 | The North |  |
Available on the album The One
Music: | Elton John |
Lyrics: | Bernie Taupin |
Keyboards and vocals: | Elton John |
Drums, percussion and programming: | Olle Romeo |
Guitars: | Adam Seymour |
Keyboards : | Mark Taylor |
Bass: | Pino Palladino |
Have you seen the North
That cold grey place
Don't want its shadow anymore
On my face
A man grows bitter
We're a bitter race
Some of us never get to see
A better place
In the Northern Skies
There was a steel cloud
It used to follow me around
But I don't see it now
There's a farm in the rain
And a little farmhouse
There were a young man's eyes
Looking south
The North was my mother
But I no longer need her
You trade your roots and your dust
For a face in the river
And a driven rain that washes you
To a different shore
There's a North in us all
But my North can't hold me anymore
© 1992