Lady What's Tomorrow?

[BiteUrLip]

Music: Elton John

Lyrics: Bernie Taupin

Look up little brother

Can you see the clover

No not over there

A little bit left and over there


Now look and see the lilac tree

The lily pond, the skylark's song

The open air but no one cares

If branches live and die out there


Remember when you were nine

And I was ten

We would run into the woods

No we never will again


And Lady, what's tomorrow

What's tomorrow anyway

If it's not the same as now

It's the same as yesterday


Yes Lady, what's tomorrow

Will it be the same as now

Will the farmer push the pen

Will the writer pull the plough


Look up little brother

Can you see the clover

Oh sorry but it's over

Now there's concrete and no clover

[BiteUrLip]

I really like it. It's tender and nice.

4½ stars.

[dougs]

"Lady What's Tomorrow" from EMPTY SKY:

"Lady What's Tomorrow" comes from Elton & Bernie's debut 1969 album EMPTY SKY.  As is the case with the entire album, Caleb Quaye plays guitar, Tony Murray (not Dee) is on bass, and for the only song on the album we find Nigel Olsson on drums.  It is a nice folky mid-tempo song about youthful memories of growing up.  Steve Brown produced this song as he did for all of the songs on EMPTY SKY.

Rating: 3 1/2 to 4 stars

Doug

[newloneranger]

Its ok, nice ballad from the early days.

3 1/2 stars

[rocketman]

4 stars...Like most of Empty Sky, an album that has grown more interesting to me as the years have passed, Lady What's Tomorrow? rates at a good 4 stars, though I should add that I've got several songs from the album clocking in at over that, more like 4.5 stars, in recent years, as my regard for this album has only grown.