Music by Elton John

Lyrics by Bernie Taupin



I'm weary and I'm staying up late

And the rain hits my roof so hard

You know I'm no longer thirty

These days I'm happy to play

One or two hands of cards

I hate flies in the kitchen buzzing

Disturbing the peace I've found

Fortune and fame is so fleeting

These days I'm happy to say

I'm amazed that I'm still around



And the weight of the world is off my back

When we fell, we got up

And crawled out the cracks

Excuse me if I take some comfort in that

Happy today, happy to play

With the weight of the world off of my back



Humidity hangs like a curtain

Oh, it fogs up my glasses sometimes

You know I've still got my eyesight

These days I'm happy to see

A sunset instead of a line



And the weight of the world is off my back

When we fell, we got up

And crawled out the cracks

Excuse me if I take some comfort in that

Happy today, happy to play

With the weight of the world off of my back



There's a long list of names

That I don't recall

Even though my memory's good

The rain washed away

The lemons and weeds

When the weight of the world weighed more than it should



I hate flies in the kitchen buzzing

Disturbing the peace I've found

Fortune and fame is so fleeting

These days I'm happy to say

I'm amazed that I'm still around

And the weight of the world is off my back

When we fell, we got up

And crawled out the cracks

Excuse me if I take some comfort in that

Happy today, happy to play

With the weight of the world off of my back



Happy today, happy to play

With the weight of the world off of my back