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(Gotta Get A) Meal Ticket
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Available on the album Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy
Music:Elton John
Lyrics:Bernie Taupin
Piano and clavinet:Elton John
Tambourine:Ray Cooper
Bass:Dee Murray
Drums:Nigel Olsson
Electric and acoustic guitars:Davey Johnstone
Backing vocals:Davey Johnstone, Dee Murray, Nigel Olsson
I can hound you if I need to
Sip your brandy from a crystal shoe
In the corner, in the corner
While others climb reaching dizzy heights
The world's in front of me in black and white
I'm on the bottom line, I'm on the bottom line
I'd have a cardiac if I had such luck
Lucky losers, lucky losers landing on skid row
Landing on skid row
While the Diamond Jims
And the Kings road pimps
Breath heavy in their brand new clothes
I'm on the bottom line, I'm on the bottom line
And I gotta get a meal ticket
To survive you need a meal ticket
To stay alive you need a meal ticket
Feel no pain, no pain
No regret, no regret
When the line's been signed
You're someone else
Do yourself a favor, the meal ticket does the rest
Shake a hand if you have to
Trust in us and we will love you anyway, anyway
Don't leave us stranded in the jungle
With fifty percent that's hard to handle
Ain't that so, ain't that so
© 1975
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