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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Elton John
Elton John
Piano
Davey Johnstone
Davey Johnstone
Background Vocals
Dee Murray
Dee Murray
Bass Guitar
Nigel Olsson
Nigel Olsson
Drums
Ray Cooper
Ray Cooper
Triangle
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Elton John
Elton John
Songwriter
Bernie Taupin
Bernie Taupin
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Gus Dudgeon
Gus Dudgeon
Producer
Jeff Guercio
Jeff Guercio
Engineer
Mark Guercio
Mark Guercio
Assistant Engineer
Phil Dunne
Phil Dunne
Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

There was a face on a hoarding that someone had drawn on And just enough time for the night to pass by without warning Away in the distance there's a blue flashing light Someone's in trouble somewhere tonight As the flickering neon stands ready to fuse The wind blows away all of yesterday's news Well they've locked up their daughters and they battened the hatches They always could find us but they never could catch us Through the grease streaked windows of an all night cafe We watched the arrested get taken away And that cigarette haze has ecology beat As the whores and the drunks filed in from the street 'Cause the steams in the boiler the coals in the fire If you ask how I am then I'll just say inspired If the thorn of a rose is the thorn in your side Then you're better off dead if you haven't yet died 'Cause the steams in the boiler the coals in the fire If you ask how I am then I'll just say inspired If the thorn of a rose is the thorn in your side Then you're better off dead if you haven't yet died Better off dead Better off dead Better off dead...
Writer(s): Bernie Taupin, Elton John Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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