Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
Available on the album Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy
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
Elton John - Better Off Dead (live in Russia, 1979) (02:36)
Elton John performing 'Better Off Dead' with Ray Cooper on percussion. Live in Russia, 1979.
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Magomarl, thank you so much!!! This is such a great song, one of the best Elton has ever recorded ...
Autor: rebmaxi
2
This was the "Border Song" b-side, no?
Autor: SufjanStevens420
3
I second that.
Autor: EltonSouth
4
Very nice , Sir Elton John.
Autor: brody869
5
Also available on "Lady Samantha."
Maybe Bernie wrote it to reflect Elton's difficult relationship with his own father? Elton replaced Reg long ago, and with it a brilliant song writer needing no parent approval.
Autor: hockeyandbassets
6
The b-side to "Your Song," only in the UK.
"Bad Side of the Moon" was the "Border Song" b-side.
Autor: magomarl
7
this sounds like what wolfgang rietherman would sing after walt disney died