Weight Of The World

Song Weight Of The World
Artist Elton John
Album Peachtree Road

Lyrics

[00:00.00] elton john--weight of the world
[00:25.30] i'm weary and i'm staying up late
[00:28.62] and the rain hits my roof so hard
[00:32.65] you know i'm no longer thirty
[00:35.27] these days i'm happy to play
[00:38.31] one or two hands of cards
[00:43.81] i hate flies in the kitchen buzzing
[00:47.67] disturbing the peace i've found
[00:51.59] fortune and fame is so fleeting
[00:54.11] these days i'm happy to say
[00:56.69] i'm amazed that i'm still around
[00:59.84]
[01:02.26] and the weight of the world is off my back
[01:06.09] when we fell, we got up
[01:07.66] and crawled out the cracks
[01:10.01] excuse me if i take some comfort in that
[01:13.89] happy today, happy to play
[01:21.03] with the weight of the world off of my back
[01:27.01]
[01:28.68] humidity hangs like a curtain
[01:32.06] oh, it fogs up my glasses sometimes
[01:36.15] you know i've still got my eyesight
[01:38.64] these days i'm happy to see
[01:41.75] a sunset instead of a line
[01:44.56]
[01:47.11] and the weight of the world is off my back
[01:50.84] when we fell, we got up
[01:52.44] and crawled out the cracks
[01:54.88] excuse me if i take some comfort in that
[01:58.65] happy today, happy to play
[02:05.84] with the weight of the world off of my back
[02:11.39]
[02:13.31] there's a long list of names
[02:15.12] that i don't recall
[02:17.15] even though my memory's good
[02:20.95] the rain washed away
[02:22.83] the lemons and weeds
[02:24.47] when the weight of the world weighed more than it should
[02:31.72]
[02:51.78] i hate flies in the kitchen buzzing
[02:54.65] disturbing the peace i've found
[02:58.40] fortune and fame is so fleeting
[03:00.83] these days i'm happy to say
[03:03.61] i'm amazed that i'm still around
[03:09.33] and the weight of the world is off my back
[03:12.92] when we fell, we got up
[03:14.60] and crawled out the cracks
[03:17.00] excuse me if i take some comfort in that
[03:20.53] happy today, happy to play
[03:27.86] with the weight of the world off of my back
[03:33.52]
[03:35.72] happy today, happy to play
[03:42.77] with the weight of the world off of my back