Elton John - Blues Never Fade Away (Basel 2006)

He wasn't famous but I sure did love him
I've got his picture in a little frame
He lost his life to a big disease before it even had a name
But there's so many more and I've lost count
The hows and whys aren't important now
All that matters is they came around
And brightened up our lives

She was twenty one with her life ahead
You don't have to know her name
She breathed her last on the cold stone floor of a Hollywood arcade
But fate's right hand isn't always just
Puts a lot of pressure on your faith and trust
She was just a little girl ain't that enough
To rage against the day

[chorus:]
And how did we get so lucky?
Targets on the rifle range
Who makes the call and who gets to choose?
Who gets to win and who gets to lose?
It's like a rolling dice in the belly of the blues
And blues never fade away
Hey hey the colors run when the rain falls
But blues never fade away

He shone so bright with a lust for life
Like the Sun King that he was
His passions hung upon his walls and were printed onto cloth
And for reasons I never understood
About the choices made between the bad and good
I've tried to figure out but
The pain never goes away

[repeat chorus]

And there's marble markers and little white crosses
Along the beaten path
And I've spread their ashes on the wind
And I miss John Lennon's laugh

[repeat chorus]

18 November 2006

01.Intro/Funeral For A Friend
02.Love Lies Bleeding
03.Bennie And The Jets
04.Philadelphia Freedom
05.Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
06.Daniel
07.Rocket Man
08.I Guess Thats Why They Call It The Blues
09.Take Me To The Pilot
10.Band Introduction
11.Someone Saved My Life Tonight
12.Postcards From Richard Nixon
13.Tinderbox
14.Blues Never Fade Away
15.The Bridge
16.The Captain And The Kid
17.Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
18.Crocodile Rock
19.The Bitch Is Back
20.Saturday Nights Alright For Fighting
21.Your Song