When Love Is Dying

[BiteUrLip]

Music: Elton John

Lyrics: Bernie Taupin

Piano and vocals: Elton John, Leon Russell

Drums and percussion: Jim Keltner, Jay Bellerose

Acoustic bass: Dennis Crouch

Guitar: Marc Ribot

Electric guitar: T Bone Burnett

Keyboards: Keefus Ciancia

Backing vocals: Brian Wilson, Bill Cantos, Alfie Silas Durio, Judith Hill, Louis Pardini, Jason Scheff, Rose Stone, Tata Vega, Jean Witherspoon


They say we bruise too easily

I don't know if it's that way for me

I've seen 'em come, I've seen 'em go

I've seen everyone I know

Fall in and out of love

It's just the way it goes


Word is out, silence seems so loud

There's no light above or below me now

I've seen it grow, I've seen it live

I've seen everything I give

Falling out my hands, no matter who I'm with


chorus:


And nobody ever tells you

When love is dying, when love is dying

It just gets a little colder

And we stop trying, we stop trying

Yeah we stop trying

Oh when love is dying


There's a pain you never can explain

It cuts so deep time and time again

I felt it then, I feel it now

But nobody told me how

To fight a world of hurt

Somebody help me now


(repeat chorus)


But love never gets to show you

And I never got to know you

No we never stood a chance

When love was dying

No and love never makes it easy

And I never got that feeling

No we never stood a chance

When love was dying


(repeat chorus)

[BiteUrLip]

I don't know why my WMP is offering so many TU songs now, but anyway... this is one of the bests from the album, and I gave it the highest rating.

[newloneranger]

Its better than Roses, Kind of depressing.

2 1/2 stars

[latitude]

2.5 stars sounds about right to me. The song is too depressing and draggy.

[kissybissy]

5+ stars. I like these kind of songs. One of the reasons I love Blue Moves.

[Commodore Orpington]

The only song from The Union that I skip. It starts out fine with Leon, but when Elton takes over, it becomes corny and overblown.

[rocketman]

I like this song, and gave it a solid 4-star rating.

[nix]

4.5
If released solo in 70's it would be probably classic. Gives me vibe of 'Strangers' song.