The Captain and The Kid - Elton John

I’ve been out here on this road some

Can’t help feeling I’ve been showin' my friends around

I’ve seen it growin' from next to nothin'

Into a giant, eatin' up your town

Called up the tea leaves and the tarots

Asked the gypsy what she sees in the palm of our hands, oh yeah

She saw a mountain and wild deer runnin'

A crazy kid becoming a better man

But we stuck around for the fireworks

Waitin' to explode

Shaped our futures, you a tumbleweed

And me on a yellow brick road

Pleasin' 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

Lookin' up ahead

I see a rusty nail

A sign hangin' from it

Sayin', «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 missin', at times, in action

Can’t imagine what he said he might do for you, oh yeah

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 standin' up in six-inch heels

Now you’re ridin' off into the sunset

And I’m still spinnin' like a Catherine wheel

But we stuck around for the battle

Waitin' 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

Diggin' into our roots

But I got a brand new pair of shoes

And you’re on a horse in old cowboy boots

And you can’t go back

And if you try, it fails

Lookin' up ahead

I see a rusty nail

A sign hangin' from it

Sayin', «Truth for sale»

And that’s what we did

No lies at all, just one more tale

About the captain and the kid

No, you can’t go back

And if you try, it fails

Lookin' up ahead

I see a rusty nail

A sign hangin' from it

Sayin', «Truth for sale»

And that’s what we did

No lies at all, just one more tale

About the captain and the kid