And The House Fell Down
Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin

The sun is up and the shades are all pulled down

I´m more paranoid with every little sound
Like the leaf blower blowing the leaves around
And a siren wailing on the other side of town

Oh the TVs on and the colors really hurt my head
If I could think straight I´d wish I was dead
Or curled up naked in my lover´s bed
Instead I´m hanging over Hell suspended by a single thread

chorus:
And I don´t recall who said it at this time
That your enemies grow strong on what you leave behind
I built it up and the wolf he came around
He huffed and puffed and the house fell down

With a rolled up note I´m hovering on that line

Three days on a diet of cocaine and wine
And a little weed just to level me sometime
I put the clock in the drawer ´cause I´ve cancelled out the time

[repeat chorus]

So don´t knock on my door, don´t try to call
I´m holed up in this room talking to the wall
When you´re high as this you think you know it all
When you´re this deep in there´s no place else to fall

[repeat chorus]

And still that saying gets inside my mind
That your enemies grow strong on what you leave behind

I built it up and the wolf he came around
He huffed and puffed and the house fell down