Music by elton john
Lyrics by tim rice
Elton's solo version is unreleased
A few more days and we'll be home in glory
Already they'll be getting out the flags
With memphis high _______ dormitory
For me, i only see a lot of snags
The prospect above all i find distressful
Is having to give up the soldier's life
If anything i'm rather too successful
They made me hand my sword in for a wife
For just because i've triumphed as a slaver
Brought booty back to egypt by the ton
Of this and every month, i'm now the flavor
And scheduled to do things i've never done
And why should i tell you this, a stranger i just met
A woman who in hours from now i'll certainly forget
Anonymous and undemanding
Enchantment pa**ing through
My secrets and my confidence are safe enough with you
My days out on the field are all but ended
They'll put me out to gra** which means the throne
Bedecked and bej**eled alongside my intended
I feel as though my heart is set in stone
But maybe i am being far too gloomy
Yes, maybe i'll make waves in pastures new
Find goverment and politics come to me
As naturally as i now talk to you
For just because i've triumphed as a slaver
Brought booty back to egypt by the ton
Of this and every month, i'm now the flavor
And scheduled to do things i've never done
And why should i tell you this, a stranger i just met
A woman who in hours from now i'll certainly forget
Anonymous and undemanding
Enchantment pa**ing through
My secret lack of confidence is safe enough with you
Why should i tell you this, a stranger i just met
A woman who in hours from now i'll certainly forget
Anonymous and undemanding
Enchantment pa**ing through
My secret lack of confidence is safe enough with you