[ti:Weight of the world] [ar:Elton John] [al:Peachtree Road] [offset:500] Elton John [00:00.00]Elton John--Weight of the world [00:25.30]I'm weary and I'm staying up late [00:28.62]And the rain hits my roof so hard [00:32.65]You know I'm no longer thirty [00:35.27]These days I'm happy to play [00:38.31]One or two hands of cards [00:43.81]I hate flies in the kitchen buzzing [00:47.67]Disturbing the peace I've found [00:51.59]Fortune and fame is so fleeting [00:54.11]These days I'm happy to say [00:56.69]I'm amazed that I'm still around [00:59.84] [01:02.26]And the weight of the world is off my back [01:06.09]When we fell, we got up [01:07.66]And crawled out the cracks [01:10.01]Excuse me if I take some comfort in that [01:13.89]Happy today, happy to play [01:21.03]With the weight of the world off of my back [01:27.01] [01:28.68]Humidity hangs like a curtain [01:32.06]Oh, it fogs up my glasses sometimes [01:36.15]You know I've still got my eyesight [01:38.64]These days I'm happy to see [01:41.75]A sunset instead of a line [01:44.56] [01:47.11]And the weight of the world is off my back [01:50.84]When we fell, we got up [01:52.44]And crawled out the cracks [01:54.88]Excuse me if I take some comfort in that [01:58.65]Happy today, happy to play [02:05.84]With the weight of the world off of my back [02:11.39] [02:13.31]There's a long list of names [02:15.12]That I don't recall [02:17.15]Even though my memory's good [02:20.95]The rain washed away [02:22.83]The lemons and weeds [02:24.47]When the weight of the world weighed more than it should [02:31.72] [02:51.78]I hate flies in the kitchen buzzing [02:54.65]Disturbing the peace I've found [02:58.40]Fortune and fame is so fleeting [03:00.83]These days I'm happy to say [03:03.61]I'm amazed that I'm still around [03:09.33]And the weight of the world is off my back [03:12.92]When we fell, we got up [03:14.60]And crawled out the cracks [03:17.00]Excuse me if I take some comfort in that [03:20.53]Happy today, happy to play [03:27.86]With the weight of the world off of my back [03:33.52] [03:35.72]Happy today, happy to play [03:42.77]With the weight of the world off of my back