Tribe

Taupin Bernie Tribe Lyrics
1.Billy Fury

Mirror, mirror won't you give me
Reflections of another wanna be, wanna be
Lamé and silky lingerie
Satin hearts and dolls at center stage

His lip and left leg quivered
He'd stand and he'd deliver
And on my knee in sixty-three
I was Billy Fury in my mirror

Oh I'd wanna be, I wanna be
Like Billy Fury
I wanna be mean and blond
Wanna mumble perfect jumbo
With a little innuendo
I want it to be 'Like You've Never Been Gone'

Stereo monaural, both compatible
Dansette playing another shake, rattle and roll
The D.J.'s say this boy really matters
Pre-fab four on a disc and platter

And his quiff was sprung with grease
He was torn up underneath
But in my room I played my broom
While Billy Fury made them scream

Oh I'd wanna be, I wanna be
Like Billy Fury
I wanna be mean and blond
Wanna mumble perfect jumbo
With a little innuendo
I want it to be 'Like You've Never Been Gone'


2.Citizen Jane

Oh the press is down
And the flesh is black and white
Eager workers turning the pages
Dirty fingers touch your life

All you pretty maids
With all your charms on view
Farm the wasteground in your head now
Your sisters can't get through

Oh hey, hey, Citizen Jane
What will your sisters say
Oh they'll say ain't it a shame
After comin' such a long, long way
Citizen Jane

Now they're trading skin
And the cause is pushed away
Greedy piggies live on Fleet Street
Dealing meat out every day

Oh hey, hey, Citizen Jane
What will your sisters say
Oh they'll say ain't it a shame
After comin' such a long, long way
Citizen Jane

What a picture, what a woman
What a curve on the great white way
A little touch up, a little airbrush
What will your sisters say


3.Conquistador

Every fable you've ever sown
In every building you've ever owned
Any chance to cheat or beat the clock
With every oil slick sticking to the rocks

What you see is what you get
Manhattan skyline, a California sunset
Truth decay and the breadline poor
But honey's what the bees make Conquistador

Conquistador
Whatta ya fighting for
Whatta ya want from life
You've got such an appetite for more
They laid down the Incas
You lay down the law
So hungry for more like Conquistadors
Whatta ya fighting for

Only the lonely big leather chair
Holds its position year after year
With every wave on every shore
You wash away your sins like Conquistadors

Conquistador
Whatta ya fighting for
Whatta ya want from life
You've got such an appetite for more
They laid down the Incas
You lay down the law
So hungry for more like Conquistadors
Oh they laid down the Incas
You lay down the law
So hungry for more like Conquistadors
Whatta ya fighting for

So where's the party
Your sense of humor
Rumors on Wall Street
They're diggin' up
Montezuma


4.Corrugated Iron

Poor family got a lean-to
Now the rainy season's gone
Coloured kids playin' in the hard mud
Kicking that skinny dog
He works on irrigation
Moving water to the

And he dreams of being a spear someday
In the heart of Johannesburg
He dreams of being a spear someday
In the heart of Johannesburg

And we live in
And we live on
And we die in
Corrugated iron

Pray to Tokoloshe
When the red dirt comes back
Cattle try to find the river bed
And in-between the cracks
Chief man he got his hard hat
From the civilized Western man

He's got a ton of 'em down in Capetown
He's gonna grease the poor black hand
He's got a ton of 'em down in Capetown
He's gonna grease the poor black hand

And we live in
And we live on
And we die in
Corrugated iron
And we're building
And we're trying
Our tribes are born in corrugated iron

You gotta stand to the left
Remain at the back
And give 'em corrugated iron
To put on their shacks
Stand to the left
Remain at the back
And give 'em corrugated iron
To put on their shacks

And he dreams of being a spear someday
In the heart of Johannesburg
He's got a ton of 'em down in Capetown
He's gonna grease the poor black hand

And we live in
And we live on
And we die in
Corrugated iron
And we're building
And we're trying
Our tribes are born in corrugated iron


5.(Credits)

All songs by Taupin/ Martin Page
Produced and arranged by Martin Page

Tribe is:
Bernie Taupin: Lead voice
Martin Page: Electric & fretless bass, drums & percussion
programing,
additional keyboards, voice
Brian Fairweather: Guitars, voice
Paul Fox: Keyboards
Craig Krampf: Drums, additional drum programing, voice

Additional musicians:
Bruce Hornsby; Larry Williams; Hammer Smith; Fred Mandel; Paul
Delph
Additional voices:
Stevie Bensusen; John Cannon; Alan Carvell; Paul Delph; Tommy
Funderburk;
Elton John; Shirly Lewis; Gordon Neville; Sylvia St.James;
Hamish Stuart;
Margret Taylor
Duet voice on 'She Sends Shivers' is Martha Davis


6.Desperation Train

Thereabouts I came across another empty hand
Another tin cup shaken by some raggedy old man
Acting blind and keeping time with his thin white cane
He said that Jesus Christ and Judas rode the Desperation Train

I've been torn down and rebuilt again
Felt the cold fire of madness as it ran through my veins
Signals from the green flag
Steam rising in the front cab
I believe we'd left it all behind

On the Desperation Train, they came
All the king's horses and all the king's men
For all those who ride won't be denied
For we all have rode the Desperation Train

Into view the ice truck flew with a smiling man aboard
All pink cheeks and flashing teeth in a bright white unifo
take the strain
But Charlie Chaplin and Lou Costello rode the Desperation Train

And I've played hard and waited in vain
Seen the red sun of sadness slowly sinking in my brain
I've been driving in the long spikes
Laying rails in the cold night
I believe we'd left it all behind

On the Desperation Train, they came
All the king's horses and all the king's men
For all those who feel fate turns the wheel
Of the last car home on the Desperation Train

We've all been there, been born too late
From Joan of Arc to Norma Rae

Men without shame, we came
The last on this line and freed from our chains
For all those who chose the road leading home
We'll never put them back together again

For all those who ride, they won't be denied
For we all have rode the Desperation Train


7.Friend Of The Flag

There's people live in fear
Of a sickle and hammer
I was born for the ensign
Now I wave that Yankee banner
Pride ain't so ugly
Hate ain't so young
And it ain't so far
This country's come

But I'm a friend of the flag
I hope you understand
I'm a pilgrim on the water
All the way from
England.

The tall ships sail on through
Into the harbour
Dark skins on the deck
But the immigrant
He works hard here
Race ain't a colour
White ain't the world
But I still love
My American girl

I'm a friend of the flag
I hope you understand
I'm a pilgrim on the water
All the way from
England
And I married Miss America
And gave her all I had
I'm a born again American
A friend of the flag

And you paid the price
The day you hunted buffalo
And you've just begun to tell us
What the Hopi told us
Long ago
Peace in the heart
Shelters your life
No roof over doubt
When the spirit flies

I'm a friend of the flag
I hope you understand
I'm a pilgrim on the water
All the way from
England
And I married Miss America
And gave her all I had
I'm a born again American
A friend of the flag

Hold on, sail on
Friend of the flag
Hold on, sail on
Friend of the flag


8.Hold Back The Night

I walk a night beat
I walk for miles and I work hard
Eyes like a flashlight
Skimming through the alleys and the back yard
e man
I make mistakes and I lose my nerve
They try to convince me
This shield I wear will protect and serve

Wide awake each evening
I read the writing on the wall
You can't bribe the stars
You can't buy the moon
You can't hold back the night
Can't hold back the night
When the night begins to fall
When the night begins to fall

Now I live alone
And I take a drink and I lose my faith
She couldn't take
Those sleepless nights praying I was safe

I walk a mean street
Uneasy in this uniform I wear
Sometimes I wonder
Who's right, who's wrong, do I even care

Wide awake each evening
I read the writing on the wall
You can't bribe the stars
You can't buy the moon
You can't hold back the night
Can't hold back the night
When the night begins to fall
When the night begins to fall

What are heroes made of
When a shadow falls across the badge
I feel the fear inside me
And holding back the night
Holding back the night
Is the only chance I have

I'm not a brave man
I make mistakes and I lose my nerve
They try to convince me
This shield I wear will protect and serve

Wide awake each evening
I read the writing on the wall
You can't bribe the stars
You can't buy the moon
You can't hold back the night
Can't hold back the night
When the night begins to fall
When the night begins to fall


9.I Still Can't Believe That You're Gone

In the mirror I see guilt
In your shoes I see myself
But I still can't believe that you're gone

In the dust of an 8 x 10
I can still caress your frame
But I still can't believe that you're gone

Oh I just can't believe
That you'd do this to me
No I just can't believe that you're gone
What am I supposed to do
One is not as fun as two
No I still can't believe that you're gone, no
I still can't believe that you're gone

In your cup I drink your health
On the phone
't believe that you're gone

And in a pinch I hold your things
And brush them up against my skin
'Cause I still can't believe that you're gone

Oh I just can't believe
That you'd do this to me
No I just can't believe that you're gone
What am I supposed to do
One is not as fun as two
No I still can't believe that you're gone
I still can't believe that you're gone

And it used to be just like heaven
Living hand, hand in glove
Used to be that you and I
were building on the property of love

Oh I just can't believe
That you'd do this to me
No I just can't believe that you're gone
What am I supposed to do
One is not as fun as two
No I still can't believe that you're gone
I still can't believe that you're gone


10.She Sends Shivers

Like a short walk on a razor's edge
Like a warm body in a cold, cold bed
Like a strong drink you go to my head
She sends shivers through me

Why talk when it's all been said
Your heart's so blue
But your blood's so red
Can't you bury the past along with the dead

Oh like a knife made of ice
So deep I could freeze
She sends shivers through me
All down my spine
From my head to my heals
She sends
She sends shivers through me

Like sweat runs on a hot hot face
Like the devil dancing in your fireplace
Like a bullet hole shot through a red ace
You send shivers through me

Words get strangled in a wire noose
Tempers flare up
On a short short fuse
We got nothing to gain and everything to lose

Oh like a knife made of ice
So deep I c

All down my spine
From my head to my heals
She sends shivers through me
Like a bite white hot
I could bleed
She sends shivers through me
On my pale pink cheek
Leave the mark of your teeth
She sends
She send shivers through me

And I'm willing to pay the cost
Our souls are already lost
You grab the stake
I'll grab the cross
She sends shivers through me

Like a knife made of ice
She sends shivers through me
All down my spine
From my head to my heals
She sends shivers through me
Like a bite white hot
I could bleed
She sends shivers through me
On my pale pink cheek
Leave the mark of your teeth
She sends
She send shivers through me


11.The New Lone Ranger

Do we need a new Lone Ranger
Fightin' on our side
Are we looking for a stranger
To give us one last ride

I heard them say the strip is dying
She's calling it murder one, no minor crime
Television stars
Falling from the sky
We have lived exciting lives
y the game
Do you miss the singing cowboy
Will Hollywood ride again

Are we looking for a stranger
For one last ride
Do we want a new Lone Ranger
Fightin' on our side
If we need a second coming
To deal with danger
There's a shakedown or a showdown
For a new Lone Ranger

Only ghosts go walking on the wire
So don't cry baby it's only gunfire
One hundred horses
On a freeway west
Heading for the desert escaping death

Looking for a re-run
Of a long forgotten son
Do you think about the masked man
Or how the West was won

Are we looking for a stranger
For one last ride
Do we want a new Lone Ranger
Fightin' on our side
If we need a second coming
To deal with danger
There's a shakedown or a showdown
For a new Lone Ranger

How the West was won
Walk on the wire
This is is how the West was won
Walk on the wire
How the West was won

We're looking for a change
A chance to play the game
Do you miss the singing cowboy
Will Hollywood ride again

Are we looking for a stranger
For one last ride
Do we want a new Lone Ranger
Fightin' on our side
If we need a second coming
To deal with danger
There's a shakedown or a showdown
For a new Lone Ranger

Do we need a new Lone Ranger
Fightin' on our side
A hundred horses heading for the West
Are we looking for a stranger
To give us one last ride
There's a shakedown or a showdown
For a new Lone Ranger