Just Like Noah's Ark

[BiteUrLip]

Music: Elton John

Lyrics: Bernie Taupin

It's just like Noah's ark

There's two of every kind

Pretty girls and boys in drag

Walking a fine thin line

Shaking hands and bussing cheeks

Licking their lips like they could eat

Me alive in a couple of weeks

Yeah, just like Noah's ark


Italian promotion men

Chomping a big cigar

Slapping backs and making cracks

About the fags in the bar

Radio boss dipping his nose in a little white packet

You can put it out son and we'll all back it

Yeah just like Noah's ark


chorus:


And the waves are crashing around us

But we're ready for the flood

And we don't need a sign like an olive branch

In the beak of a snow white dove

We're not as dumb as we might look

You can't keep us in the dark

With me and you it's two by two

Just like Noah's ark


These four walls have seen

The Cockettes and the Casters

From San Francisco to Ohio

I've seen beauty and disaster

Cocky young roosters and little chicks

Flashing smiles, shaking them hips

Trying to hook it up for the late night shift

Here in Noah's ark


chorus:


And the waves are crashing around us

And we're ready for the flood

And we don't need a sign like an olive branch

In the beak of a snow white dove

We're not as dumb as we might look

Or locked up in the dark

We can sort out the snakes from the animals

Just like Noah's ark


And we wrote it as we saw it

From the centre of the stage

All access to the liars

Who claim they wrote a page

But for every tiny dancer

There's a dog that's had its day

The truth is never quite the same

As what the papers say


(repeat chorus 1)

[BiteUrLip]

My number three from TC&TK. Always been one of the favorites, don't know why people dislike it.

5 stars.

[rocketman]

4 stars...lyrically, one of Bernie's best efforts, as he describes the music industry and how Elton and he dealt with it at the time. Musically, not quite up to par (a constant issue on this album, where the melodies just don't seem quite up to the level of the lyrics), but good enough to still enjoy the message that Bernie was trying to convey.

[dougs]

rocketman:

I agree that Bernie's lyrics really did come through on THE CAPTAIN AND THE KID but Elton's melodies varied in consistency on the album and occasionally seemed a bit forced.  "Just Like Noah's Ark" is one that I stopped listening to fairly quickly and it has never grown on me when I return to it occasionally.  Good intro and outro but a bit repetitive and leaden in between.

Doug

[Commodore Orpington]

A favorite from C&K. Most seem to like the middle songs most, but I prefer the start and finish of the album.

[nix]

2.5
I like it better than before. It's still all over the place. Too cacophonic for my taste.