Elton John The Captain And The Kid Lyrics

The Captain And The Kid Lyrics

I've been out on this road some

Can't help feeling I've been showing my
friends around

I've seen it growing from next to nothing

Into a
giant eating up your town



Called up the tealeaves and the
tarots

Asked the gypsy what she sees in the palm of our hands

She
saw a mountain and wild deer running

A crazy kid becoming a better
man



But we stuck around for the fireworks

Waiting to
explode

Shaped our futures, you a Tumbleweed

And me on a Yellow
Brick Road

Pleasing the people some of the time

For better or for
worse

An urban soul in a fine silk suit

And a heart out west in a
Wrangler shirt



And you can't go back and if you try it fails

Looking up ahead I see a rusty nail

A sign hanging from it saying
"Truth for sale"

And that's what we did

No lies at all just one
more tale

About the Captain and the Kid



We've been missing
at times in action

Can't imagine what he said he might do for you

The devil got to come to the party sometimes

But he never got to wear
our shoes



Oh we've conjured up what we created

Way back then
when I was standing up in six-inch heels

Now you're riding off into the
sunset

And I'm still spinning like a Catherine wheel



But we
stuck around for the battle

Waiting for a plan

To turn you into the
Brown Dirt Cowboy

And me into a Rocket Man

It pleases the people
some of the time

Digging into our roots

But I got a brand new pair
of shoes

And you're on a horse in your old cowboy boots



And
you can't go back and if you try it fails

Looking up ahead I see a rusty
nail

A sign hanging from it saying "Truth for sale"

And that's what
we did

No lies at all just one more tale

About the Captain and the
Kid



Chorus repeats