Cry To Heaven

Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013

Elton John Songs Illustrated

ICE ON FIRE

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Cry To Heaven

Music & lyrics by Elton John & Bernie Taupin 1985

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I found a black beret on the street today

It was lying in the gutter all torn

There's a white flag flying on a tall building

But the kids just watch the storm

 

 

Their dirty faces pressed on the windows

Shattered glass before their eyes

There's a mad dog barking in a burned out subway

Where the sniper sleeps at night

 

 

No birthday songs to sing again

Just bricks and stones to give them

Wrap them up in your father's flags

And let them cry to heaven

 

 

There are many graves by a cold lake

As the beds were when your babies are born

And your rag doll sits with a permanent grin

But the kids just watch the storm

 

 

I saw a black cat tease a white mouse

Until he killed it with his claws

Seems a lot of countries do the same thing

Before they go to war

Done