The Rose of Laura Nyro

Lyrics

[Instrumental Intro] [Intro: Elton John & Brandi Carlile] Ah-ah Ah-ah [Verse 1: Elton John & Brandi Carlile] A single stem, it's 6 a.m. And foggy on the Hudson Thorns adorn her baby grand From Stoney End to London Words unfold, hair black as coal Sweet blindness in her eyes Stoned souls perform at Central Park In masks of her disguise [Chorus: Elton John & Brandi Carlile] A sign inside the times It's a poison pen they're pushing Lay your head to rest upon The pale and purple cushions Like Virginia to the lighthouse See the songbirds in their cages The rose of Laura Nyro Shed its petal on the pages [Post-Chorus: Elton John & Brandi Carlile, Elton John] Ah-ah Eli's coming Ah-ah Eli's coming [Verse 2: Elton John & Brandi Carlile] Ticking clocks, the orthodox Tell 'em Eli's coming Italian girls in Market Square Where Catholic fears are running Beads of sweat on Lafayette Christmas Eve is melting Dumb as rocks on Monterey Down Gibsom Street, they're yelling [Chorus: Elton John & Brandi Carlile] A sign inside the times It's a poison pen they're pushing Lay your head to rest upon The pale and purple cushions Like Virginia to the lighthouse See the songbirds in their cages The rose of Laura Nyro Shed its petal on the pages [Post-Chorus: Elton John & Brandi Carlile, Elton John, Brandi Carlile] Ah-ah Eli's coming Eli's coming Ah-ah Eli's coming [Verse 3: Elton John & Brandi Carlile] A single stem, it's 6 a.m. And foggy on the Hudson Thorns adorn her baby grand From Stoney End to London Words unfold, hair black as coal Sweet blindness in her eyes Stoned souls perform at Central Park In masks of her disguise [Chorus: Elton John & Brandi Carlile] A sign inside the times It's a poison pen they're pushing Lay your head to rest upon The pale and purple cushions Like Virginia to the lighthouse See the songbirds in their cages The rose of Laura Nyro Shed its petal on the pages The rose of Laura Nyro Shed its petal on the pages [Post-Chorus: Elton John & Brandi Carlile, Elton John, Brandi Carlile] Ah-ah Eli's coming Ah-ah Eli's coming Eli's coming Ah-ah You better hold your heart out, oh, no, no, no Eli's coming Eli's coming Eli's, oh, Eli's coming Eli's coming, yeah Eli's coming Eli's coming, yeah, yeah, yeah Eli's coming Eli's coming, oh Amen Eli's coming Eli's coming Amen I said Eli's, Eli's Eli's coming You better hold your heart out Hold your heart out Eli's coming, yeah