Released: October 22, 1976
Songwriter: Bernie Taupin Caleb Quaye Davey Johnstone Elton John
Producer: Gus Dudgeon
[Verse 1]
Crime in the streets
I read about it everyday in the papers
And justice needs and justice wants
[Bridge]
But just in times, yes, too late here
Oh, feels like I wasn't born there
(Feels like I wasn't born there)
I feel just like a Boogie Pilgrim, oh, huh, yeah
[Chorus]
Boogie Pilgrim, hustled to get it, to get it together
Down on the jive talk, down on the weather
Boogie Pilgrim, oh, brother I never felt better
No, I never felt better
[Verse 2]
Low life's complete
When you've lived that way out on the sidewalk
(Walking on the sidewalk everyday)
Oh, I got the speed, baby, you got the need, ah,uh
[Bridge]
But the need in me needs nothing
(But you know that I need nothing)
But I know that you all want something
Oh, just like Boogie Pilgrim, Boogie Pilgrim
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
Yeah, I know I'm better
(Don't you know that I never felt better)
No, I'm never, never, never felt better
(Don't you know that I never felt better)
Don't you know that I never felt better [x4]
[Chorus]
Boogie, Boogie, Boogie Pilgrim, yeah
Oh, lord I never felt better, yeah
(Don't you know that I never felt better)
Ooh hoo, ooh hoo, ooh hoo
[Chorus]
Yeah
(You know that I never felt better)
[Outro]
Boogie Pilgrim[x16]
Crime in the streets
I read about it everyday in the papers
And justice needs and justice wants
[Bridge]
But just in times, yes, too late here
Oh, feels like I wasn't born there
(Feels like I wasn't born there)
I feel just like a Boogie Pilgrim, oh, huh, yeah
[Chorus]
Boogie Pilgrim, hustled to get it, to get it together
Down on the jive talk, down on the weather
Boogie Pilgrim, oh, brother I never felt better
No, I never felt better
[Verse 2]
Low life's complete
When you've lived that way out on the sidewalk
(Walking on the sidewalk everyday)
Oh, I got the speed, baby, you got the need, ah,uh
[Bridge]
But the need in me needs nothing
(But you know that I need nothing)
But I know that you all want something
Oh, just like Boogie Pilgrim, Boogie Pilgrim
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
Yeah, I know I'm better
(Don't you know that I never felt better)
No, I'm never, never, never felt better
(Don't you know that I never felt better)
Don't you know that I never felt better [x4]
[Chorus]
Boogie, Boogie, Boogie Pilgrim, yeah
Oh, lord I never felt better, yeah
(Don't you know that I never felt better)
Ooh hoo, ooh hoo, ooh hoo
[Chorus]
Yeah
(You know that I never felt better)
[Outro]
Boogie Pilgrim[x16]
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- Out of the Blue
- Your Starter for...
- Bite Your Lip (Get Up and Dance!)
- Idol
- If There’s a God in Heaven (What’s He Waiting For?)
- Where’s the Shoorah?
- Someone’s Final Song
- The Wide-Eyed and Laughing
- Between Seventeen and Twenty
- Shoulder Holster
- Crazy Water
- Cage the Songbird
- Boogie Pilgrim
- Chameleon
- One Horse Town
- Tonight
- Theme from a Non-Existent TV Series
- Blue Moves (1976)
- Elton: Jewel Box (2020)
- Your Song
- Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going to Be a Long, Long Time)
- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
- Tiny Dancer
- Bennie and the Jets
- I’m Still Standing
- Can You Feel the Love Tonight (End Title)
- Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
- Candle in the Wind
- Daniel
- Saturday Night’s Alright (for Fighting)
- Crocodile Rock
- I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues
- Candle in the Wind 1997
- Sacrifice
- Levon
- Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
- Someone Saved My Life Tonight
- Border Song
- Honky Cat
- The One
- The Bitch is Back
- Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
- Electricity (Billy Elliot)