The Fox Songtext / Lyric

The Fox

music by Elton John . lyrics by Bernie Taupin
album The Fox 1981


being wirey
and thinking loudly
about the things
sent to make you move
you can't help it,
there's no one in this world
knows you just,
just the way you do
so we keep darting through the holes
as the hunter and the fox
run the gaunlet's savage road

winter's heavy
and partly cloudy
and the snowfall leaves
the tracks that catch a few
if you're wiley
you will leave them lying
snared up in the traps
that they set for you
and it's an evergreen affair
as temptation haunts the fox
into the hunter's waiting lair

and for mile after mile you'll never see me tire
you'll never see me slow down for a while
cause I am the fox, like it or not
I'm always gonna be there running over the rock
yes I am the fox
a fascinating cross
of sharp as a whip and tough as an ox
yes I am the fox

it may sound crazy
but it's often lonely
and the restless heart
should be captured once in a while
then you can use them
and you often fool them
into believing whatever you desire
so I'll keep moving through the night
the hunter and the hunted
on their designated flights

and for mile after mile you'll never see me tire
you'll never see me slow down for a while
cause I am the fox, like it or not
I'm always gonna be there running over the rock
yes I am the fox
a fascinating cross
of sharp as a whip and tough as an ox
yes I am the fox