Better Off Dead Lyrics

There was a face on a hoarding
That someone had drawn on
And just enough time for the night
To pa*s 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

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

'Cause the steams in the boiler the coals 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

'Cause the steams in the boiler the coals 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

Better off dead
Better off dead
Better off dead
...

Elton John - Captain Fantastic

Sep 2005

1. Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy
2. Tower Of Babel
3. Bitter Fingers
4. Tell Me When The Whistle Blows
5. Someone Saved My Life Tonight
6. (Gotta Get A) Meal Ticket
7. Better Off Dead
8. Writing
9. We All Fall In Love Sometimes
10. Curtains
11. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
12. One Day At A Time
13. Philadelphia Freedom
14. House Of Cards
15. Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975/Live @ Wembley)
16. Tower Of Babel (1975/Live @ Wembley)
17. Bitter Fingers (1975/Live @ Wembley)
18. Tell Me When The Whistle Blows (1975/Live @ Wembley)
19. Someone Saved My Life Tonight (1975/Live @ Wembley)
20. (Gotta Get A) Meal Ticket (1975/Live @ Wembley)
21. Better Off Dead (1975/Live @ Wembley)
22. Writing (1975/Live @ Wembley)
23. We All Fall In Love Sometimes (1975/Live @ Wembley)
24. Curtains (1975/Live @ Wembley)
25. Pinball Wizard
26. Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting