Music by Elton John, Caleb Quaye, James Newton-Howard and Davey Johnstone
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
Available on the album Blue Moves
Are you still in control of the boat that you row
Or do you still cling to me when its sinking
I never condemned you, I only consoled you
When candlelight made me a King
For the wide-eyed and laughing
Passed like a season
Erasing a passion to sin
For no one knew better than the tealeaves and the tarots
That the wide-eyed and laughing
Were just one step ahead of the wind
And the hearts that you played on the porch swing for me
Was a song that I'd heard in the past
For I had an audience somewhere inside you
That applauded whenever you laughed
Gone is a word that I now rarely use
Though sometime in the course of a day
I go racing back like a man possessed
By the wide-eyed and laughing daughters of some different ageYou scare me sometimes
Cause you take my breath away
Our love is measured
By the foolish games we play
Don't talk of romance
When there's blood upon your hands
You can teach me nothing
Cause your love is what I am
Your love is what I am
Can I eat it?
Your love is what I am
Can I swim in it?
Your love is what I am
Did I dream it?
Your love is what I am
Sweet blood of Jesus
Let me cry into my tears
You're always leaving
And I'm buying all your fear
Now you're walking around
Like some broken apostle
Don't you know that regret is a poisonous thing
This is not a crucifiction