The North

Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Available on the album the one

Have you seen the north
That cold grey place
Dont want its shadow anymore
On my face
A man grows bitter
Were a bitter race
Some of us never get to see
A better place

In the northern skies
There was a steel cloud
It used to follow me around
But I dont see it now
Theres a farm in the rain
And a little farmhouse
There were a young mans eyes
Looking south

The north was my mother
But I no longer need her
You trade your roots and your dust
For a face in the river

And a driven rain that washes you
To a different shore
Theres a north in us all
But my north cant hold me anymore