Elton John - Hey Ahab (live) | Rock in Rio iv 2011 HD newest hit (9th song) !

Music: Elton John
Lyrics: Elton John & Leon Russel
Available on the album The Union
Original Release Date: October 19, 2010

"It's a constant struggle getting up that hill
There's a change of guard every day
When you're clinging onto a driftwood boat
You pray a great white whale might come your way
No freeway traffic in the frozen North
Just a chain link fence full of birds
And when the harpoon's loaded in the cannon bay
You'll be rolling through the pages lost for words
chorus
Hey Ahab can you tell me where
I can catch a ride out of here
Hey Ahab hoist that sail
You've gotta stand up straight
When you ride that whale
In a crumbling city we were trapped for days
With a broken sun above the clouds
Caught like Jonah forty fathoms down
And a sign on the wall says, "Hope Allowed"
All the cryptic symbols carved on bone
A far cry from a tattooed rose
And when the boys in the rigging catch the wind
We'll all weigh anchor and it's westward ho

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[mikechildmk1]

Not previously heard a live version of this tune with Elton's own band, and I have to say this version is somewhat superior to the original! The Union is a great album but I'd love to hear another one recorded with Elton's band. As we can see here, they are clearly capable of performing songs with more 'bite' than the recordings on The Union.

[michalbalco]

@ctcsport I watched that version on Letterman show a hundred times, its really great

[ctcsport]

check the intro on the letterman show, it was perfect

[16Nih]

It was great!

[bryesq]

LOVE THE SONG!!! But whether Elton is playing this song with Leon Russell or by himself.... neither of them can get that piano intro down right!!!!

[Amoreena72]

Valeu!!! Eu estava lá na grade em frente do Elton e seu piano, essa música ao vivo é de arrepiar!!!! Muito grata por compartilhar!!! \o_