Lyrics Love (The Barren Desert) - Bernie Taupin

Love (The Barren Desert)

You went East to New York, and I stayed in L.A.
You wanted a brownstone and I wanted my own way
You were drawn by the neon, when I wanted to play
Just wanted to play
I guess I’m California, and you’re just Broadway
I tuned out on romance, pushed it to one side
I don’t believe in happiness when love is genocide
And love, the barren desert, we’ve all come to thirst
Loyalty’s a mirage, caring just a curse
Storms keep blowing through the bones of another man
And the sands of time keep slipping through
Hearthless empty hands
And they say get out, get out of the house
I say I take it as it comes along
Get a slice of life on the streets tonight
I’ll just fit in where I feel I belong
I can feel like a martyr, you feel like a stone
You danced with an actor, me I danced all alone
Hearts are captured easy and you had mine so long, so long
I guess you’re Louis Vouitton, and I’m just Tuscon
I can’t change my habits, I guess that’s what counts
But he who rides the tiger, never dismounts