We all lead such elaborate lives
Wild ambitions in our sights
How an affair of the heart survives
Days apart and hurried nightsSeems quite unbelievable to me
I don't want to live like that
Seems quite unbelievable to me
I don't want to love like that
I just want our time to be
Slower and gentler, wiser, freeWe all live in extravagant times
Playing games we can't all win
Unintended emotional crimes
Take some out, take others inI'm so tired of all we're going through
I don't want to live like that
I'm so tired of all we're going through
I don't want to love like that
I just want to be with you
Now and forever, peaceful, trueThis may not be the moment
To tell you face to face
But I could wait forever
For the perfect time and placeWe all live such elaborate lives
We don't know whose words are true
Strangers, lovers, husbands, wives
Hard to know whose loving whoToo many choices tear us apart
I don't want to live like that
Too many choices tear us apart
I don't want to love like that
I just want to touch your heart
May this confession be the start
Songwriters
Timothy Miles Bindon Rice;Elton JohnPublished by
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