back up, hold on and climb
Into the arms you’ll always find me
In England and America
Feels good to hold – to not let go
The safety net still hangs below
And if I fall it’s good to know
There’s England and America
Showed our roots from time to time
And used it to ignite
Our wilder side to get us through
To push and pull and come unglued
A mixture of red, white and blues
That run right through our life
And I’ve tried to take my time
To get back up, hold on and climb
Into the arms you’ll always find me
In England and America
Feels good to hold – to not let go
The safety net still hangs below
And if I fall it’s good to know
There’s England and America
And I’ve tried to take my time
To get back up, hold on and climb
Into the arms you’ll always find me
In England and America
Feels good to hold – to not let go
The safety net still hangs below
And if I fall it’s good to know
There’s England and America
And I’ve tried to take my time
Just get back up, hold on and climb
Into the arms you’ll always find me
In England and America
Feels good to hold – to not let go
The safety net still hangs below
And if I fall it’s good to know
There’s England and America
England and America
England and America
No Monsters
(Elton John/Bernie Taupin)
I dreamt in color for the first time
Finding someone I could trust
You felt like melting into honey
After years of seeing love begin to rust
Picked up the phone and found your voice
Warming up my point of view
You asked if I recalled your name
And with a smile I said, “Oh I remember you”
I made mistakes that I regret now
I don’t deny our rocky start
But I was damaged and adrift then
Afraid I’d break your pure and perfect heart
No monsters anymore
They’re all behind me now
You were standing in the airport
I still remember how
After all these years
Thinking back I’m sure
I knew right then and there
There’d be no monsters anymore
You were the one so sure I’d love you
Though I just needed breathing space
And it still haunts me after years now
I could have lost it all without your trust and faith
I’d lived a lifetime in a short while
Each time I thought I’d got it right
I went stumbling through those minefields
Tired and worn out by the constant fight
I made mistakes that I regret now
I don’t deny our rocky start
But I was damaged and adrift then
Afraid I’d break your pure and perfect heart
No monsters anymore
They’re all behind me now
You were standing in the airport
I still remember how
After all these years
Thinking back I’m sure
I knew right then and there
There’d be no monsters anymore
No monsters anymore
They’re all behind me now
You were standing in the airport
I still remember how
After all these years
Thinking back I’m sure
I knew right then and there
There’d be no monsters anymore
There’d be no monsters anymore
Children's Song
(Elton John/Bernie Taupin)
Here I am for what it’s worth
Another well-worn page
But you're all ears so listen up
Hear what I’ve got to say
Paint in colors bold and bright
Don’t fade into the grey
Live every second like it counts
Go ahead and seize the day
Pick up what you want to play
But play it really loud
Break some rules if just to prove
Your head’s not in the clouds
When you wake up write down your dreams
Fill your heart and your mind
But don’t grow too fast or close the door
On once upon a time
Don’t let another think for you
Or tell you what to learn
Turn away and start a blaze
Be the light that burns
Pick up others when they fall
And be a rock for them
Lean into the wind sometimes
But never break or bend
Love’s a rough and rocky road
Better watch your step
But play your cards and guard your heart
You’ll wind up with the best
And when you wake up write down your dreams
Fill your heart and your mind
But don’t grow too fast or close the door
On once upon a time
It’s never locked; it’s always there
You’ll never need a key
Come on in and be a kid
You can always ask for me, always ask for me
And when you wake up write down your dreams
Fill your heart and your mind
But don’t grow too fast or close the door
On once upon a time
Write down your dreams
Fill your heart and your mind
But don’t grow too fast or close the door
On once upon a time