Saint Songtext / Lyric

(My Baby's A) Saint

John/Taupin

album Too Low For Zero 1983


you don't pass your time in limbo
or hang out with the crowd
sitting on the stoop like a little girl
who took the wrong road into town

but you got that short cut way about you
and no one's gonna stare you down
you cook much better on a lower flame
you burn much better when the sun goes down

and heaven can wait
but you ought to be a saint
I got your very best intentions
helping me along

and if I ever fail to mention
you were an overnight sensation
well take it from me
my baby's a saint
my baby's a saint

I believe you were a new arrival
on the fast train passing through
and you traded in your luck for survival
to sweeten up the witches brew

you had a better way of working magic
a little mystery in your eyes
instead of rolling over you remained the same
you took the whole world by surprise

and heaven can wait
but you ought to be a saint
I got your very best intentions
helping me along

and if I ever fail to mention
you were an overnight sensation
well take it from me
my baby's a saint
my baby's a saint