There's a breakdown
On the runway
And the timeless flights are gone
I'm a year ahead of myself these days
And I'm locomotive strong
My city
Spread like cannon fire
In a yellow nervous state
I can't cut the ties that bind me
To horoscopes and fate

And I won't break
And I won't bend
But someday soon we'll sail away
To innocence
And the bitter end
And I won't break
And I won't bend
And with the last breath we ever take
We're gonna get back
To the simple life again
Oh, all right!

When we break out
Of this blindfold
I'm gonna take you from this place
Until we're free from this ball and chain
I'm still hard behind the eight
My city
Beats like hammered steel
On a shallow cruel rock
If we could walk proud after midnight
We'd never have to stop

And I won't break
And I won't bend
But someday soon we'll sail away
To innocence
And the bitter end
And I won't break
And I won't bend
And with the last breath we ever take
We're gonna get back
To the simple life again
All right!

And I won't break
And I won't bend
But someday soon we'll sail away
To innocence
And the bitter end
And I won't break
And I won't bend
And with the last breath we ever take
We're gonna get back
To the simple life again

And I won't break
And I won't bend
But someday soon we'll sail away
To innocence
And the bitter end
And I won't break
I won't bend
And with the last breath we ever take
We're gonna get back
To the simple life again

Hey, oh yeah!

Oh yeah, oh yeah

Oh yeah, oh yeah

Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah Writer/s: Bernard J. P. Taupin, Elton John
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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