Songwriter: Elton John Davey Johnstone Bernie Taupin
Producer: Chris Thomas
"Eyes Without a Face" is a song about the desperation and loneliness of one person as they wander far from home, desperately trying to find solace in the lies they tell themselves. The narrator is struggling to keep up the facade, while they are slowly losing any connection they still have to the love that was once alive and new between them. The song emphasizes the emptiness and desperation, with the chorus of "(Les yeux sans visage) Eyes without a face/ Got no human grace/ You're eyes without a face". Read more on Last.fm.
Length: 4:10
Don't wish it away
Don't look at it like it's forever
Between you and me, I could honestly say
That things can only get better
[Pre-Chorus]
And while I'm away
Dust out the demons inside
And it won't be long before you and me run
To the place in our hearts where we hide
[Chorus]
And I guess that's why they call it the blues
Time on my hands could be time spent with you
Laughin' like children, livin' like lovers
Rollin' like thunder under the covers
And I guess that's why they call it the blues
[Verse 2]
Just stare into space
Picture my face in your hands
Live for each second without hesitation
And never forget I'm your man
[Pre-Chorus]
Wait on me, girl
Cry in the night if it helps
But more than ever, I simply love you
More than I love life itself
[Chorus]
And I guess that's why they call it the blues
Time on my hands could be time spent with you
Laughin' like children, livin' like lovers
Rollin' like thunder under the covers
And I guess that's why they call it the blues
[Harmonica solo: Stevie Wonder]
[Pre-Chorus]
Wait on me, girl
Cry in the night if it helps
But more than ever, I simply love you
More than I love life itself
[Chorus]
And I guess that's why they call it the blues
Time on my hands could be time spent with you
Laughin' like children, livin' like lovers
Rollin' like thunder under the covers
And I guess that's why they call it the blues
[Outro]
(Laughing like children, living like lovers)
And I guess that's why they call it the blues
(Laughing like children, living like lovers)
And I guess that's why they call it the blues
And I guess that's why they call it the blues
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- Very Best of Elton John (1990)
- Greatest Hits 1976–1986 (1992)
- Peter’s Friends: The Album (1993)
- Love Songs (UK) (1995)
- One Night Only (2000)
- Greatest Hits 1970-2002 (2003)
- Rocket Man - The Definitive Hits (Australian Tour Edition 2011) (2011)
- Diamonds (Deluxe) (2017)
- Your Song
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- 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
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- Levon
- Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
- Someone Saved My Life Tonight
- Border Song
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- Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
- Electricity (Billy Elliot)