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Elton John - Better Off Dead
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Song Lyrics
Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
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
Release History
This song appears on the following Elton John Releases:
1987
The Very Best Of Elton John Part 2
- Honky Cat
- Take Me To The Pilot
- Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy
- Better Off Dead (2:37)
- Grow Some Funk On Your Own (4:45)
- Bennie And The Jets
- Skyline Pigeon
- Saturdaynight's Allright For Fighting (4:38)
- Tiny Dancer
- Levon
- I Feel Like A Bullet (5:25)
- Step Into X-Mas (4:30)
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The Very Of Best Of Elton John-Part 2
- Honky Cat
- Take Me To The Pilot
- Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy
- Better Off Dead (2:37)
- Grow Some Funk Of Your Own
- Bennie And The Jets
- Skyline Pigeon
- Saturday Night's Alright (for Fighting) (4:54)
- Tiny Dancer
- Levon
- I Feel Like Bullet (5:25)
- Step Into X-Mas (4:30)
- Funeral For A Friend (love Lies Bleeding)
- Friends
1975
Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy
- Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy
- Tower Of Babel (4:26)
- Bitter Fingers (4:31)
- Tell Me When The Whistle Blows (4:19)
- Someone Saved My Life Tonight
- (Gotta Get A) Meal Ticket
- Better Off Dead (2:37)
- Writing (3:38)
- We All Fall In Love Sometimes / Curtains
1989
2003
To Russia With Elton
- Your Song
- Daniel (3:52)
- Funeral For A Friend
- Part Time Love (3:12)
- Bennie And The Jets
- Sixty Years On
- Candle In The Wind
- Better Off Dead (2:37)
- Rocket Man
- I Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself (3:35)
- Tonight (8:02)
- Pinball Wizard
- Saturday Night's Alright (for Fighting) (4:54)
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