Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Oscar Wilde Gets Out , by - Elton John. Release date: 31.12.2012
Song language: English
Oscar Wilde Gets Out |
| Freedom for the scapegoat leaving Reading Jail |
| Rheumy eyes just pierced his heart like crucifixion nails |
| Shaking fists and razors gleamed |
| You never stood a chance |
| When the ink ran red on Fleet Street |
| You turned your eyes to France |
| Humbled far from Dublin, chased across the waves |
| Your biting wit still sharp enough |
| To slice through every page |
| Destitute and beaten by the system of the crown |
| The bitter pill you swallowed |
| Tasted sweeter going down |
| And looking back on the great indifference |
| Looking back at the limestone walls |
| Thinking how beauty deceives you |
| Knowing how love fools us all |
| A golden boy in velveteen landed in New York |
| The past was so seductive |
| When they paid to hear you talk |
| Baccarat and champagne flutes |
| Tobacco from Virginia |
| Long before the lords and law |
| Branded Oscar Wilde a sinner |
| And looking back on the cold bleak winter |
| Looking back on those long dark days |
| Felt like the head of John the Baptist |
| In the arms of Salome |
| Don’t turn around it’s a white gull screaming |
| Don’t cry out loud you never know who’s listening |
| You’ve seen it all the exiled Unforgiven |
| From the stately homes of England to her prisons |
| And looking back at the hardened lifers |
| Looking back on the wretched poor |
| Thinking maybe they were my saviors |
| Strange to think I’ll miss them all |
| Strange to think I’ll miss them all |