Album: Too Low For Zero (1983)

Charted: 5 4

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• Don't wish it away
  Don't look at it like it's forever
  Between you and me, I could honestly say
  That things can only get better
  
  And while I'm away
  Dust out the demons inside
  And it won't be long before you and me run
  To the place in our hearts where we hide
  
  And I guess that's why they call it the blues
  Time on my hands could be time spent with you
  Laughing like children, living like lovers
  Rolling like thunder under the covers
  And I guess that's why they call it the blues
  
  Just stare into space
  Picture my face in your hands
  Live for each second without hesitation
  And never forget I'm your man
  
  Wait on me, girl
  Cry in the night if it helps
  But more than ever, I simply love you
  More than I love life itself
  
  And I guess that's why they call it the blues
  Time on my hands could be time spent with you
  Laughing like children, living like lovers
  Rolling like thunder under the covers
  And I guess that's why they call it the blues
  
  Wait on me girl
  Cry in the night if it helps
  But more than ever, I simply love you
  More than I love life itself
  
  And I guess that's why they call it the blues
  Time on my hands could be time spent with you
  Laughing like children, living like lovers
  Rolling like thunder under the covers
  And I guess that's why they call it the blues
  
  (Laughing like children, living like lovers)
  And I guess that's why they call it the blues
  (Laughing like children, living like lovers)
  And I guess that's why they call it the blues
  
  And I guess that's why they call it the blues Writer/s: Bernie Taupin, Davey Johnstone, Elton John
  Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 16

• Mark From Ventura from Ventura Ca.Dee from Florida is correct, that missing lyric drives me crazy...it does sound like Mama Nell.
• Beenolas from MidwestThis song's refrain has arguably one of the finest chord progressions in pop music (IMHO of course). It's so predictably perfect; as if composed centuries ago yet never applied to a song until Elton. It gives me chills every time i hear it.
• Dee from FloridaAfter he sings Cry in the night if it helps...there is another lyric - but it is not listed and I can't tell what he's singing..is it Mama Nell?
• Ian Wilkins from United KingdomThis song came out as I joined the Army in 1983. Unlike the video my girl didn’t wait! I’ve got had a wonderful life, great wife and two fantastic kids so I am good. Still love this song.
• Kirk from San DiegoThis song makes me think of the one I so wanted, and now no longer have. I want her back so much it hurts.
• Miles from Vancouver, CanadaThis whole song rings true with this horrible COVID-19 which just won't go away. On the other hand, when Elton sings, "Don't wish it away/Don't look at it likes it's forever", I wish it were that easy. Nevertheless, it's a beautiful song and one of my favorites from Elton.
• Missing Him from Maumee,ohioJust listened to this song,it was perfect timing. In 8 days it will be year since I lost my husband of 34 years. Elton John was one of his favorites,it was like he wanted me to hear it.To know it's ok to miss him but not to stop doing things. Don't just go though the motions, actually enjoy what life has to offer.
• Powerful from Lansing, MichiganWhat a powerhouse partnership. Mr. Taupin and Mr. John. Love this song especially.
• Onercflyer from St. Louis, MoOddly enough, this song came out just as I was heading to Korea for a year without my wife and 4 month old daughter. Talk about two people who cried and cried. Then, if I remember right, the video was even of a service man leaving. I came back to my beautiful wife and my little girl who didn't know me. So, when my wife and I hear or play this song, it still brings tears to our eyes and has a very special place in our hearts and that was 29 years ago.
• Nomy from Chicago, IlI loved this song from the first time I heard it,but it took 27 years for it to apply directly to my life...sigh
• Jeff from Boston, MaThis is my favorite period of Elton John's body of work - after he stopped trying to be Andy Warhol, but before he and Phil Collins allowed their talent for pop music to degenerate into a cloying pile of unlistenable Disney-approved pablum.
• George from Calumet City, IlThis song is just so good. One of my all-time favorites from Elton.
• Naomi from Philadelphia, PaI love this song! I've loved it since i was a child.....when I really listened to the lyrics, i just cried, especially when Elton says, 'Wait on me girl/ Cry in the night if it helps / But more than ever I simply love you / More than I love life itself' i cried my freakin' eyes out....lol I LOVE YOU ELTON!!!!!!
  
• Shawn from Green Bay, WiMaybe my favorite Elton John song, which makes it one of my favorite songs of all time. Like most great love songs, it is simple and beautiful at the same time. I really feel the second verse is one of the greatest written verses in music history. I can't imagine a verse summing up love any better than that one.
• Mchael from Winston-salem, NcThis along with 'Sad Songs Say So Much' are classic Elton songs from the 80's. His two disc greatest hits CD set is a must for any true music fan.
• J from Pittsburgh, PaI went to the Rock 'N Roll Hall Of Fame on 08/12/08. On my way there, I heard this song on the radio. I waited to hear the name of the song, and was pleasantly surprised to find it was an Elton song. I like a lot of his songs
  (including (1) Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding; (2) Levon; (3) Bennie and the Jets; (4) Candle In The Wind; (5) Crorodile Rock; (6)Daniel; (7) Don't Go Breaking My Heart (which I also heard earlier that morning); (8) Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me; (9) Goodbye Yellow Brick Road; (10) Philadelphia Freedom; (11) Rocket Man (which was playing outside the Rock 'N Roll Hall Of Fame), (12) Someone Saved My Life Tonight; and(13) Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word).
  
  This song was stuck in my head, CONSTANTLY RINGING, for about a month. It was the first time I had ever heard it, but it stuck to me like glue.
  
  This is in my music hall of fame, and right behind it are Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding, Levon, and Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me.

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