Lyrics Oscar Wilde Gets Out.lrc Elton John
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[ar: Elton John]
[al: The Diving Board (Deluxe Version)]
[ti: Oscar Wilde Gets Out]
[length: 04:35]
[00:00.87]Freedom for the scapegoat leaving Reading jail
[00:01.15]Rheumy eyes just pierced his heart like crucifixion nails
[00:29.16]Shaking fists and razor gleamed, you never stood a chance
[00:40.80]When the ink ran red on Fleet Street
[00:41.66]You turned your eyes to France
[00:44.00]Humbled far from Dublin, chased across the waves
[00:59.29]Your biting wit still sharp enough to slice through every page
[01:04.66]Desitute and beaten by the system of the crown
[01:10.28]The bitter pill you swallowed tasted sweeter going down
[01:15.88]And looking back on the great indifference
[01:22.42]Looking back at the limestone walls
[01:26.42]Thinking how beauty deceived you
[01:33.67]Knowing how lonve fools us all
[01:39.27]A golden boy in velveteen landed in New York
[01:55.54]The past was so seductive when they paid to hear you talk
[02:00.97]Baccarat and champagne flutes, tobacco from Virginia
[02:06.52]Long before the lords and law branded Oscar Wilde a sinner
[02:14.76]And looking back on the cold bleak winter
[02:18.28]Looking back on those long dark days
[02:23.06]Felt like the head of John the Baptist
[02:30.55]In the arms of Salome
[02:35.83]Don’t turn around it’s a white gull screaming
[03:00.34]Don’t cry out loud you never know who’s listening
[03:03.30]You’ve seen it all the exiled Unforgiven
[03:07.89]From the stately homes of England to her prisons
[03:12.94]And looking back at the hardened lifers
[03:17.29]Looking back on the wretched poor
[03:19.84]Thinking maybe they were my saviors
[03:23.89]Strange to think I’ll miss them all
[03:30.01]Strange to think I’ll miss them all
[03:34.56]Chrous
[04:18.86]Year of Release: 2013