Mexican Vacation (Kids In The Candlelight)

[BiteUrLip]

Music: Elton John

Lyrics: Bernie Taupin

I carried you in my arms

Through the hotel to our room

The night was filled with music

Those old historic tunes

Songs of revolution

Filled our hearts and fed our souls

As the fireworks exploded

Like those cannons long ago


chorus:


See the kids in the candlelight

Spirits on the mend

Every golden child tonight

Feels changes on the wind

See the kids in the candlelight

See 'em shining bright

Innocence beyond the fight

See the kids in the candlelight


Five hundred wooden saints below

Their colors cracked and dry

You said their stories should be told

Did they suffer when they died

Give us your tradition

Give us hope and send us home

We'll be the cracked bells tolling

the voice of dust and bones


(repeat chorus)


The pillow that you dream on

Lies rolled up on the floor

You tossed it at the TV screen

At the drug lord and his war

Thinking of the courtyard

Forced a tear from your eyes

The white shirts in the moonlight

The warm forgiving smiles


(repeat chorus)

[BiteUrLip]

A pretty good rocker from TDB. Generic though.

4½ stars.

[rocketman]

3.5 stars...one of the lesser songs on The Diving Board. Not bad, but the lyrics are OK, while the melody seems to lag a bit, which is unfortunate given the paucity of rockers from Elton in recent years.

[newloneranger]

4 stars

[Commodore Orpington]

It's cool track, not so much as a song, but as a sort of band jam. The band sounds really good.

[nix]

2
melodically derivative and boring