The Wide-Eyed And Laughing Lyrics - Elton John
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Music by Elton John, Caleb Quaye, James Newton-Howard and Davey Johnstone
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
Are you still in control of the boat that you row
Or do you still cling to me when its sinking
I never condemned you, I only consoled you
When candlelight made me a King
For the wide-eyed and laughing
Passed like a season
Erasing a passion to sin
For no one knew better than the tealeaves and the tarots
That the wide-eyed and laughing
Were just one step ahead of the wind
And the hearts that you played on the porch swing for me
Was a song that I'd heard in the past
For I had an audience somewhere inside you
That applauded whenever you laughed
Gone is a word that I now rarely use
Though sometime in the course of a day
I go racing back like a man possessed
By the wide-eyed and laughing daughters of some different age
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
Are you still in control of the boat that you row
Or do you still cling to me when its sinking
I never condemned you, I only consoled you
When candlelight made me a King
For the wide-eyed and laughing
Passed like a season
Erasing a passion to sin
For no one knew better than the tealeaves and the tarots
That the wide-eyed and laughing
Were just one step ahead of the wind
And the hearts that you played on the porch swing for me
Was a song that I'd heard in the past
For I had an audience somewhere inside you
That applauded whenever you laughed
Gone is a word that I now rarely use
Though sometime in the course of a day
I go racing back like a man possessed
By the wide-eyed and laughing daughters of some different age
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The brilliant, yet sadly hidden tune... | Reviewer: Komodo | 6/29/2005
I cannot say enough about this song.
First and only place I've ever found it was on the tape-cassette version of the album called "Blue Moves". The first CD version I found SHAMLESSLY omits it to 'preserve space' or some severely lame b.s. like that (IT'S CALLED MAKE A 2-DISK SET, YOU MORONS AT THE RECORD COMPANY...). I never have seen the actual vinyl version of the album, so it may be there as well. Now I believe you can find remastered cd versions that include it. (just looked it up on amazon)
All I know is that it kills me every single time I hear it.
Find it, listen to it, dig it.
Peace
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