Album: Tumbleweed Connection (1970)

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• Lately I've been thinking how much I miss my lady
  Amoreena's in the cornfield brightening the daybreak
  Living like a lusty flower, running through the grass for hours
  Rolling through the hay, oh, like a puppy child
  
  And when it rains the rain falls down
  Washing out the cattle town
  And she's far away somewhere in her eiderdown
  And she dreams of crystal streams
  Of days gone by when we would lean
  Laughing fit to burst upon each other
  
  I can see you sitting eating apples in the evening
  The fruit juice flowing slowly, slowly, slowly
  Down the bronze of your body
  Living like a lusty flower, running through the grass for hours
  Rolling through the hay like a puppy child
  
  And when it rains the rain falls down
  Washing out the cattle town
  And she's far away somewhere in her eiderdown
  And she dreams of crystal streams
  Of days gone by when we would lean
  Laughing fit to burst upon each other, oh
  
  Oh, if only I could nestle in the cradle of your cabin
  My arm's around your shoulder, whoa, the windows wide and open
  While the swallow and the sycamore, whoa, are playing in the valley
  Oh, I miss you, Amoreena, like a king bee misses honey
  
  And when it rains the rain falls down
  Washing out the cattle town
  And she's far away somewhere in her eiderdown
  And she dreams of crystal streams
  Of days gone by when we would lean
  Laughing fit to burst upon each other
  
  And when it rains the rain falls down
  Washing out the cattle town
  And she's far away somewhere in her eiderdown
  And she dreams of crystal streams
  Of days gone by when we would lean
  Laughing fit to burst upon each other, oh
  
  Lately I've been thinking, oh, how much I miss my lady
  Amoreena's in the cornfield, oh, brightening the daybreak
  Living like a lusty flower, running through the grass for hours
  Rolling through the hay, whoa, like a puppy, like a puppy child, oh Writer/s: Bernie Taupin, Elton John
  Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 12

• Alberto Borgia from Trieste,italyThe name of my mother was Amorina and i use this songs As a gift to her friends in memory
• Craig from Rocknrollroy247@gmail.comUnmistakably one of my all time favorite songs and album by Elton and Bernie....Top 5
• Robin from Milford, NjHats off to the most ingenius, prolific and entirely successful songwriting duo ever! Oh, and I DID name my daughter "Amoreena!"
• Angela from San Diego, CaHis first manager, John Reid, had a little girl named Amoreena that most likely inspired Bernie to use this title. My band Integr8d Soul Rocket, Man plays this song: my favorite by Sir Elton!
• Paul from Belfast, United KingdomWe used to have an old radiogram that had great bass sound. I always loved listening to Amoreena on it - Dee Murray was such an unrecognised talent. Love this whole album, always rated it as Elton's best.
• Jay from London, OnWhat a wonderful song. I recently felt as though the song may have a deeper meaning - that "Amoreena" had possibly met a tragic end maybe in an auto accident or an accident of some kind -on listening to the lyrics " Amoreena's in the cornfield brightening the daybreak" it brought to mind how people often leave memorial markers at the roadsides where loved ones have tragically perished. I don't know it is just something that crossed my mind that I wanted to share.
  
• Camille from Toronto, OhThis song is written and sung so well, I'm surprised a whole lot of couples didn't end up naming their baby girls "Amoreena"...it is beautiful.
• Jim from Long Beach, CaWritten by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, It is amazing how two Brits can capture Americana so well..Great song from an equally great album...
• Kevin from Reading , PaAgreed. This is a fine song.
• Guy from Chicago, IlGreat song great album.
• Lester from New York City, NyI could swear Elton is singing this love song to a cow. 'Tumbleweed Connection' is undoubtedly one of the greatest albums ever.
• Bryan from Flint, MiOne of my favorites. Taupin had such a grasp of the American heartland, it's almost scary. The best Elton song that nobody knows!

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