I Need You to Turn To (Live in Australia 1986)

[Verse 1]

You're not a ship to carry my life

You are nailed to my love in many lonely nights

I've strayed from the cottages and found myself here

Oh, I need your love, your love protects my fears

[Chorus]

And I wonder sometimes and I know I'm unkind

But I need you to turn to when I act so blind

Oh, I need you to turn to when I lose control

You're my guardian angel who keeps out the cold

[Verse 2]

Did you paint your smile on? Well, I said I knew

That my reason for living was for loving you

We're related in feeling but you're high above

You're pure and you're gentle with the grace of a dove

[Chorus]

And I wonder sometimes and I know I'm unkind

But I need you to turn to when I act so blind

Oh, I need you to turn to when I lose control

You're my guardian angel who keeps out the cold

[Outro]

Thank you. 

When we started rehearsals in Brisbane when we first got here, I, being so forgetful, had to learn all the words again to some of these songs, because I haven't sung them in over a decade. And, uh, it made me realize how wonderful some of these lyrics by Taupin are. And this next one is one of my favorites, in the top ten anyway. It's called "The Greatest Discovery."