Blues For My Baby And Me

Blues For My Baby And Memusic by Elton Johnlyrics by Bernie Taupinreleased on the album &quotDon’t Shoot Me I’m Only The Piano Player&quot 1973your old man got mad when I told him we were leavinghe cursed and he raved and he swore at the ceilinghe called you his child, said &quothoney, get wise to his gamehe’ll get you in trouble – I know those bums are all the same&quotthere’s a greyhound outside in the lane that’s waiting for usso tell him goodbyewe gotta go west on that buschorus:and it’s all over now – don’t you worryno moregonna go west to the seathe greyhound is swayingand the radio’s playingsome blues for baby and meand the highway looks like it never didlord it looks so sweet and so freeand I can’t forget that trip to the westsinging blues for baby and meI saw your hands trembling, your eyes opened in surpriseit’s ninety [°F] in the shade babe and there ain’t a cloud in the skyI called you my child, said &quothoney, now this is our gamethere’s two of us to play it and I’m happy to be home again&quotthere’s a greyhound outside in the lane that’s waiting for usso tell him goodbyewe gotta go west on that busfor justicerepeat chorus