The Diving Board

Album: The Diving Board (2013)
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  • Took a high dive arcing out wide
    Into the crowd,
    Out to the sound of their wild applause
    But you've heard it before
    And you've seen it all
    From up there on the diving board

    You'd free fall into the ether
    Above the people
    Out on a limb fragile and adored
    But who below knows that
    You're still a mystery
    Way up on the diving board

    Sink or swim
    I can't recall
    Who said that to me?
    When I was sixteen
    And full of the world and its noise

    But you beat the drum
    You fell in love with it all
    The planets alight
    Those dizzy heights
    And the view, from the diving board

    Took the grand prize you and your eyes
    Butterfly light
    Escaping the reach
    Of their fangs and their claws
    Such a pale little thing
    In your lily-white skin
    High up on the diving board.

    Sink or swim
    I can't recall
    Who said that to me?
    When I was sixteen
    And full of the world and its noise

    But you beat the drum
    You fell in love with it all
    The planets aline
    Those dizzy heights
    And the view from the diving board

    Sink or swim
    I can't recall
    Who said that to me?
    When I was sixteen
    And full of the world and its noise

    But you beat the drum
    You fell in love with it all
    The planets aline
    Those dizzy heights
    And the view from the diving board
    And the view from the diving board Writer/s: BERNIE TAUPIN, ELTON JOHN
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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