Holy
Moses, I have been removed
I have seen the spectre, he was
been here too
Distant cousin from down the line
Brand of people who ain't my kind
Holy Moses, I have been removed
Holy Moses, I have been deceived
Now the wind has changed direction
and I'll have to leave
Won't you please excuse my
frankness but it's not my cup of
tea
Holy Moses, I have been deceived
I'm going back to the border
Where my affairs, my affairs ain't
abused
I can't take any more bad water
I've been poisoned from my head
down to my shoes
Holy Moses, I have been deceived
Holy Moses, let us live in peace
Let us strive to find a way to
make all hatred cease
There's a man over there
What's his colour I don't care
He's my brother let us live in
peace
He's my brother let us live in
peace
He's my brother let us live in
peace
from
'Elton John' (1970)
high.pos.
chart entry
US
6
11/70
GB
6
1/71
D
-
Your
Song
(Elton
John/Bernie Taupin)
It's a
little bit funny this feelin'
inside
I'm not one of those who can
easily hide
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, ha, but then
again no
Or a man who makes potions in a
travellin' show
Oh I know it's not much, but it's
the best I can do
My gift is my song and this one's
for you
And you can tell ev'rybody, this
is your song
It may be quite simple but now
that it's done
I hope you don't mind, I hope you
don't mind
That I put down the words
How wonderful life is while you're
in the world
I sat on the roof and kicked off
the moss
Well a few of the verses, well
they've got me quite cross
But the sun's been quite kind
while I wrote this song
It's for people like you that keep
it turned on
So excuse me forgettin', but these
things I do
You see I've forgotten if they're
green or they're blue
Anyway, the thing is, what I
really mean
Yours are the sweetest eyes I've
ever seen
And you can tell ev'rybody, this
is your song
It may be quite simple but now
that it's done
I hope you don't mind, I hope you
don't mind
That I put down in words
How wonderful life is while you're
in the world
I hope you don't mind, I hope you
don't mind
That I put down in words
How wonderful life is while you're
in the world
from
'Elton John' (1970)
Take
Me To The Pilot
(Elton
John/Bernie Taupin)
If you
feel that it's real
I'm on trial, and I'm here, yeah,
in your prison
Like a coin in your mint
I am dented and I'm spent with
high treason
Through a glass eye your throne
Is the one danger zone
Take me to the pilot for control
Take me to the pilot of your soul
Take me to the pilot, lead me
through the chamber
Take me to the pilot, I am but a
stranger
Take me to the pilot, lead me
through the chamber
Take me to the pilot, I am but a
stranger
Na na na, na na na ....
Well, I know he's not old
And I'm told, and I'm told he is a
virgin
For he may be she
What I'm told is never, never for
certain
Through a glass eye your throne
Is the one danger zone
Take me to the pilot for control
Take me to the pilot of your soul
Yeah yeah
Take me to the pilot, lead me
through the chamber
Take me to the pilot, I am but a
stranger
Take me to the pilot, lead me
through the chamber
Take me to the pilot, I am but a
stranger
Na na na, na na na ....
Through a glass eye your throne
....
from
'Elton John' (1970)
high.pos.
chart entry
US
21
12/71
GB
-
D
-
Levon
(Elton
John/Bernie Taupin)
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
from
'Madman Across The Water' (1971)
high.pos.
chart entry
US
32
3/72
GB
-
D
-
Tiny
Dancer
(Elton
John/Bernie Taupin)
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 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
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
But oh how it feels so real
Lying here with no one near
Only you and you can 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
Hold me closer tiny dancer ....
from
'Madman Across The Water' (1971)
b-side of 'Rocket Man' in Germany
high.pos.
chart entry
GB
2
4/72
US
6
5/72
D
18
6/72
Rocket
Man
(Elton
John/Bernie Taupin)
She
packed my bags last night
pre-flight
Zero hour, nine a.m.
And I'm gonna be high as a kite by
then
I miss the earth so much, I miss
my wife
It's lonely out in space
On such a timeless flight
And I think it's gonna be a long,
long time
Till touch down brings me round
again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at
home
Oh, 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 time ....
Mars ain't the kind of place to
raise your kids
In 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
understand
It's just my job five days a week
A rocket man, a rocket man
And I think it's gonna be a long,
long time
Till touch down brings me round
again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at
home
Oh, 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 time ....
And I think it's gonna be a long,
long time
And I think it's gonna be a long,
long time ....
from
'Honky Chateau' (1972)
high.pos.
chart entry
US
7
8/72
GB
24
9/72
D
41
10/72
Honky
Cat
(Elton
John/Bernie Taupin)
When I
look back boy I must have been
green
Bopping in the country, fishing in
a stream
Looking for an answer trying to
find a sign
Until I saw your city lights honey
I was blind
They said get back honky cat
Better get back to the woods
Well I quit those days and my
redneck ways
And oh the change is gonna do me
good
You better get back honky cat
Living in the city ain't where
it's at
It's like trying to find gold in a
silver mine
It's like trying to drink whisky
from a bottle of wine
Well I read some books and I read
some magazines
About those high class ladies down
in New Orleans
And all the folks back home well,
said I was a fool
They said oh, believe in the Lord
is the golden rule
They said get back honky cat ....
They said stay at home boy, you
gotta tend the farm
Living in the city boy, is going
to break your heart
But how can you stay, when your
heart says no
How can you stop when your feet
say go
They said get back honky cat ....
from
'Honky Chateau' (1972)
high.pos.
chart entry
GB
5
11/72
US
1
12/72
D
3
12/72
Crocodile
Rock
(Elton
John/Bernie Taupin)
I
remember when rock was young
Me and Suzie had so much fun
Holding hands and skimmin' stones
Had an old gold Chevy and a place
of my own
But the biggest kick I ever got
Was doin' a thing called the
Crocodile Rock
While the other kids were rocking
'round the clock
We were hoppin' and boppin' to the
Crocodile Rock
Well Cr'ile rockin' is somethin'
shockin'
When your feet just can't keep
still
I never knew me a better time and
I guess I never will
Oh, Lawdy mama, those Friday
nights
When Suzie wore her dresses tight
And the Cr'ile rocking was out of
sight
La - lalalalala - lalalalala -lalalalala
But the years went by and the rock
just died
Suzie went and left us for some
foreign guy
Long nights crying by the record
machine
Dreamin' of my Chevy and my old
blue jeans
But they'll never kill the thrills
we've got
Burnin' up to the Crocodile Rock
Learnin' fast as the weeks went
past
We really thought the Crocodile
Rock would last
Well Cr'ile rockin' is somethin'
shockin'
When your feet just can't keep
still
I never knew me a better time and
I guess I never will
Oh, Lawdy mama, those Friday
nights
When Suzie wore her dresses tight
And the Cr'ile rockin' was out of
sight
La - lalalalala - lalalalala -lalalalala
I remember when rock was young
Me and Suzie had so much fun
Holding hands and skimmin' stones
Had an old gold Chevy and a place
of my own
But the biggest kick I ever got
Was doin' a thing called the
Crocodile Rock
While the other kids were rockin'
'round the clock
We were hoppin' and boppin' to the
Crocodile Rock
Well Cr'ile rockin' is somethin'
shockin'
When your feet just can't keep
still
I never knew me a better time and
I guess I never will
Oh, Lawdy mama, those Friday
nights
When Suzie wore her dresses tight
And the Cr'ile rockin' was out of
sight
La - lalalalala - lalalalala -lalalalala
....
from
'Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only The
Piano Player' (1973)
high.pos.
chart entry
GB
4
1/73
D
27
2/73
US
2
4/73
Daniel
(Elton
John/Bernie Taupin)
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
Oh, Daniel my brother you are
older than me
Do you still feel the pain of the
scars that won't heel
Your eyes have died but you see
more than I
Daniel you're a star in the face
of the sky
Oh, Daniel my brother you are
older than me
Do you still feel the pain of the
scars that won't heel
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
from
'Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only The
Piano Player' (1973)
It's
getting late have you seen my
mates
Ma tell me when the boys get here
It's seven o'clock and I want to
rock
Want to get a belly full of beer
My old man's a drunker than a
barrel full of monkeys
And my old lady she don't care
My sister looks cute in her braces
and boots
A handfull of grease in her hair
Hoh - don't give us none of your
aggravation
We had it with your discipline
Oh Saturday night's alright for
fighting
Get a little action in
Get about as oiled as a diesel
train
Gonna set this dance alight
'Cause Saturday night's the night
I like
Saturday night's alright alright
alright - ooh
Well they're packed pretty tight
in here tonight
I'm looking for a dolly who'll see
me right
I may use a little muscle to get
what I need
I may sink a little drink and
shout out "she's with
me!"
A couple of the sound that I
really like
Are the sounds of a switchblade
and a motorbike
I'm a juvenile product fo the
working class
Whose best friend floats in the
bottom of a glass, oh
Don't give us none of your
aggravation
We had it with your discipline
Saturday night's alright for
fighting
Get a little action in
Get about as oiled as a diesel
train
Gonna set this dance alight
'Cause Saturday night's the night
I like
Saturday night's alright alright
alright - ooh
Oh, don't give us none of your
aggravation ....
Saturday, Saturday, Saturday,
Saturday, Saturday, Saturday
Saturday, Saturday, Saturday
night's alright ....
When
are you gonna come down
When are you going to land
I should have stayed on the farm
I should have listened to my old
man
You know you can't hold me forever
I didn't sign up to you
I'm not a present for your friends
to open
This boy's too young to be singing
the blues - aah, aah
So goodbye yellow brick road
Where the dogs of society howl
You can't plant me in your
penthouse
I'm going back to my plough
Back to the howling old owl in the
woods
Hunting the horny back toad
Oh, I've finally decided my future
lies
Beyond the yellow brick road - aah,
aah
What do you think you'll do then
I bet that'll shoot down your
plane
It'll take you a couple of vodka
and tonics
To set you on your feet again
Maybe you'll get a replacement
There's plenty like me to be found
Mongrels who ain't got a penny
Sniffin' for tidbits like you on
the ground - aah, aah
So goodbye yellow brick road
Where the dogs of society howl
You can't plant me in your
penthouse
I'm going back to my plough
Back to the howling old owl in the
woods
Hunting the horny back toad
Oh, I've finally decided my future
lies
Beyond the yellow brick road - aah,
aah
from
'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' (1974)
high.pos.
chart entry
US
1
2/74
GB
-
D
-
Bennie
And The Jets
(Elton
John/Bernie Taupin)
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 Jets
Oh 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
from
'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' (1974)
high.pos.
chart entry
GB
9
5
3/74
1/88 *
US
6
11/87 *
D
-
Candle
In The Wind
(Elton
John/Bernie Taupin)
Good-bye,
Norma Jean, though I never knew
you at all
You had the grace to hold yourself
While those around you crawled
They crawled out of the woodwork
And they whispered into your brain
They set you on the treadmill and
they made you change your name
It seems to me you lived your life
like a candle in the wind
Never knowing who to cling to when
the rain set in
I would have liked to 've known
you but I was just a kid
Your candle burned out long before
your legend ever did
Loneliness was tough, the toughest
role you ever played
Hollywood created a superstar, and
pain was the price you paid
Even when you died all the press
still hounded you
All the papers had to say was that
Marilyn was found in the nude
It seems to me you lived your life
like a candle in the wind ....
Good-bye, Norma Jean, though I
never knew you at all
You had the grace to hold
yourself, while those around you
crawled
Good-bye, Norma Jean, from the
young man in the 22nd row
Who sees you as something more
than sexual
More than just our Marilyn Monroe
It seems to me you lived your life
like a candle in the wind ....
I would have liked to 've known
you but I was just a kid
Your candle burned out long before
your legend ever did
Your candle burned out long before
your legend ever did
from
'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' (1974)
* live recording
high.pos.
chart entry
US
1
6/74
GB
15
6/74
D
-
Don't
Let The Sun Go Down On Me
(Elton
John/Bernie Taupin)
I can't
light no more of your darkness
All my pictures seem to fade to
black and white
I'm growing tired and time stands
still before me
Frozen here on the ladder of my
life
Too late to save myself from
falling
I took a chance and changed your
way of life
But 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 me
Although I search myself, it's
always someone else I see
I'd just allow a fragment of your
life to wander free
But losing everything is like the
sun going down on me
I can't find the right romantic
line
But see me once and see the way I
feel
Don't discard me just because you
think I mean you harm
But these cuts I have they need
love to help them heal
from
'Caribou' (1974)
high.pos.
chart entry
US
6
9/74
GB
18
9/74
D
-
The
Bitch Is Back
(Elton
John/Bernie Taupin)
I was
justified when I was five
Raisin' cane I spit in your eye
Times are changin' now the poor
get fat
But the fever's gonna catch you
When the bitch gets back, oh, oh,
oh
I eat meat on Friday, that's all
right
Even like steak on a Saturday
night
I can bitch the best at your
social do's
I get high in the evening
Sniffing pots of glue, oh, oh,oh
I'm a bitch, I'm a bitch, oh, the
bitch is back
Stone cold sober as a matter of
fact
I can bitch, I can bitch 'cause
I'm better than you
It's the way that I move, the
things that I do - ohoho
I entertain by picking brains
Sell my soul by dropping names
I don't like those! My God, what's
that!
Oh, it's full of nasty habits
When the bitch gets back - ohoho
I'm a bitch, I'm a bitch, oh, the
bitch is back
Stone cold sober as a matter of
fact
I can bitch, I can bitch 'cause
I'm better than you
It's the way that I move, the
things that I do - ohoho
I'm a bitch, I'm a bitch, oh, the
bitch is back ....
The bitch, bitch, the bitch is
back
The bitch, bitch, the bitch is
back ....
from
'Caribou' (1974)
high.pos.
chart entry
US
1
11/74
GB
8
11/74
D
31
2/75
Lucy
In The Sky With Diamonds
(John
Lennon/Paul McCartney)
Picture
yourself in a boat on a river
With tangerine trees and marmalade
skies
Somebody calls you, you answer
quite slowly
A girl with kaleidoscope eyes
Cellophane flowers of yellow and
green
Towering over your head
Look for the girl with the sun in
her eyes
And she's gone
Lucy in the sky with diamonds,
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds, oh
Follow her down to a bridge by a
fountain
Where rocking horse people eat
marshmallow pies
Everyone smiles as you drift past
the flowers
That grow so incredibly high
Newspaper taxis appear on the
shore
Waiting to take you away
Climb in the back with your head
in the clouds
And you're gone
Lucy in the sky with diamonds,
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds, oh
Newspaper taxis appear on the
shore
Waiting to take you away
Climb in the back with your head
in the clouds
And you're gone
Lucy in the sky with diamonds,
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds, oh
Picture yourself on a train in a
station
With plasticine porters with
looking glass ties
Suddenly someone is there at the
turnstile
The girl with kaleidoscope eyes
Lucy in the sky with diamonds,
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds, oh
....
from
'Captain Fantastic & The Brown
Dirt Cowboy' (1975)
originally performed by 'The
Beatles' on 'Sgt. Pepper's'-lp
1967
high.pos.
chart entry
US
1
3/75
GB
12
3/75
D
50
5/75
Philadelphia
Freedom
(Elton
John/Bernie Taupin)
I used
to be a rolling stone
You know if the cause was right
I'd leave to find the answer on
the road
I used to be a heart beating for
someone
But the times have changed
The less I say the more my work
gets done
'Cause I live and breathe this
Philadelphia freedom
From the day that I was born I've
waved the flag
Philadelphia freedom took me
knee-high to a man
Yeah gave me peace of mind my
daddy never had
Oh Philadelphia freedom, shine on
me, I love you
Shine a light through the eyes of
the ones left behind
Shine a light, shine a light
Shine 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 alone
Some people choose the city
Some others choose the good old
family home
I like living easy without family
ties
Till the whippoorwill of freedom
zapped me
Right between the eyes
'Cause I live and breathe this
Philadelphia freedom
From the day that I was born I've
waved the flag
Philadelphia freedom took me
knee-high to a man
Gave me peace of mind my daddy
never had
Oh Philadelphia freedom, shine on
me, I love you
Shine a light through the eyes of
the ones left behind
Shine a light, shine a light
Shine a light, won't you shine a
light
Philadelphia freedom, I love you,
yes I do ....
You know I love you, you know I
love you
Yes I do
Philadelphia freedom, I love you,
yes I do
Philadelphia freedom, I love you,
yes I do ....
from
'Captain Fantastic & The Brown
Dirt Cowboy' (1975)
high.pos.
chart entry
US
1
7/75
GB
25
7/75
D
-
Someone
Saved My Life Tonight
(Elton
John/Bernie Taupin)
When I
think of those East End lights -
muggy nights
The curtains drawn in the little
room downstairs
Prima Donna, Lord, you really
should have been there
Sitting like a princess perched in
her electric chair
And it's one more beer and I don't
hear you anymore
We've all gone crazy lately
My friends out there rolling round
the basement floor
And someone saved my life tonight,
sugar bear
You almost had your hooks in me,
didn't you dear
You nearly had me roped and tied
Altar-bound, hypnotized
Sweet freedom whispered in my ear
You're a butterfly and butterflies
are free to fly
Fly away, high away, bye bye
I never realised the passing hours
of evening showers
A slip noose hanging in my darkest
dreams
I'm strangled by your haunted
social scene
Just a pawn out-played by a
dominating queen
It's four o'clock in the morning
Damn it listen to me good
I'm sleeping with myself tonight
Saved in time, thank God, my
music's still alive
And someone saved my life tonight,
sugar bear
You almost had your hooks in me,
didn't you dear
You nearly had me roped and tied
Altar-bound, hypnotized
Sweet freedom whispered in my ear
You're a butterfly and butterflies
are free to fly
Fly away, high away, bye bye
And I would have walked head on
into the deep end of the river
Clinging to your stocks and bonds
Paying your H.P. demands forever
They're coming in the morning with
a truck to take me home
Someone saved my life tonight,
someone saved my life tonight
Someone saved my life tonight,
someone saved my life tonight
Someone saved my life tonight
So save your strength and run the
field you play alone
Someone saved my life tonight,
sugar bear
You almost had your hooks in me,
didn't you dear
You nearly had me roped and tied
Altar-bound, hypnotized
Sweet freedom whispered in my ear
You're a butterfly and butterflies
are free to fly
Fly away, high away, bye bye
Someone saved, someone saved,
someone saved my life tonight
Someone saved, someone saved,
someone saved my life tonight ....
from
'Captain Fantastic & The Brown
Dirt Cowboy' (1975)
high.pos.
chart entry
US
1
10/75
GB
12
10/75
D
42
12/75
Island
Girl
(Elton
John/Bernie Taupin)
I see
your teeth flash, Jamaican honey
so sweet
Down where Lexington cross 47th
Street
She's a big girl, she's standing
six foot three
Turning tricks for the dudes in
the big city
Island girl
What you wanting with the white
man's world
Island girl
Black boy want you in his island
world
He want to take you from the
racket boss
He want to save you but the cause
is lost
Island girl, island girl, island
girl
Tell me what you wanting with the
white man's world
She's black as coal but she burn
like a fire
And she wrap herself around you
like a well worn tire
You feel her nail scratch your
back just like a rake
He one more gone, he one more John
who make the mistake
from
'Rock Of The Westies' (1975)
high.pos.
chart entry
US
17
1/76
GB
-
D
-
Grow
Some Funk Of Your Own
(John/Taupin/Johnstone)
Yeah I
looked at my watch and it said a
quarter to five
The headlines screamed that I was
still alive
I couldn't understand it
I thought I died last night
Oh I dreamed I'd been in a border
town
In a little cantina that the boys
had found
I was desperate to dance
Just to dig the local sounds
When along came a señorita
She looked so good that I had to
meet her
I was ready to approach her with
my English charm
When her brass knuckled boyfriend
grabbed me my the arm
And he said grow some funk of your
own amigo
Grow some funk of your own
We no like to with the gringo
fight
But there might be a death in
Mexico tonight
If you can't grow some funk of
your own amigo
Grow some funk of your own
Take my advice, take the next
flight
And grow your funk, grow your funk
at home
Well I looked for support from the
rest of my friends
For their vanishing trick they get
ten out of ten
I knelt to pray
Just to see if he would comprehend
from
'Rock Of The Westies' (1975)
high.pos.
chart entry
GB
4
3/76
D
-
US
-
Pinball
Wizard
(Pete
Townshend)
Ever
since I was a young boy I played
the silver ball
From Soho down to Brighton, I must
have played them all
But I ain't seen nothing like him
in any amusement hall
That deaf, dumb and blind kid sure
plays a mean pinball
He stands like a statue, becomes
part of the machine
Feeling all the bumpers, always
playing clean
He plays by intuition, the digit
counters fall
That deaf, dumb and blind kid sure
plays a mean pinball
He's a pinball wizard, there has
to be a twist
A pinball wizard's got such a
supple wrist
How do you think he does it? I
don't know
What makes him so good?
Oh, he ain't got no distractions,
can't hear no buzzers and bells
Don't see lights a-flashin', he
plays by sense of smell
Always have a replay, he never
tilts at all
That deaf, dumb and blind kid sure
plays a mean pinball
He can't beat me now, I've always
been the champ
I know ev'ry trick, no freak's
gonna beat my hand
Even at my favourite table he can
beat the best
His disciples lead him in and he
just does the rest
He's got crazy flipper fingers, I
never seen him fall
That deaf, dumb and blind kid sure
plays a mean pinball
He's a pinball wizard, there has
to be a twist
A pinball wizard's got such a
supple wrist
He's a pinball wizard, ???the
score champ any more???
A pinball wizard's, the world's
new pinball Lord
He's scoring more, he's scoring
more
from
'Caribou' (1974)
originally performed by 'The Who'
on 'Tommy'-lp 1969
the rock-opera Tommy's premiere
was November 1972
the movie started 1975, where
'Elton John' played the challenger
of the 'Pinball Wizard' played by
'Roger Daltrey'
high.pos.
chart entry
US
1
7/76
GB
1
7/76
D
5
8/76
Don't
Go Breaking My Heart / with
Kiki Dee
(Ann Orsen/Carte Blanche)
Don't
go breaking my heart, I couldn't
if I tried
Honey if I get restless, baby
you're not that kind
Don't go breaking my heart, you
take the weight off me
Honey when you knock on my door I
gave you my key
Ooh, nobody knows it
When I was down I was your clown
Ooh, nobody knows it
Right from the start I gave you my
heart
Ooh, I gave you my heart
So don't go breaking my heart
I won't go breaking your heart
Don't go breaking my heart
And nobody told us
`Cause nobody showed us
And now it's up to us babe
I think we can make it
So don't misunderstand me
You put the light in my life
You put the sparks to the flame
I've got your heart in my sights
high.pos.
chart entry
US
8
11/76
GB
13
11/76
D
29
12/76
Sorry
Seems To Be The Hardest Word
(Elton
John/Bernie Taupin)
What
have I got to do to make you love
me
What have 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 have I got to do to make you
want me
What have I got to do to be heard
What do I say when it's all over?
And sorry seems to be the hardest
word
It's sad (so sad)
It'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 have I got to do to make you
love me
What have 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?
from
'Blue Moves' (1976)
high.pos.
chart entry
US
23
11/78
GB
14
11/78
D
40
1/79
Part
Time Love
(Elton
John/Gary Osborne)
Part
time love is bringing me down
`Cause I just can't get started
with you my love
Did I hear you saying that I'm too
hard hearted
Wipe those stars from your eyes
And you'll get quite a surprise
Because you'll see everybody's got
a part time love
You've been seen running around
There's not much I don't hear of
and still you try
Telling me all the things I must
stay clear of
Don't tell me what to do
When you been doing it too
Because you, me and everybody's
got a part time love
Falling, I'm falling can't get
free
Baby if you keep on stalling
Oh how can I make you see
That you, me and everybody needs a
part time love
Part time love
I seem to be pulling in the wrong
direction
With you my love
Whatever I do you raise the same
objection
I've got someone at home
But she's got a love of her own
Because you, me and everybody got
a part time love
I'm waiting, I'm waiting all the
time
And it's getting so frustrating
Love well it ain't no crime
Because you, me and everybody
needs a part time love
And oh you, me and everybody's got
a part time love
And oh you, me and everybody needs
a part time love
You, me, everybody got a part time
love
from 'A
Single Man' (1978)
high.pos.
chart entry
US
7
6/79
GB
-
D
-
Mama
Can't Buy You Love
(Leroy
Bell/Casey James)
Baby,
so they give you anything
Darling, all the joy money can
bring
Baby, do they bring you happiness
Darling, you're no different from
the rest
Can't you see that it's love you
really need
Take my hand and I'll show what a
love could be
Before it's too late
Mama don't want you, daddy don't
want you
Give it up baby, baby mama can't
buy you love
Mama don't want you, daddy don't
need you
Give it up baby, baby mama can't
buy you love
Baby, fancy friends showing you a
smile
Darling, rich relations for a
while
Baby, I can only give you love
Darling, this old heart should be
enough
All I need is a chance to make you
mine
Let me in, I'll change the way you
feel inside
Before it's too late
