Scarecrow

Album: Elton: Jewel Box (1968)
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  • You're too low to see me smiling
    When I'm flying in the air
    But you're too high to frighten me
    Pretend you didn't see me
    Pretend you didn't need me
    Pretend you didn't see me
    Pretend you didn't need me

    To frighten away all the lost and the lonely
    The sacred forgotten of yesterday's problems
    Your wooden construction was meant for infliction
    To penetrate pain with the thoughts from my mind

    Can you see me scarecrow
    Can you still feel free
    For all your love scarecrow
    And will you still be there tomorrow
    And will you still be there tomorrow

    Like moths around a light bulb, your brain is still bleeding
    From visions and pictures of nature's young raincoat
    If only my eyes were not pinned to your table
    My arms would be grasping the lilies of summer
    It's no good to be a scarecrow post
    And I've said it before, and I'll say it some more
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  • Pasacl from MelbourneElton was a genius from day one, playing any style of music with class.
    He is a monument in the music industry.
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