Bitter Fingers Bernie Taupin lyrics

I`m going on the circuit
I`m doing all the clubs
And I really need a song boys
To stir those workers up
And get their wives to sing it with me
Just like in the pubs
When I worked the good old pubs in Stepney

Oh could you knock a line or two
Together for a friend
Sentimental tear inducing with a happy end
And we need a tune to open our season at Southend
Can you help us?

It`s hard to write a song with bitter fingers
So much to prove so few to tell you why
Those old die-hards in Denmark Street start laughing
At the keyboard player`s hollow haunted eyes
It seems to me a change is really needed
I`m sick of tra la las and la de das
No more long days hacking hunks of garbage
Bitter fingers never swung on swinging stars, swinging stars

I like the warm blue flame
The hazy heat it brings
It loosens up the muscles
And forces you to sing
You know it`s just another hit and run
From the tin pan alley twins

And There`s a chance that one day
You might write a standard lads
So churn them out quick and fast
And we`ll still pat your backs
`Cause we need what we can get
To launch another dozen acts
Are you working
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