Elton John - The Lockdown Sessions Album Lyrics

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Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)

(Oh)
(You're my cold heart)
(Oh)

[Elton John]
It's a human sign
When things go wrong
When the scent of her lingers
And temptation's strong

Cold, cold heart
Hardened by you (Oh)
Some things lookin' better, baby
Just passin' through (No, no, no, no, no)

[Dua Lipa]
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Oh no, no, no
And this is what I should have ever said
Well, I thought it, but I kept it in

[Elton John]
Cold, cold heart
Hardened by you (Oh)
Some things lookin' better, baby
Just passin' through (No, no, no, no, no)

[Dua Lipa]
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Oh no, no, no (No, no, no, no, no)
And this is what I should have ever said
Well, I thought it, but I kept it in

[Elton John]
Cold, cold heart (Oh)
Hardened by you
Some things lookin' better, baby (Oh)
Just passin' through (No, no, no, no, no)

[Dua Lipa]
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Oh no, no, no (No, no, no, no, no)
And this is what I should have ever said (And I think it's gonna be a long, long time)
('Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find)
Well, I thought it, but I kept it in (I'm not the man they think I am at home)
(Oh, no, no, no)
(No, no, no, no, no)

Shoorah (Oh)
Shoorah
Shoorah (Oh)
Shoorah
(No, no, no, no, no)

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Always Love You

I will always love you
Even when I say I don't
I will always see you
Even when my eyes are closed
I'm certain of a lot of things
But with you, I've always known
I will always love you
I will always love you
I will always love you
Even if you let me go

Crying about somebody, then tell 'em
Somebody come pass an umbrella, uh
F*ck these bitches, had to tell her
I had to take the call, pass the tele'
I bought you Gucci, baby, Mais' Margiela
You can get a new one, but he won't be better
Straight to the top and don't need no propeller
Oh, I've been all outside with the fellas, ah
Take me back, I can put you in control if you take me back
Goodfella, roll in the new Maybach
She be f*cking me good and I'm hooked like crack
Make sure you balling, don't worry 'bout nothing
You keep on going forward and never look back
You bring me love just like 7-Eleven
And just for that I'ma give you some racks
Let ya splurge
Mama, what's the word?
All I do is flirt
Let's do it like a vert
Takin' off your skirt
This the night I make you squirt
Pull up to the telly
Watch me merk you with no dirt
Bet you never need

I will always love you
Even when I say I don't (say I don't)
I will always see you
Even when my eyes are closed
I'm certain of a lot of things
But with you, I've always known (always known)
I will always love you (always)
I will always love you (love you)
I will always love you (love you)
Even if you let me go

(Even if you let me go)

I never thought you would end up as the enemy
I always thought you'd be right here stood defending me
I feel so bad for you, lost your identity
Made your decision, there's a penalty (Is this so hard)
Is this so hard for me to understand? (So hard for me to understand)
I guess the universe had different plans (I guess the universe had different plans)
I put my love, I put my love in your hands
In your hands

But that was so you
You had to leave, I had to go to
I could always tell that you had no clue
You never understood what I had to go through
But then I guess somewhere deep inside we both knew
So the memories is what I toast to
'Cause in a past life when everything felt right
You used to know me (and I got to know you)

Once upon a time when we rolled out
But now, baby, oh no, you sold out

I will always love you
Even when I say I don't (when I say I don't)
I will always see you
Even when my eyes are closed (when my eyes are closed)
I'm certain of a lot of things
But with you, I've always known
I will always love you (I love you)
I will always love you (love you)
I will always love you (love you)
I will always love you (love you)
I will always love you (love you)
I will always love you (love you)
Even if you let me go

Sir Elton John
Young Thug
Barbie
Even if you let me go

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Learn To Fly

All the broken people put your hands up high
If you lift them up you might just touch the sky
All the lonely people put your hands up high
If you loosen up you might just learn to fly

All the highs, and the lows, and the way it all goes
You can't let them keep you down
If you're lost, if you're broke, if you're stuck on a road
You can turn it all around

'Cause we gotta trust in love
Something that can't be touched
A feeling to lift us up
All in the name of love

All the broken people put your hands up high
If you lift them up you might just touch the sky
All the lonely people put your hands up high
If you loosen up you might just learn to fly

Learn to fly
Learn to fly
Learn to fly
Learn to fly

Sometimes it gets difficult
When everything's the same
You toss and turn, push and pull
You don't know who to blame

But there is always something to hold onto in your life
Just keep that head up don't you worry it will be alright

All the broken people put your hands up high
If you lift them up you might just touch the sky
All the lonely people put your hands up high
If you loosen up you might just learn to fly

All the broken people put your hands up high
If you lift them up you might just touch the sky
All the lonely people put your hands up high
If you loosen up you might just learn to fly

Learn to fly
Learn to fly
Learn to fly

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After All

I lie awake and realize
That you're better than my dreams
Thought I found love so many times
'Til you showed me what it means

Oh, oh, nothing compares to you
Oh no, baby
They were just doing it wrong
I gave up on love until
You made me believe in it after all
After all

If you never fell out of the sky
I don't know what I would do
I wouldn't trade one thousand lives
For the one I have with you

Oh, oh, nothing compares to you
Oh no, baby
They were just doing it wrong
I gave up on love until
You made me believe in it after all
After all

Baby, after all

It's not the same
Not the same
Not the same, oh no

Nothing compares to you
Oh no, baby
They were just doing it wrong (doing it wrong)
I gave up on love until
You made me believe in it after all (after all)
After all

Nothing compares to you
Oh no, baby (oh no, baby)
They were just doing it wrong (doing it wrong)
I gave up on love until
You made me believe in it after all (after all)
After all

All

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Chosen Family (Remix)

Where do I belong

Tell me your story and I'll tell you mine
I'm all ears, take your time, we've got all night
Show me the rivers crossed, the mountains scaled
Show me who made you walk all the way here

Ooh
Settle down, put your bags down
Ooh
You're alright now

We don't need to be related to relate
We don't need to share genes or a surname
You are, you are
My chosen, chosen family
So what if we don't look the same?
We been going through the same thing
Yeah, you are, you are
My chosen, chosen family

Hand me a pen and I'll rewrite the pain
When you're ready, we'll turn the page together
Open a bottle, it's time we celebrate
Who you were, who you are
We're one and the same, yeah

We don't need to be related to relate
We don't need to share genes or a surname
You are, you are
My chosen, chosen family
So what if we don't look the same?
We been going through the same thing
Yeah, you are, you are
My chosen, chosen family

I chose you
You chose me
I chose
Chosen family
I chose you
You chose me
We're alright now

We don't need to be related to relate
We don't need to share genes or a surname
You are, you are
My chosen, chosen family
So what if we don't look the same?
We been going through the same thing
Yeah, you are, you are
My chosen, chosen family
We don't need to be related to relate
We don't need to share genes or a surname
You are, you are
My chosen, chosen family
So what if we don't look the same?
We been going through the same thing
Yeah, you are, you are
My chosen, chosen family
We don't need to be related to relate
We don't need to share genes or a surname
You are, you are
My chosen, chosen family
So what if we don't look the same?
We been going through the same thing
Yeah, you are, you are
My chosen, chosen family

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The Pink Phantom

You've more or less forgotten me this summer
I can't hide my disappointment
I was on my way in the Phantom V
The one you gave away

Try to tell you that I love you but I'm choked up
You forgot and that makes me feel like no one (summer nights)
Were you even really there?
Did you ever really care?
Wait, I got so many examples of all of the good times we had
Long summer nights (summer nights)
Held you a long time, put your name in my rhymes
Refresh your memory of where you wanna be
The Phantom's on the way, she's comin' down the street

I tried to get to Atlanta
On a peach blossom highway
I'm tryin' to put these puzzles out of mind
In a sky made of diamonds
Where the world fell silent
I'll be waiting for you on the other side

Summer lights (everyday, everyday)
Sometimes (ride where the summer goes)
Summer nights
Every night
Summer nights

I tried to say I love you
But you didn't listen (summer nights)
I tried to give you everything you might need (summer nights)
In a sky made of diamonds
And where the world is flawless
I'll be waiting for you on the other side

Of summer lights, summer lights
Hold it in for a long time
Summer lights, seems to me I'm in a dream
Behind these summer lights

The Phantom is coming
You forgot and that makes me feel like no one
She's crossing over the line
Wait, I got so many examples of all of the good times we had
Seems to me I'm in a dream (long summer nights, I loved you a long time)
(Put your name in my rhyme, refresh your memory)
Behind these summer lights
(Of where you wanna be, the Phantom's on the way)
(She's comin' down the street)
Sometimes

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It's a Sin (Remix)

When I look back upon my life
It's always with a sense of shame
I've always been the one to blame
For everything I long to do
No matter when or where or who
Has one thing in common, too

It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
It's a sin
Everything I've ever done
Everything I ever do
Every place I've ever been
Everywhere I'm going to
It's a sin

At school they taught me how to be
So pure in thought and word and deed
They didn't quite succeed
For everything I long to do
No matter when or where or who
Has one thing in common, too

It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
It's a sin
Everything I've ever done
Everything I ever do
Every place I've ever been
Everywhere I'm going to
It's a sin

Father, forgive me
I tried not to do it
Turned over a new leaf
Then tore right through it

Whatever you taught me
I didn't believe it
Father, you fought me
'Cause I didn't care
And I still don't understand
(Still don't understand, yeah)

So I look back upon my life
Forever with a sense of shame
I've always been the one to blame
For everything I long to do
No matter when or where or who
Has one thing in common, too

It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
It's a sin
Everything I've ever done (I've ever done)
Everything I ever do (I ever do)
Every place I've ever been
Everywhere I'm going to
It's a sin

It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
It's a sin
Everything I've ever done
Everything I ever do
Every place I've ever been
Everywhere I'm going to

It's a sin

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Nothing Else Matters

(feat. watt, Elton John, Yo-Yo Ma, Robert Trujillo, Chad Smith)
(originally by Metallica)

So close, no matter how far
Couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
And nothing else matters

Never opened myself this way
Life is ours, we live it our way
All these words I don't just say
And nothing else matters

Trust I seek and I find in you
Everyday, for us, something new
Open mind for a different view
And nothing else matters

Never cared for what they do
Never cared for what they know
But I know

So close, no matter how far
It couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
And nothing else matters

Never cared for what they do
Never cared for what they know
But I know

I never opened myself this way
Life is ours, we live it our way
All these words I don't just say
And nothing else matters

Trust I seek and I find in you
Everyday, for us, something new
Open mind for a different view
And nothing else matters

Never cared for what they say
Never cared for games they play

Never cared for what they do
Never cared for what they know
And I know, yeah-yeah!

So close, no matter how far
Couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
No, nothing else matters

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Orbit

I'm flying in your orbit, honey
I'm flying in your orbit, honey

How did I get here?
Can't loosen your grip
I'm shackled in heaven
Mmm, what a crazy trip
Faster than lightning
Straight to the heart
I gotta have you
Come as you are

I'm flying in your orbit, honey
I'm flying in your orbit, honey
I'm flying in your orbit, honey
And I hope I never come down, down, down

(Down)

Some kind of fusion
My heart and your heart
Romantic illusion
Lighting up sparks
It's more than beauty
It's more than life itself
Never be lonely
It's you and no one else

I'm flying in your orbit, honey
I'm flying in your orbit, honey
I'm flying in your orbit, honey
And I hope I never come down, down, down

(Down)
(Down)
(Down)

I'm flying in your orbit, honey (Down)
I'm flying in your orbit, honey
I'm flying in your orbit, honey (Down)
I'm flying in your orbit, honey

I'm flying in your orbit, honey
I'm flying in your orbit, honey
I'm flying in your orbit, honey
I'm flying in your orbit, honey

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Simple Things

As an old man, I'm a young man
'Cause I've not been old for long
And before these trembling waters settle
I'll have flown the pond
So I don't mean to be morbid
Or a bit too on the nose
But I'd like to share a few things
That I've learned along the road

What you'll find chasing dreams
Is the finish line recedes
And the riddle stays a riddle
Oh, the humor's bittersweet

All nature does is dance
So when you dance you're in accord
Look no further than the feeling
That it gives you for reward

Reward (reward)
Reward
Reward (reward)

Simple things
Hard to learn
Fire is hot
Burn, burn, burn

Simple truth
Hard to see
Not what you want
But what you need (what you need)
Mm-hmm

I've been a sleepwalker, a cheap talker
A sly grin, a discreet offer
I've held steady for a gaze
I've led a lover through a maze
Thrown bottles at the wall
When someone forgot to call
I've done all the things a wild heart will do
I will do

What you'll find chasing dreams
Is the finish line recedes
And the riddle stays a riddle
Oh, the humor's bittersweet

All nature does is dance
So when you dance you're in accord
Look no further than the feeling
That it gives you for reward

Reward (reward)
Reward
Reward (reward)

Simple things
Hard to learn
Fire is hot
Burn, burn, burn

Simple truth
Hard to see
Not what you want
But what you need

(Reward)
(Reward)

Simple things
Hard to learn
Fire is hot
Burn, burn, burn

Simple truth
Hard to see
Not what you want
But what you need (what you need)
Mm-hmm

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Beauty In The Bones

There was a time when I was feeling incomplete
Lost in the shadow of the person I could be
Chasing perfection in every direction, so focused on the end
I didn't see the journey and take in every step

Every long road
Song that I half wrote
Brought me to where I am

Every root turns into branches
Every question leads to answers
Even if the seed ain't fully grown
There's beauty in the bones
Just a drop can start a riptide
Just a word can change a whole life
Even if this story ain't been wrote
There's beauty in the bones

In the bones
In the bones
In the bones
In the bones
In the bones
In the bones
In the bones

There was a light inside the darkness I could sense
And when I found it, that's when beauty all began
Calm in the chaos, I'm not afraid of learning things my heart don't know
'Cause every new beginning starts with hope

Every long road
Song that I half wrote
Brought me to where I am

Every root turns into branches
Every question leads to answers
Even if the seed ain't fully grown
There's beauty in the bones
Just a drop can start a riptide
Just a word can change a whole life
Even if this story ain't been wrote
There's beauty in the bones

In the bones (oh)
In the bones
In the bones (oh)
In the bones
In the bones (oh)
In the bones
In the bones

There's beauty in the bones

In the bones (oh)
In the bones
In the bones (oh)
In the bones
In the bones (oh)
In the bones
In the bones

There's beauty in the bones

Like a half-drawn masterpiece
Like a half-played symphony
There's a beauty imperfect
In the journey and where it all leads to

Every root turns into branches
Every question leads to answers
Even if the seed ain't fully grown
There's beauty in the bones (there's beauty in the bones, yeah)
Just a drop can start a riptide
Just a word can change a whole life (whole life)
Even if this story ain't been wrote
There's beauty in the bones

In the bones (oh)
In the bones (beauty in bones)
In the bones (oh)
In the bones (beauty in bones)
In the bones (oh)
In the bones
In the bones

There's beauty in the bones
Beauty in the bones
Beauty in the bones
Beauty in the bones
There's beauty in the bones

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One of Me

Oh, the joke was never hard to tell
Threw my spare change in the wishing well
The dream alone is always in your hands
If that don't fill the boy and build the man
A heart has many secrets, so I'm told
Through the years, a theory can grow cold
I'm up to be the king, it's gotten clear
The voice inside my head is the one I hear

Singing, I'm gonna love me again
Check in on my very best friend
Find the wind to fill my sails
Rise above the broken rails
Unbound by any ties that break or bend
I'm free, and don't you know?
No clown to claim he used to know me then
I'm free, and don't you know?
And oh-oh-oh, I'm gonna love me again

The golden age was somehow bittersweet
But now the past lies sleepin' in the deep
The peaceful days that followed hollow nights
A kiss or touch could feel like Kryptonite
Praise the Saints that hung up on my wall
For trust is left in lovers after all
A whispered word emergin' from a tale
My wake-up call to claim the cursed spell

Well, I'm gonna love me again (love me again)
Check in on my very best friend
Find the wind to fill my sails
Rise above the broken rails
Unbound by any ties that break or bend
I'm free, and don't you know?
No clown to claim he used to know me then
I'm free, and don't you know?
And oh-oh-oh, I'm gonna love me again

Sing, I'm gonna love me again
Check in on my very best friend
Find the wind to fill my sails
Rise above the broken rails
Unbound by any ties that break or bend
I'm free, and don't you know?
No clown to claim he used to know me then
I'm free, don't you know?
And oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh, I'm gonna love me again

I'm gonna love me again
I'm gonna love me again

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E-Ticket

Riding beside me silver light lightning
Time quickly disappears
Born out of fireworks, still looking skyward
As darkness reappears

You gotta figure it's an E-ticket ride
Why else stand in line?
We take a ride in our E-ticket minds
Tell me yours, I'll tell you mine, tell you mine
(Ooh) E-ticket ride

In between moments, questions and quotients
Solved, yet still not clear
Looking for answers, we make up new dances
Ain't that enough, if that's all there is?

You gotta figure it's an E-ticket ride
Yeah, why else stand in line?
We take a ride in our E-ticket minds
Tell me yours, I'll tell you mine, tell you mine
E-ticket ride

I've no need to pledge my faith
To nothin' but time and tide
And I can't see the universe
As the universe sees me
Yeah, hey

Oh yeah
Oh, oh, oh, oh yeah

You gotta figure it's an E-ticket ride
Why else stand in line?
We take a ride in our E-ticket minds
Tell me yours, I'll tell you mine
Oh, you gotta figure it's an E-ticket ride
Why else stand in line?
We take a ride in our E-ticket minds
Tell me yours, I'll tell you mine, tell you mine
E-ticket ride

Oh, oh, oh
E-ticket ride
Oh, oh, oh
E-ticket ride
Oh yeah
E-ticket ride
Oh yeah

E-ticket ride

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Finish Line

You, oh you
Are still a beauty to behold
You've been my muse
Every story that I've told
Oh, take me back some years
To when we were young without a fear
All along you have been the song that I want to hear

I've been down the darkest alleys
Been to the bottom where the angels cry
Thought it had all been, oh for nothing
Until I saw you at the finish line

Forgive me for the ways I've let you down
Won't you give me another chance to make you proud
Oh, flash forward twenty years
Forever keep me young and my conscience clear
All along you have been the song that I wanna hear, oh yeah

I've been down the darkest alleys
Been to the bottom where the angels cry (where the angles cry)
Thought it had all been, oh for nothing
Until I saw you at the finish line

(Yeah, yeah) yes, I've been down the darkest alleys
Been to the bottom where the angels cry (angels cry)
Thought it had all been, oh for nothing
Until I saw you at the finish line (at the finish line)

Oh, I've been down the darkest alleys
Been to the bottom watching life go by (watching life go by, yeah)
Thought it had all been, oh for nothing
Until I saw you at the finish line (finish line)

I've been down the darkest alleys
Been to the bottom where the angels cry (down to the bottom)
Thought it had all been, oh, for nothing (oh for nothing)
Until I saw you at the finish line (saw you at the finish line)

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Stolen Car

We broke the rules together
I'm guilty for the crime
You call me up at Three AM
To kill me one more time

We're dancing in slow motion
The house is set on fire
We hurt the ones we love the most
Tempted by desire

Smoke rings, tattoos, warning signs
Sink your teeth in, babe, be mine

Our love was like a stolen car
Racing down the freeway
Drinking for a new day
Wasted in an old dive bar
Nobody knew our names
Damn, those were the good days

Oh, we knew that it wouldn't last
But we did it to remember
Our love was like a stolen car
Pulled over on the freeway
'Cause it was never ours

The night knows every secret
The morning never tells
I'm not ready to leave yet
But you need somebody else

You kiss me on the forehead
As distance fills the room
Like holding on to water
You're always gone too soon

Smoke rings, tattoos, warning signs
Sink your teeth in, babe, be mine

Our love was like a stolen car
Racing down the freeway
Drinking for a new day
Wasted in an old dive bar
Nobody knew our names
Damn, those were the good days

Oh, we knew that it wouldn't last
But we did it to remember
Our love was like a stolen car
Pulled over on the freeway
'Cause it was never ours

Our love was like a stolen car
Racing down the freeway
Drinking for a new day
Wasted in an old dive bar
Nobody knew our names
Damn, those were the good days

Well, we knew that it wouldn't last
But we did it to remember
Our love was like a stolen car
Our love was like a stolen car
Our love was like a stolen car
Our love was like a stolen car, yeah, yeah
Pulled over on the freeway
'Cause it was never ours
Pulled over on the freeway
'Cause it was never ours

It was never ours (it was never ours)

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I'm Not Gonna Miss You

I'm still here, but yet I'm gone
I don't play guitar or sing my songs
They never defined who I am
The man that loves you 'til the end

You're the last person I will love
You're the last face I will recall
And best of all
I'm not gonna miss you
Not gonna miss you

I'm never gonna hold you like I did
Or say, "I love you" to the kids
You're never gonna see it in my eyes
It's not gonna hurt me when you cry

I'm never gonna know what you go through
All the things I say or do
All the hurt and all the pain
One thing selfishly remains

I'm not gonna miss you
I'm not gonna miss you