It's getting late, have yer seen my mates?
Ma tell me when the boys get here,
It's seven o'clock and I want to rock
Want to get a belly full of beer.
My old man's drunker than a barrel full of monkeys
And my old lady she don't care.
My sister looks cute in her braces and boots
A handful of grease in her hair.
Don't give us none of your aggravation
We had it with your discipline.
Saturday night's alright for fighting,
Get a little action in.
Get about as oiled as a diesel train,
Gonna set this dance alight,
`Cause Saturday night's the night I like,
Saturday night's alright, alright, alright.
Well they're packed pretty tight in here tonight.
I'm looking for a dolly who'll see me right,
I may use a little muscle to get what I need.
I may sink a little drink and shout out «She's with me!»
A couple of the sound that I really like
Are the sounds of a switchblade and a motorbike,
I'm a juvenile product of the working class
Whose best friend floats in the bottom of a glass.
Hey kids, shake it loose together
The spotlight's hitting something
That's been known to change the weather
We'll kill the fatted calf tonight
So stick around
You're gonna hear electric music
Solid walls of sound
Say, Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet
But they're so spaced out, Bennie and the Jets
Oh but they're weird and they're wonderful
Oh Bennie she's really keen
She's got electric boots a mohair suit
You know I read it in a magazine
Bennie and the Jets
She packed my bags last night pre-flight,
Zero hour, nine a.m.
And I'm gonna be high as a kite by then
I miss the earth so much, I miss my wife.
It's lonely out in space
On such a timeless flight
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
Till touch down brings me round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home.
Oh, no, no, no, I'm a rocket man
Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone
Daniel is travelling tonight on a plane,
I can see the red tail-lights heading for Spain,
Oh and I can see Daniel waving goodbye,
God it looks like Daniel, must be the clouds in my eyes.
Oh Daniel my brother,
You are older than me,
Do you still feel the pain
Of the scars that won't heal?
Your eyes have died, but you see more than I,
Daniel you're a star in the face of the sky.
I can't light no more of your darkness
All my pictures seem to fade to black and white
I'm growing tired and time stands still before me
Frozen here on the ladder of my life.
Don't let the sun go down on me
Although I search myself it's always someone else I see
I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free
But losing everything is like the sun going down on me.
If you feel that it's real I'm on trial
And I'm here in your prison
Like a coin in your mint
I am dented and I'm spent with high treason
Through a glass eye your throne
Is the one danger zone
Take me to the pilot for control
Take me to the pilot of your soul
Take me to the pilot
Lead me through the chamber
Take me to the pilot
I am but a stranger