Elton John — Better Off Dead

[Verse 1] There was a face on a hoarding that someone had drawn on And just enough time for the night to pass by without warning Away in the distance there's a blue flashing light Someone's in trouble somewhere tonight As the flickering neon stands ready to fuse The wind blows away all of yesterday's news [Verse 2] Well, they've locked up their daughters And they battened the hatches They always could find us but they never could catch us Through the grease-streaked windows of an all-night cafe We watched the arrested get taken away And that cigarette haze has ecology beat As the whores and the drunks filed in from the street [Chorus] 'Cause the steam's in the boiler, the coal's in the fire If you ask how I am then I'll just say "inspired" If the thorn of a rose is the thorn in your side Then you're better off dead if you haven't yet died [Break] Ooh (Ooh) Ooh Ooh (La, la, la) Ooh (la, la, la) Ah Ah La-la-la-la-la... [Chorus] 'Cause the steam's in the boiler, the coal's in the fire If you ask how I am then I'll just say inspired If the thorn of a rose is the thorn in your side Then you're better off dead if you haven't yet died [Outro] Better off dead Better off dead Better off dead Better off dead Better off dead Better off dead Better off dead Better off dead