Released: October 5, 1973
Songwriter: Bernie Taupin Elton John
Producer: Gus Dudgeon
[Verse 1]
Tune me in to the wild side of life
I'm an innocent young child, sharp as a knife
Take me to the garretts where the artists have died
Show me the courtrooms where the judges have lied
Let me drink deeply from the water and the wine
Light colored candles in dark dreary mines
Look in the mirror and stare at myself
And wonder if that's really me on the shelf
[Chorus]
And each day I learn just a little bit more
I don't know why but I do know what for
If we're all going somewhere, let's get there soon
Oh, this song's got no title, just words and a tune
[Verse 2]
Take me down alleys where the murders are done
In a vast high powered rocket to the core of the sun
Want to read books in the studies of men
Born on the breeze and die on the wind
If I was an artist who paints with his eyes
I'd study my subject and silently cry
Cry for the darkness to come down on me
For confusion to carry on turning the wheel
[Chorus]
And each day I learn just a little bit more
I don't know why but I do know what for
If we're all going somewhere, let's get there soon
Oh, this song's got no title, just words and a tune
Tune me in to the wild side of life
I'm an innocent young child, sharp as a knife
Take me to the garretts where the artists have died
Show me the courtrooms where the judges have lied
Let me drink deeply from the water and the wine
Light colored candles in dark dreary mines
Look in the mirror and stare at myself
And wonder if that's really me on the shelf
[Chorus]
And each day I learn just a little bit more
I don't know why but I do know what for
If we're all going somewhere, let's get there soon
Oh, this song's got no title, just words and a tune
[Verse 2]
Take me down alleys where the murders are done
In a vast high powered rocket to the core of the sun
Want to read books in the studies of men
Born on the breeze and die on the wind
If I was an artist who paints with his eyes
I'd study my subject and silently cry
Cry for the darkness to come down on me
For confusion to carry on turning the wheel
[Chorus]
And each day I learn just a little bit more
I don't know why but I do know what for
If we're all going somewhere, let's get there soon
Oh, this song's got no title, just words and a tune
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- Whenever You’re Ready (We’ll Go Steady Again)
- Step into Christmas
- Jack Rabbit
- Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
- Screw You (Young Man’s Blues)
- Candle In The Wind
- Grey Seal
- Sweet Painted Lady
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- Roy Rogers
- Your Sister Can’t Twist (But She Can Rock ’n Roll)
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- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
- Candle in the Wind
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- Grey Seal
- This Song Has No Title
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- I’ve Seen That Movie Too
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- Dirty Little Girl
- All the Girls Love Alice
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- I’m Still Standing
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- Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
- Candle in the Wind
- Daniel
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- Crocodile Rock
- I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues
- Candle in the Wind 1997
- Sacrifice
- Levon
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- Someone Saved My Life Tonight
- Border Song
- Honky Cat
- The One
- The Bitch is Back
- Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
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