Man

Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Taupin
 
 
Man stands all his glory
Sitting at the crossroads of the same old story
Man got his make-up wears it like a mask
Hides inside a child lives inside a glass
Man breathes his own deceit
Man worships his own defeat

  Chorus
I'm a man
I know what it feels like
I'm a man working on the living part of life
You see through me
I understand
Don't lose hope
If you can
Have a little faith in man

Shakespeare's men got all the lines
Modern man lives back in time
Man got bravado in his big steel hand
Runs with the wolf sleeps with the lamb
Man falls, cuts and bleeds
Man stumbles on his own belief

  Chorus

He's the hoax
Behind the thrill
The poison arrow
The bitter pill
Hard to swallow
Hard to kill
Hard to understand
He's the light
Behind the hill
The broken promise
The iron will
Hard to kill
Hard to understand

  Chorus twice

Have a little faith in man

 

ELTON JOHN
"Man"
Made in England

Belfast

Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Taupin
 

Deep inside
My soul fights a war
I can't explain
I can't cross over any more
All I see are dirty faces
Rain and wire
And common sense in pieces
But I try to see through Irish eyes
Belfast

Look outside
Summer's lost and gone
It's a long walk
On a street of right and wrong
In every inch of sadness
Rocks and tanks
Go hand in hand with madness
But I never saw a braver place
Belfast

  Chorus
And it's sad when they sing
And hollow ears listen
Of smoking black roses
On the streets of Belfast
And so say your lovers
From under the flowers
Every foot of this world
Needs an inch of Belfast

Who's to say
On whom heaven smiles
Our different ways
We try hard to recognise
No more enchanted evenings
The pubs are closed
And all the ghosts are leaving
But you'll never let them shut you down
Belfast

  Chorus

The enemy is not at home
A jealous green
Streaks down this faulty diamond
No bloody boots or crucifix
Can ever hope to split this emerald island
But I never saw a braver face
Belfast



ELTON JOHN
"Belfast"
Made In England