(Elton)

How have I come to this ?
How did I slip and fall ?
How did I throw half a lifetime away ?
Without any thought at all
This should have been my time
It's over
It never began
Facing a world for once not on my side
I simply turned and ran

I try to blame it on fortune
Some kind of shift in a star
But I know the truth and it haunts me
It's flown just a little too far
I know the truth and it mocks me
I know the truth and it shocks me
It's flown just a little too far

(Janet)

People had faith in me
I think I once did too
I promise whoever has a hold on our lives
I'll see the bad times through
This should have been my time
It's over
It never began
Facing a world for once not on my side
I simply turned and ran

I try to blame it on fortune
Some kind of twist in my fate
I know the truth and it haunts me
I learned it a little too late
I know the truth and it mocks me
I know the truth and it shocks me
I learned it a little too late

(Janet and Elton)

I try to blame it on fortune
Some kind of twist in my fate
I know the truth and it haunts me
I learned it a little too late
I know the truth and it mocks me
I know the truth and it shocks me
I learned it a little too late

Written by Elton John, Tim Rice

Produced by James Harris III and Terry Lewis