Elton John - Eight Hundred Dollar Shoes

"You had your grand illusion and wrestled with your fate
The winter of your discontent came twenty years too late
If it was love and I was there I've forgotten where it lives
We both stepped off a frozen rock onto a burning bridge
You came like an invasion all bells and whistles blowing
Reaping the rewards of the fable you'd been sowing
I saw you cross the landing and descending marble stairs
Like Caesar crossed the Rubicon you seemed to walk on air

[Chorus]
And yeah I've seen your movie
And I read it in your book
The truth just flew off every page
Your songs have all the hooks
You're seven wonders rolled in one
You shifted gear to cruise
Oh you came to town in headlines
And eight hundred dollar shoes

Oh the bellboys are crying and moneys changing hands
Your cloak and dagger legacy's gone home to no man's land
The marquee lights are flickering your poster's fading fast
Your being here just melts away like ice cubes in a glass

[Chorus]

Oh you came to town in headlines
And eight hundred dollar shoes

"
"You had your grand illusion and wrestled with your fate
The winter of your discontent came twenty years too late
If it was love and I was there I've forgotten where it lives
We both stepped off a frozen rock onto a burning bridge
You came like an invasion all bells and whistles blowing
Reaping the rewards of the fable you'd been sowing
I saw you cross the landing and descending marble stairs
Like Caesar crossed the Rubicon you seemed to walk on air

[Chorus]
And yeah I've seen your movie
And I read it in your book
The truth just flew off every page
Your songs have all the hooks
You're seven wonders rolled in one
You shifted gear to cruise
Oh you came to town in headlines
And eight hundred dollar shoes

Oh the bellboys are crying and moneys changing hands
Your cloak and dagger legacy's gone home to no man's land
The marquee lights are flickering your poster's fading fast
Your being here just melts away like ice cubes in a glass

[Chorus]

Oh you came to town in headlines
And eight hundred dollar shoes

"
Elton john and Leon russel - Eight hundred dollar shoes (HQ)

Elton john & Leon russel - Eight hundred dollar shoes Album: The Union.

Elton John & Leon Russell- Eight Hundred Dollar Shoes (Beacon Theatre- Tue 10/19/10)

Leon Russell & Elton John performed a special one time only concert live on Fuse TV to premier their new album The Union They played the whole album in ...

Elton John - Eight Hundred Dollar Shoes HD 11/03/10 Hollywood Palladium

Elton John performing Eight Hundred Dollar Shoes in live concert at The Palladium in Los Angeles, California on 11/03/2010.

Eight Hundred Dollar Shoes - Elton John (Cover)

This is a cover of one of my favourites from 'The Union'. Love the backing vocals on the album... Performed by Kris McIntosh.

Eight Hundred Dollar Shoes - Elton John et Leon Russel pian

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