Leon Russell

[fox69]

"Monkey Suit"
(with Elton John)

"Monkey Suit"
(with Elton John)



If you're looking for the glory
You think that you might find
In a bullet-riddled stolen car
On a back road in the pines
If it's round just like a medal
On a tired old man of war
Or hidden like that Burma Star
In my dad's bottom drawer

Look at you in your monkey suit
Driving south, nothing left to prove
You come back here in your cowboy boots
Dressed to kill in your monkey suit
Every pose you strike, every frame they shoot
Shows you dressed to kill in your monkey suit

Build your ladder to the moon
Beat on that sacred drum
Trample on the hands of those
That cling to every rung
Every seed you crush beneath
Like stone ground in a mill
You never drew a decent breath
But you're just dressed to kill

Look at you in your monkey suit
Driving south, nothing left to prove
You come back here in your cowboy boots
Dressed to kill in your monkey suit
Every pose you strike, every frame they shoot
Shows you dressed to kill in your monkey suit

Look at you in your monkey suit
Driving south, nothing left to prove
You come back here in your cowboy boots
Dressed to kill in your monkey suit
Every pose you strike, every frame they shoot
Shows you dressed to kill in your monkey suit

 

[fox69]

"My Cricket"

"My Cricket"


I was just thinking about you today in the evening
Slipped in I tried to get through to you
Find words to say to you darling, looks so far away
Oh no, I'm not crying, these ain't tears in my eyes
Oh, I'm so happy, I'm dying with laughter
If you're lonely, come over, oh, I'm sure that you'll see
We're not lonesome, my cricket and me
Oh no, I'm not crying, oh, these ain't tears in my eyes
Oh, I'm so happy, I'm dying with laughter
And if you're lonely, come over, I'm sure that you'll see
We're not lonesome, my cricket and me
Oh, we're not lonesome, my cricket and me

 

[fox69]

"My Father's Shoes"

"My Father's Shoes"


What can I say to this town of my woe
When it looks up to me for the answers
You've got trust in his eyes and so gentle sun weed
What all the words I can say
Can I tell him of my life
And can it be you for as long as lights go
An example to follow
I finally remembered someday
What all the words I can say
I could say I want
Well, the world ain't just like you
And I understand, seen your feelings
The Greyhound in lying on the finger on my face
The old man is always acting that way
And now I think of my daddy
He wore these kind of shoes
And after all this time
I think I know him
I'd like to say I love him
But the time has passed away
What all the words I can say
What all the words I can say

 

[fox69]

"My Kind Of Hell"
(with Elton John)

"My Kind Of Hell"
(with Elton John)



Your hot coffee & my black tea
I don't know about that
Oh guess we choose to disagree
But I like your pork pie hat
Well your sister always came between us
Claiming she was best
But she hitched a ride to a diplomat
& she moved to Bucharest
While we just sat around an round
Like a dolpha in a bed

[Chorus]
I can't say I ever liked you much
But you're my kind of hell
Oh can't say I ever liked you much
But you're my kind of hell

Battle ins field & new york streets
Were watching from a bridge
But what the theif an you said made no sense
To even stole them anyway
Oh a living cheap in an old hotel
Eating rice & beans
Stayin up late takin a bottle each
With a couple of Times Square queens
We just turned the heat up
On the stories we could tell

[Chorus]
I can't say I ever liked you much
But you're my kind of hell
Oh I can't say I ever liked you much
But you're my kind of hell

[Instrumental]

Now I'm sunbathing in the sun
Was always on my mind
But you tanned from the inside out
Drinking coco butter wine
While you sold your past life
Baptist fire was making plans to leave
But you trapped me that ball his bell?
On another new years eve
So I give it up for what it's worth
Crawling to your shell

[Chorus]
I can't say I ever liked you
But you're my kind of hell
Oh I can't say I ever liked you much
But you're my kind of hell

 

[fox69]

"Never Too Old (To Hold Somebody)"
(with Elton John)

"Never Too Old (To Hold Somebody)"
(with Elton John)



Don't abandon life
Don't step away
Don't give up that tune
That you never could play
If you're folding your tent
And the gas pipes groan
If every bone rattles
Through nights all alone
Well you're tougher than leather
No old burlap sack
Not some hard scrabble weeds
Growing up through the cracks

Don't you know, you're never too old
You're never too old to hold somebody
Don't you know, you're never too old
You're never too old to hold somebody
You're never too old to hold somebody

Don't think you've gone out
Don't flicker and fade
If you're gonna get lemons
Then do what they say
The wind makes you weary
It knocks you around
Logs on the fire
Beats sun shining down
But you're harder than nails
No skinny old tack
You're still sharp as a razor
And I like you like that

Don't you know, you're never too old
You're never too old to hold somebody
Don't you know, you're never too old
You're never too old to hold somebody
You're never too old to hold somebody

I could bet on a horse
But I'm betting on you
You still got what it takes
You got nothing, nothing to prove

Don't you know, you're never too old
You're never too old to hold somebody
Don't you know, you're never too old
You're never too old to hold somebody
You're never too old to hold somebody

 

[fox69]

"New York State Of Mind"

"New York State Of Mind"


Some folks like to get away
Take a holiday from the neighborhood
Hop a flight to Miami Beach
Or to Hollywood
But I'm taking a Greyhound
On the Hudson River Line
I'm in a New York state of mind
I've seen all the movie stars
In their fancy cars and their limousines
Been high in the Rockies under the evergreens
I know what I'm needing
I don't want to waste much time
I'm in a New York state of mind
It was so easy living day by day
Out of touch with the rhythm and blues
But now I need a little give and take
The New York Times, The Daily News
It comes down to reality
And it's fine with me 'cause I've let it slide
Don't care if it's Chinatown or on Riverside
I don't have any reasons
I've left them all behind
I'm in a New York state of mind
It was so easy living day by day
Out of touch with the rhythm and blues
But now I need a little give and take
The New York Times, The Daily News
It comes down to reality
And it's fine with me 'cause I've let it slide
Don't care if it's Chinatown or on Riverside
I don't have any reasons
I've left them all behind
I'm in a New York state of mind
I'm just taking a Greyhound on the Hudson River Line
'Cause I'm in a New York state of mind

 

[fox69]

"Of Thee I Sing"

"Of Thee I Sing"


Hung up in a Pennsylvania mining town
Got down to Boston in time for tea
Don't know exactly just what's going down
Better hang around until I see.
She uses beauty like a knife
She cuts me even more, she changes
Right before my eyes into something ugly and sore.
Beauty like a knife
She cuts me even more, she changes
Right before my eyes into something strange and more.
Don't bomb the inn, I'm on a holiday
But Oklahoma's just a jet away
And the blood is on the books in Ohio
So badly stained, what can I say?

 

[fox69]

"On The Borderline"

"On The Borderline"


Well, I'm down to the wire
My heart of fire
Is burning with a new desire
My life is on the line
And here come the hard times
My thoughts have such a strange design
Out on the borderline
Out on the borderline
Where are all the good times?
Out on the borderline
Well, I'm down to the end
All my friends
Say I'll start to come around again
Look out
But it's so easy to say
When you live this way
Think it's time for life to end
Look out
Out on the borderline
Out on the borderline
Out on the borderline
Out on the borderline

 

[fox69]

"On The First Day"

"On The First Day"


On the first day
You came to me so long ago
With empty hands and broken heart
And I loved you from the start
On the first day
When your other man controlled you
I had to look away
Pretend I didn't see
All the new ways
I saw you through the eyes of a child
The songs you sang just took my heart away
Now I sit and think of you
And the first day
I always said that I would never wed
But we were special in this crazy world
And love was born the day we met
On the first day
You didn't seem to hear me say
Now don't go crazy all the way
Now you're laughing as you walk away
On the last day

 

[fox69]

"One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)"
(with Willie Nelson)

"One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)"
(with Willie Nelson)



It's quarter to three there's no one in the place except you and me
So set 'em up Joe I've got a little story you oughta know
We're drinking my friend to the end of a brief episode
Just give me one for my baby and one more for the road

I've got the routine so drop another nickel in the machine
I'm feeling so bad I wish you'd make the music dreamy and sad
I could tell you a lot but you've got to be true to your code
So give me one for my baby and one more for the road
Just give me one for my baby and one more for the road