Lyrics to
Tell Me When The Whistle Blows

This version of Tell Me When The Whistle Blows was released by Elton John in 1975.

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There’s a dusty old gutter he’s lying in now
He’s blind and he’s old
And there’s a bottle that rolls down the road
Me I’m young and I’m so wild
And I still feel the need
Of your apron strings once in a while
For there’s taxi cabs hooting
But I can’t be foot-loose forever
My suitcase it’s a cheap one
My darling she’s a dear one
My head’s feeling light as a feather

Take my ears and tell me when the whistle blows
Wake me up and tell me when the whistle blows
Long lost and lonely boy
you’re just a black sheep going home
I want to feel your wheels of steel
Underneath my itching heels
Take my money
Tell me when the whistle blows

Part of me asked the young man for the time
With a cool vacant stare of undue concern
He said nine
It’s not so bad but I really do love the land
And rather all this than those diamante lovers
In Hyde Park holding hands
Blowing heat through my fingers
Trying to kill off this cold
Will the street kids remember
Can I still shoot a fast cue
Has this country kid still got his soul

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You can understand the lyrics to Tell Me When The Whistle Blows if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Tell Me When The Whistle Blows" means the words set to the music of Tell Me When The Whistle Blows, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Elton John. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Tell Me When The Whistle Blows and the lyrics to Tell Me When The Whistle Blows are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Elton John who came here looking just for the lyrics to Tell Me When The Whistle Blows, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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