elton john
elaborate lives
Music by Elton John Lyrics by Tim Rice Elton's solo version is unreleased We all lead such elaborate lives Wild ambitions in our sights How an affair of the heart survives Days apart and hurried nights Seems quite unbelievable to me I don't want to live like that Seems quite unbelievable to me I don't want to love like that I just want our time to be slower and gentler, wiser, free  We all live in extravagant times Playing games we can't all win Unintended emotional crimes Take some out, take others in  I'm so tired of all we're going through I don't want to live like that I'm so tired of all we're going through I don't want to love like that I just want to be with you now and forever, peaceful, true  I wish I had the courage To tell you face to face But I could wait forever For the perfect time and place  We all live such elaborate lives We don't know whose words are true Strangers, lovers, husbands, wives Hard to know whose loving who  Too many choices tear us apart I don't want to live like that Too many choices tear us apart I don't want to love like that.