Ticking - Elton John

Ticking - Elton John (艾尔顿·约翰)
Written by：Elton John/Bernie Taupin
An extremely quiet child
They called you in your school
Report
He's always taken interest
In the subjects that he's taught
So what was it that brought
The squad car screaming
Up your drive
To notify your parents of the manner
In which you died
At saint patrick's every Sunday
Father fletcher heard your sins
Oh he's unconcerned with competition
He never cares to win
But blood stained a young hand
That never held a
Gun
And his parents never thought of him
As their troubled son
Now you'll never get to heaven
Mama said
Remember mama said
Ticking
Ticking
Grow up straight and true blue
Run along to bed
Hear it
Hear it ticking ticking
They had you holed up in a downtown bar
Screaming for a priest
Some gook said his brains just snapped
Then someone called the police
You'd knifed a negro waiter who had tried
To calm you down
Oh you'd pulled a gun and told them all
To lay still on the ground
Promising to hurt no one providing
They were still
A young man tried to make a break
With tear
Filled eyes you killed
You killed
That gun but felt so smooth and warm
Cradled in your palm
Oh your childhood cried out
In your head they mean
To do you harm
Don't ever ride on the devil's knee mama said
Remember mama said
Ticking ticking
Pay your penance well my child
Fear where angels tread
Hear it
Hear it ticking ticking
Within an hour the news had reached
The media machine
A male caucasian with a gun
Had gone berserk in queens
The area had been sealed off the kids
Sent home
From school
Fourteen people lying dead in a bar
They called the
Kicking mule
Oh they pleaded to your sanity
For the sake of
Those inside
Throw out your gun
Walk out slow just keep your
Hands held high
But they pumped you full of rifle shells as
You stepped out the door
Oh you danced in a death like a marionette
On the
Vengeance of the law
You've slept too long in silence
Mama said
Remember mama said
Ticking ticking
Crazy boy you'll only wind up with strange notions
In your head
Hear it
Hear it
Ticking ticking