Hey how about this A little conversation tonight Thinking aloud how we struggled to find Our place in the dizzy heights Don't often do this We never
I've been out on this road some Can't help feeling I've been showing my friends around I've seen it growing from next to nothing Into a giant eating up
There's a porch swing in Tupelo In the shade of the south Where the sweet honey drips off that old hush-yo'-mouth It's a slow road on down That old Natchez
(Elton John/Taupin) Well they say that it's a fact If you watch the sky at night And if you stare into the darkness You might see celestial light And
Your bags out on the bed Your closet's all cleared out You say you're goin' to Jacksonville 'Cause our love's all worn out You're searching in my eyes
She threw back that shiny hair Like the mane on a Delta queen Gonna spend my last dime on a telephone call 'Cause she's the wildest thing I've ever seen
I'm not the same as I used to be All the things you've heard seem hard to believe Haven't always been good, never really been bad Most times I've been
(Elton John/Taupin) Me and you we're not that pretty Me and you could use a lift I'm out here on the corner crying I got ribbons but I got no gift Me
(Elton John/Taupin) Breaking down never seems to be that hard Falling short is always in the cards I'm on the road sunrise is at my back Lost it all
Music by Elton John Lyrics by Bernie Taupin I'm no longer counting I'm not keeping score I could say my list of lovers doesn't matter anymore But some
It's getting dark in here Don't want to leave Shadow's falling And I believe Winds picking up Thing's so unclear I'm afraid of my shadow And it's getting
I'm weary and I'm staying up late And the rain hits my roof so hard You know I'm no longer thirty These days I'm happy to play One or two hands of cards
I can't keep this from you I've held it in so long It's time to tell the truth Keeping it from you is wrong I can't keep this from you It's so simple
Did you see the first man on the moon? Have you seen the first light of day? When there wasn't someone stuck inside Something like the moon Something
I can't control this flesh and blood That's wrapped around my bones It moves beneath me like a river Into the great unknown I stepped onto the moving
Goodbye England's rose May you ever grow in our hearts You were the grace that placed itself Where lives were torn apart You called out to our country
It's a little bit funny, this feeling inside I'm not one of those, who can easily hide I don't have much money, but boy if I did I'd buy a big house where
We are still all right We took it on the chin But in the thirteenth hour No one ever wins But we're strong enough Like traffic all tied up And when the