[ti:The Captain And The Kid ] [ar:Elton John] [al:The Captain & The Kid] [04:35.70][00:01.78]mtvzz.com [04:30.74][00:07.99]Album:The Captain & The Kid [04:26.00][00:14.12]Elton John-The Captain And The Kid [00:19.73]Lyrics:Bernie Taupin Music:Elton John [04:40.14][00:24.73] [00:25.01]I've been out on this road some [00:26.90]Can't help feeling I've been showing my friends around [00:32.39]I've seen it growing from next to nothing [00:38.18]Into a giant eating up your town [00:43.08] [00:47.28]Called up the tealeaves and the tarots [00:50.31]Asked the gypsy what she sees in the palm of our hands [00:55.71] [00:58.81]She saw a mountain and wild deer running [01:02.11]A crazy kid becoming a better man [01:05.95] [01:10.42]But we stuck around for the fireworks [01:13.30]Waiting to explode [01:16.18]Shaped our futures, you a tumbleweed [01:19.48]And me on a yellow brick road [01:21.92]Pleasing the people some of the time [01:25.25]For better or for worse [01:27.80]An urban soul in a fine silk Suit [01:30.59]And a heart out west in a Wrangler shirt [04:22.97][01:35.33] [03:54.13][01:36.62][03:21.65]And you can't go back and if you try it fails [03:59.47][03:26.58][01:42.35]Looking up ahead I see a rusty nail [04:05.14][03:33.10][01:46.82]A sign hanging from it saying "Truth for sale" [04:10.57][03:38.95][01:52.52]And that's what we did [04:13.91][03:41.99][01:55.40]No lies at all just one more tale [04:17.81][03:45.36][02:00.53]About the Captain and the Kid [03:50.31][02:05.12] [02:09.74]We've been missing at times in action [02:12.48]Can't imagine what he said he might do for you [02:17.13]The devil got to come to the party sometimes [02:24.30]But he never got to wear our shoes [02:27.93] [02:32.70]Oh we've conjured up what we created [02:35.79]Way back then when I was standing up in six-inch heels [02:41.07] [02:43.86]Now you're riding off into the sunset [02:47.56]And I'm still spinning like a Catherine wheel [02:52.42] [02:55.99]But we stuck around for the battle [02:58.87]Waiting for a plan [03:01.92]To turn you into the Brown Dirt Cowboy [03:05.26]And me into a rocket man [03:07.72]It pleases the people some of the time [03:10.93]Digging into our roots [03:13.54]But I got a brand new pair of shoes [03:15.61]And you're on a horse in old cowboy boots