《Ticking》歌词

[00:00:00] Ticking - Elton John

[00:00:01] Written by：Elton John/Bernie Taupin

[00:00:23] An extremely quiet child

[00:00:27] They called you in your school

[00:00:29] Report

[00:00:35] He's always taken interest

[00:00:38] In the subjects that he's taught

[00:00:46] So what was it that brought

[00:00:48] The squad car screaming

[00:00:51] Up your drive

[00:00:58] To notify your parents of the manner

[00:01:02] In which you died

[00:01:08] At saint patrick's every Sunday

[00:01:13] Father fletcher heard your sins

[00:01:21] Oh he's unconcerned with competition

[00:01:25] He never cares to win

[00:01:32] But blood stained a young hand

[00:01:36] That never held a

[00:01:38] Gun

[00:01:43] And his parents never thought of him

[00:01:47] As their troubled son

[00:01:54] Now you'll never get to heaven

[00:01:57] Mama said

[00:02:00] Remember mama said

[00:02:03] Ticking

[00:02:04] Ticking

[00:02:06] Grow up straight and true blue

[00:02:08] Run along to bed

[00:02:11] Hear it

[00:02:14] Hear it ticking ticking

[00:02:28] They had you holed up in a downtown bar

[00:02:33] Screaming for a priest

[00:02:39] Some gook said his brains just snapped

[00:02:44] Then someone called the police

[00:02:51] You'd knifed a negro waiter who had tried

[00:02:54] To calm you down

[00:03:01] Oh you'd pulled a gun and told them all

[00:03:05] To lay still on the ground

[00:03:13] Promising to hurt no one providing

[00:03:18] They were still

[00:03:25] A young man tried to make a break

[00:03:28] With tear

[00:03:29] Filled eyes you killed

[00:03:33] You killed

[00:03:36] That gun but felt so smooth and warm

[00:03:40] Cradled in your palm

[00:03:46] Oh your childhood cried out

[00:03:48] In your head they mean

[00:03:51] To do you harm

[00:03:58] Don't ever ride on the devil's knee mama said

[00:04:03] Remember mama said

[00:04:06] Ticking ticking

[00:04:09] Pay your penance well my child

[00:04:12] Fear where angels tread

[00:04:14] Hear it

[00:04:17] Hear it ticking ticking

[00:04:31] Within an hour the news had reached

[00:04:36] The media machine

[00:04:42] A male caucasian with a gun

[00:04:47] Had gone berserk in queens

[00:04:53] The area had been sealed off the kids

[00:04:57] Sent home

[00:04:59] From school

[00:05:05] Fourteen people lying dead in a bar

[00:05:08] They called the

[00:05:10] Kicking mule

[00:05:15] Oh they pleaded to your sanity

[00:05:20] For the sake of

[00:05:21] Those inside

[00:05:27] Throw out your gun

[00:05:28] Walk out slow just keep your

[00:05:32] Hands held high

[00:05:37] But they pumped you full of rifle shells as

[00:05:41] You stepped out the door

[00:05:49] Oh you danced in a death like a marionette

[00:05:52] On the

[00:05:53] Vengeance of the law

[00:06:00] You've slept too long in silence

[00:06:03] Mama said

[00:06:05] Remember mama said

[00:06:08] Ticking ticking

[00:06:11] Crazy boy you'll only wind up with strange notions

[00:06:14] In your head

[00:06:16] Hear it

[00:06:19] Hear it

[00:06:21] Ticking ticking