If It Wasn't For Bad Elton John, Leon Russell

love is dying, when love is dying It just gets a little colder And we stop trying, we stop trying, yeah we stop trying Oh when love is dying There's a pain you never can explain Cuts so deep time

When Love Is Dying Elton John, Leon Russell

They say we bruise too easily I don't know if it's that way for me I've seen 'em come, I've seen 'em go I've seen everyone I know Fall in and out of love It's just the way it goes Word is out, silence

Hearts Have Turned To Stone Elton John, Leon Russell

"I'm out here in the darkness I hear the howling wind Sometimes I sit and wonder Will I ever see love again?

In The Hands Of Angels Elton John, Leon Russell

not tried To make it to tomorrow Like a broken hearted lover But there was a brand new start And suddenly I was taken New and faraway places And the music I was shaken It was a whole new race When

A Dream Come True Elton John, Leon Russell

I can hear your heart Pounding in my ear Now I feel the sound And the time is near I feel the taste Of all the things you do Now the time has come I know you're a dream come true You make me so

Hey Ahab Elton John, Leon Russell

"It's a constant struggle getting up that hill There's a change of guard every day When you're clinging onto a driftwood boat You pray a great white whale might come your way No freeway traffic in the

There's No Tomorrow Elton John, Leon Russell

There's no time for waiting No future to see Inside the next moment Nothing might be The answer's not certain No time to decide Is this the last curtain There's no place to hide [chorus] There's

Eight Hundred Dollar Shoes Elton John, Leon Russell

"You had your grand illusion and wrestled with your fate The winter of your discontent came twenty years too late If it was love and I was there I've forgotten where it lives We both stepped off a frozen

Sweet Emily Leon Russell

Cuz she weeps just like a willow When the hate is cloudin' up my day When she touches my eyes, She takes my heart in her hand If you knew that child you'd plainly see When she laughs I realize I'm in

Beware Of Darkness Leon Russell

I've sung a lot of songs I've made some bad rhymes I've acted out my life in stages With ten thousand people watching But we're alone now An' I'm singing this song to you An' I know your image of me Is

Monkey Suit Elton John, Leon Russell

"If you're looking for the gloryYou think that you might findIn a bullet-riddled stolen carOn a back road in the pinesIf it's round just like a medalOr a tired old man of warOr hidden like that Bur...

A Song For You Leon Russell

time I've sung a lot of songs, I've made some bad rhyme I've acted out my life in stages With ten thousand people watching But we're alone now and I'm singin' this song for you I know your image of me is

Think Of Me Leon Russell

So now it seems this world has turned on you The night now burns a deeper shade of blue It feels there's nothing left that you can do Think of me, remember me When those you thought were friends have cut

I'll Sail My Ship Alone Leon Russell

We've been sweethearts for so long But now you say we're thru The love we shared is now a memory I have built a ship of dreams And planned them all for you But now I guess what is to be, will be CHORUS

Can't Get Over Losing You Leon Russell

(Leon:) Hold on, let me love you For an hour or so Tell me what you want to do Where we go to find it Cause you love me like a hurricane And then you're gone with the wind You treat me every way but good

My Cricket Leon Russell

Oh no I’m not crying these ain't tears in my eyes I'm so happy I'm dying with laughter If you'd only come over, I’m sure that you’d see, We're not lonesome, my cricket and me.

Delta Lady Leon Russell

wet And naked in the garden And I think of the days And the different ways I held you I held you closely to me Yes, our heart was beating Oh, you're mine delta lady You're mine, be all mine Delta lady When

Cajun Love Song Leon Russell

of wine We'll go down to Thibodeaux tonight Go roun', go roun', lil' Alice blue gown We'll soon be together on the bayou sundown We'll jaw jambalaya, and sing all night long Me and my baby and a Cajun love

Lady Blue Leon Russell

Well you're showing me a diff'rent side Even asked if the flame has died You're getting used to me baby But you just a-wait and see lady 'Cause I've been in love before And I love you a whole lot more

Home Sweet Oklahoma Leon Russell

When I was a young man barely seventeen I went on out to Hollywood chasing my dream And dusty Oklahoma was all I'd ever seen And I was getting older The memories of the greyhound Fade and quickly pass

My Father's Shoes Leon Russell

What can I say to this town of my woe When it looks up to me for the answers You've got trust in his eyes and so gentle sun weed What all the words I can say Can I tell him of my life And can it be you

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Leon Russell

"Hear the lonesome whippoorwill He sounds to blue to fly The midnight train is a-winding low I'm so lonesome I could cry I've never seen a night so long When time keeps crawling by The moon is gone behind

Stranger In A Strange Land Leon Russell

How many days has it been Since I was born How many days until I die Do I know any ways That I can make you laugh Or do I only know how to make you cry When the baby looks around him It's such

It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry Leon Russell

on a mail train, babe, can't buy a thrill I've been up all night, leanin' on a window sill Well, if I don't make it to the top of the hill If I don't make it, you know my baby will And them wintertime is

Hurtsome Body Leon Russell

When I first saw you down in Tennessee I knew you were the only girl for me And when you sang your song it made me happy (yes it did) But you took my money and you took my old car And you ran straight

Little Hideaway Leon Russell

"We got a little hideaway that we go to When we're alone together A little place where we can go And get to know each other A place to see the sun When the day is done Hold on to that feeling We've been

Crystal Closet Queen Leon Russell

This songs dedicated to the undiluted queen of rock and roll, And she knows who she is. Left my home down in the heart of Georgia Headed out to Hollywood.

Hummingbird Leon Russell

life had ended But I find that it's just begun Cause she gets me where I live I'll give all I have to give I'm talking about that hummingbird Oh she's little and she loves me Too much for words to say When

Roller Derby Leon Russell

ladies all around But the right one hadn't found me such a bad night I didn't feel right Then a friend came over 'fore it got too late Asked me if I'd like you as a double date My stars above, I fell in love

Someone's Final Song Elton John

He died when the house was empty When the maid had gone He put a pen to paper for one final song He wrote - Oh babe, it's the only way I know it's wrong but I can't stand To go on living, to go on

Bluebird Leon Russell

Yeah, I'm lost in the night The icy wind is howling out your name And desolation lingers like a fog The fire is growing dimmer in the wind I'm out in the rain The moon has gone behind the cloud again And

Magic Mirror Leon Russell

To the sad ones I'm unhappy To the losers I'm a fool To the students I'm a teacher With the teachers I'm in school To the hobos I'm in prison By everything I own To the soldiers I'm just someone else Dying

Queen Of The Roller Derby Leon Russell

Gonna tell you a story that you wont believe But I fell in love last friday evenin With a girl I saw on a bar room t.v. screen Well I was just gettin ready to get my hat When she caught my eye and I put

Out in the Woods Leon Russell

Well I'm going down, Going down a hard road Just don't know, don't know where I've been But I think I've been walking, I'm walking round in circles Can't even find a friend Woah, my love, my love she's

The Window Up Above Leon Russell

I've been living a new way Of life that I love so But I can see the clouds are gathering And the storm will wreck our home For last night he held you tightly And you didn't even shove This is true for

Roll Away The Stone Leon Russell

Such a strange changes that you put me through But like a fool I fell in love with you What can this poor boy do?

Uncle Pen Leon Russell

"Oh, the people would come from miles away They'd dance all night till the break of day When the caller hollered, ""Do-se-do"" They knew it was time for Uncle Pen to go Late in the evening about sundown

The Ballad Of Mad Dogs And Englishmen Leon Russell

planes, runway strikes Flashy pimps and family fights Spotted dogs, blood-shot eyes Our space captain laughs and tries To understand the scheme of things But just in time the scene has changed The bus is

Back To The Island Leon Russell

Now the day is gone and I sit alone and think of you, girl What can I do without you in my life?

She Smiles Like A River Leon Russell

When she blows away my problems She helps to take, take a little weight off me. When she's happy, I'm in heaven. If she's down, she'll never say. 'Cause she knows I'm treading water.

Pisces Apple Lady Leon Russell

Get off your bottle Go down and see a friend He'll know what to do, lordy When you tell him how bad it's been He said you oughta get away To the English countryside This cryin' won't help you now boy

Prince Of Peace Leon Russell

Never treat a brother like a passing stranger Honey, won't you always try to keep the love light burning Sing a song of love and open up your heart For you might be the prince of peace returning Yeah,

Me and Baby Jane Leon Russell

Janie was my first love we shared the pains of school she offered me a balance for awhile and she gave me innocents I seemed like less a fool she always had a line to make me smile but we seperated early

If I Were A Carpenter Leon Russell

If I were a carpenter And you were a lady Would you marry me anyway Would you have my baby If a tinker were my trade Would you still find me Carryin' the pots I made Followin' behind me Save my love through

Shootout On The Plantation Leon Russell

Oh the last one to kiss is the first to shoot And stabbing your friends is such a drag to boot It's a shootout on the plantation Oh, heaven help Mister Swan, yeah.

Tight Rope Leon Russell

I'm up on the tightrope , one sides hate and one is hope It's a circus game with you and me. I'm up on the tightwire , linked by life and the funeral pyre But the tophat on my head is all you see.

Truck Drivin' Man Leon Russell

waitress then brought me some coffee And I thanked her and called her again I said, "That old song there sure does fit me 'Cause I'm a truck drivin' man" So pour me another cup of coffee For it is

This Masquerade Leon Russell

disappear Every time I see your eyes No matter how hard I try To understand the reason That we carry on this way We're lost in this masquerade We could just start over but it's oh so hard to do When

Lost Highway Leon Russell

"I'm a rolling stone, I'm all alone and lost For a life of sin, I have paid the cost Oh, when I pass, all the people say ""There goes another boy walkin' down the lost highway"" Just a deck of cards and

Of Thee I Sing Leon Russell

Don't bomb the inn, I'm on a holiday But Oklahoma's just a jet away And the blood is on the books in Ohio So badly stained, what can I say?