Elton John (62,13 %)
Too Low for Zero (32,97 %)
Released: 1983-05-02
Type: Studio
Type: Studio
Ranking:
Artist:
19
Year (1983):
71
Decade (1980's):
729
Overall:
2739
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1.
Cold as Christmas (In the Middle of the Year)
 04:20
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2.
I'm Still Standing
 03:03
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3.
Too Low for Zero
05:47
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4.
Religion
 04:06
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5.
I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
04:42
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6.
Crystal
 05:05
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7.
Kiss the Bride
04:23
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8.
Whipping Boy
03:44
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9.
Saint
 05:19
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10.
One More Arrow
03:34
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Album length:
44:03
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Lyrics |
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1.
Cold as Christmas (In the Middle of the Year)
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We still sit at separate tables And we sleep at different times And the warm wind in the palm trees Hasn't helped to change our minds It was the lure of the tropics That I thought might heal the scars Of a love burned out by silence In a marriage minus heart And I call the kids on the telephone Say there's something wrong out here It's July but it's cold as Christmas In the middle of the year The temperature's up to ninety five But there's a winter look in your mother's eyes And to melt the tears there's a heat wave here So how come it's cold as Christmas in the middle of the year I dreamed of love in a better climate And for what it's really worth I put faith in the star we followed To this Caribbean surf But there's an icy fringe on everything And I cannot find the lines Where's the beauty in the beast we made Why the frost in the summertime |
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2.
I'm Still Standing
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You could never know what it's like Your blood like winter freezes just like ice And there's a cold lonely light that shines from you You'll wind up like the wreck you hide behind that mask you use And did you think this fool could never win Well look at me, I'm coming back again I got a taste of love in a simple way And if you need to know while I'm still standing you just fade away Don't you know I'm still standing better than I ever did Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid I'm still standing after all this time Picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind I'm still standing yeah yeah yeah I'm still standing yeah yeah yeah Once I never could hope to win You starting down the road leaving me again The threats you made were meant to cut me down And if our love was just a circus you'd be a clown by now |
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3.
Too Low for Zero
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Six o'clock alarm I get the wake up call Let that sucker jingle-jangle Ring right off the wall I'm too low for zero I'm too tired to work Tied one on with a friend last night And wound up losing my shirt I'm too low for zero I'm on a losing streak I got myself in a bad patch lately I can't seem to get much sleep I'm too low for zero I wind up counting sheep Nothing seems to make much sense It's all just Greek to me You know I'm too low, too low, too low for zero You know I'm too low, too low, too low for zero Cutting out cups of coffee Switching off the late night news Putting the cat out two hours early It isn't any use I'm too low for zero Insomnia attacks Watching flies with my eyes till sunrise It's daylight when I hit the sack |
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4.
Religion
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Well he could almost taste the money But he was sitting in a den of thieves Looking for the great awakening Trying to find a way to leave But that's when he got religion And the light went on inside He said somebody up there likes me Now he's working for the holy guide He got drunk but he don't remember That he'd been drinking in a bar downtown When he thought he heard a choir of angels Singing in the Tiki Lounge And that's when he got religion From no salesman on TV Just a tap on the shoulder in the parking lot He still drinks but he does believe Religion, you do the best you can We all make the same mistakes We're gonna wind up with the man Religion, oh you do the best you can We all make the same mistakes We're gonna wind up with the man She was silent as he paid her But the thanks she got was next to none And as her car pulled out of the motel She felt the presence of someone And that's when she got religion In the front of a compact Ford Just a gentle voice on the stereo Now she's a working girl who loves the lord |
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5.
I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
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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 |
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6.
Crystal
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We're caught up in a web, you and I Since Crystal came between us The knots of friendship seem to be untied And it hurts me most to cheat and that's no lie She can swing us both forever In the long run she's the one who must decide And if she leaves me handle her with care Don't hurt little Crystal And if she calls you long distance just be there Oh Crystal The world is your oyster, you're a pearl But he's a jewel and my friend I'm sure that in the end, Crystal you'll be his little girl Oh Crystal You're stronger than me but I'm sure That the fight would fall to no one The cold hard truth is stronger than us all And it breaks my heart to see us go this far We're just captives in our separate cells And without her there's no peace behind these bars |
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7.
Kiss the Bride
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Well she looked a peach in the dress she made When she was still her mama's little girl And when she walked down the aisle everybody smiled At her innocence and curls And when the preacher said is there anyone here Got a reason why they shouldn't wed I should have stuck up my hand I should have got up to stand And this is what I should have said I want to kiss the bride yeah! I want to kiss the bride yeah! Long before she met him She was mine, mine, mine Don't say I do Say bye, bye, bye And let me kiss the bride yeah! Underneath her veil I could see a tear Trickling down her pretty face And when she slipped on the ring I knew everything Would never be the same again But if the groom would have known he'd have had a fit About his wife and the things we did And what I planned to say Yeah on her wedding day Well I thought it but I kept it hid |
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8.
Whipping Boy
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You're cruel, you do You do, you do me wrong You hurt me, you flirt with Any old face that comes along But I won't be your whipping boy No I won't be your whipping boy Break me like a little toy Run me till my feet are sore But I won't be your whipping boy You're wild, you're sly What you done to me I was thirty, I look like fifty But I feel like sixty three It's this illegal kind of loving That keeps my motor running From the start to the finish line It's a trashy kind of me that likes to believe That I'm still trying, I'm still trying I'm still trying, yes I'm trying You're dirty, but you're worth it But you're way, you're way too young I could do time if they found out Look out, San Quentin, here I come |
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9.
Saint
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You don't pass your time in limbo Or hang out with the crowd Sitting on the stoop like a little girl Who took the wrong road into town But you got that short cut way about you And no one's gonna stare you down You cook much better on a lower flame You burn much better when the sun goes down And heaven can wait But you ought to be a saint I got your very best intentions Helping me along And if I ever fail to mention You were an overnight sensation Well take it from me My baby's a saint My baby's a saint I believe you were a new arrival On the fast train passing through And you traded in your luck for survival To sweeten up the witch's brew You had a better way of working magic A little mystery in your eyes Instead of rolling over you remained the same You took the whole world by surprise |
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10.
One More Arrow
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He said I want to grow up And look like Robert Mitchum And I hope that when I'm gone There'll be some say that I miss him He must have been romantic He must have sensed adventure And I feel the steel of his strong will In the frame around his picture And he's one more arrow flying through the air One more arrow landing in a shady spot somewhere Where the days and nights blend into one And he can always feel the sun Through the soft brown earth that holds him Forever always young He could have been a boxer But the fight game seemed so dirty We argued once he knocked me down And he cried when he thought he'd hurt me Strictly from the old school He was quiet about his pain And if one in ten could be that brave I would never hate again One more arrow One more arrow One more arrow Forever always young |