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Ticking (Remastered 2017) - Elton John
Lyrics by：Elton John/Bernie Taupin
Composed by：Elton John/Bernie Taupin
An extremely quiet child
They called you in your school reports
He's always taken interest
In the subjects that he's taught
So what was it that brought
The squad car screaming up your drive
To notify your parents of
The manner in which you died
As an Patrick's every Sunday
Father Fletcher heard your sins
Oh he's unconcerned with
Competition he never cares to win
But blood stained a young
Hand that never held a gun
And his parents never thought
Of him as their troubled son
Now you'll never get to heaven mama said
Remember mama said
Ticking ticking
Grow up straight and true blue
Run along to bed
Hear it hear it ticking ticking
They had you holed up in a downtown
Bar screaming for a priest
Some gook said his brain's just
Snapped then someone called the police
You'd knifed a Negro waiter who
Had tried to calm you down
Oh you'd pulled a gun and told
Them all to lay still on the ground
Promising to hurt no one
Providing they were still
A young man tried to make a break
With tear-filled eyes you killed
You killed
That gun butt felt so smooth
And warm cradled in your palm
Oh your childhood cried out
In your head they mean to do you harm
Don't ever ride on the devil's knee mama said
Remember mama said
Ticking ticking
Pay your penance well my child
Fear where angels tread
Hear it hear it ticking ticking
Within an hour the news had reached the media machine
A male caucasian with a gun had gone berserk in queens
The area had been sealed off
The kids sent home from school
Fourteen people lying dead in
A bar they called the Kicking Mule
Oh they pleaded to your sanity
For the sake of those inside
Throw out your gun walk out
Slow just keep your hands held high
But they pumped you full of rifle
Shells as you stepped out the door
Oh you danced in death like a
Marionette on the vengeance of the law
You've slept too long in silence mama said
Remember mama said
Ticking ticking
Crazy boy you'll only wind
Up with strange notions in your head
Hear it hear it ticking ticking
