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Lyrics for Ticking Elton John Bernie Taupin by Elton John:
| | | Artist: | Elton John |
| | Album: | Caribou | | Track: | Ticking Elton John Bernie Taupin | | | | Date Added: | 18/10/2007 | | Views: | 80 | | | | Lyrics: | An extremely quiet child they called you in your school reports
He's always taken interest in
the subjects that he's taught
So what was it that brought the squad car screaming up your
drive
To notify your parents of the manner in which you died
At St. Patricks every
Sunday, Father Fletcher heard your sins
Oh, he's unconcerned with competition he never cares to
win
But blood stained a young hand that never held a gun
And his parents never thought of
him as their troubled son
Now you'll never get to Heaven Mama said
Remember Mama
said
Ticking, ticking
Grow up straight and true blue
Run along to bed
Hear it,
hear it, ticking, ticking
They had you holed up in a downtown bar screaming for a
priest
Some gook said His brain's just snapped" then someone called the police
You'd
knifed a Negro waiter who had tried to calm you down
Oh you'd pulled a gun and told them all to
lay still on the ground
Promising to hurt no one, providing they were still
A young
man tried to make a break, with tear-filled eyes you killed
That gun butt felt so smooth and
warm cradled in your palm
Oh your childhood cried out in your head they mean to do you
harm"
Don't ever ride on the devil's knee Mama said
Remember mama said
Ticking,
ticking
Pay your penence well, my child
Fear where angels tread
Hear it, hear it,
ticking, ticking
Within an hour the news had reached the media machine
A male
caucasian with a gun had gone berserk in Queens
The area had been sealed off, the kids sent
home from school
Fourteen people lying dead in a bar they called the Kicking Mule
Oh
they pleaded to your sanity for the sake of those inside
Throw out your gun, walk out slow just
keep your hands held high
But they pumped you full of rifle shells as you stepped out the
door
Oh you danced in death like a marionette on the vengeance of the law
You've
slept too long in silence Mama said
Remember Mama said
Ticking, ticking
Crazy boy,
you'll only wind up with strange notions in your head
Hear it, hear it, ticking, ticking
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