ELTON JOHN - Tortured lyrics

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Music by elton john<br>Lyrics by bernie taupin<br>Released as a uk b-side in 1984<br><br>I'd like to make this song so simple<br>Don't want to hide my feeling under<br>Drawn up words in shades of many colours<br>How can I make them think I am clever<br>By merely saying that I miss you<br><br>It's just a state they claim I'm going through<br>Don't want you to think that I am weakening<br>Although you know I'm always dreaming<br>Someday you'll be coming home to me<br><br>Tortured, I've been so tortured by you so many times<br>But you always love the ones that hurt you<br>And I guess those are the ties that bind<br>Tortured by you<br><br>If I had taken parting easy<br>It might have been a better lesson<br>For all concerned in wars of love and hate<br>How can you swear through words and music<br>The heart you crave and how to move it<br><br>It's just a beach you washed my body onto<br>Don't want you to know that I an crying<br>Although your friends can see I'm dying<br>Slowly from the knife you left in me<br><br>Tortured by you<br>Tortured by you<br>Tortured by you so many times