Elton John - Enchantment Passing Through lyrics

Music by elton john<br>Lyrics by tim rice<br>Elton's solo version is unreleased<br><br>A few more days and we'll be home in glory<br>Already they'll be getting out the flags<br>With memphis high _______ dormitory<br>For me, I only see a lot of snags<br><br>The prospect above all I find distressful<br>Is having to give up the soldier's life<br>If anything I'm rather too successful<br>They made me hand my sword in for a wife<br><br>For just because I've triumphed as a slaver<br>Brought booty back to egypt by the ton<br>Of this and every month, I'm now the flavor<br>And scheduled to do things I've never done<br><br>And why should I tell you this, a stranger I just met<br>A woman who in hours from now I'll certainly forget<br>Anonymous and undemanding<br>Enchantment passing through<br>My secrets and my confidence are safe enough with you<br><br>My days out on the field are all but ended<br>They'll put me out to grass which means the throne<br>Bedecked and bejeweled alongside my intended<br>I feel as though my heart is set in stone<br><br>But maybe I am being far too gloomy<br>Yes, maybe I'll make waves in pastures new<br>Find goverment and politics come to me<br>As naturally as I now talk to you<br><br>For just because I've triumphed as a slaver<br>Brought booty back to egypt by the ton<br>Of this and every month, I'm now the flavor<br>And scheduled to do things I've never done<br><br>And why should I tell you this, a stranger I just met<br>A woman who in hours from now I'll certainly forget<br>Anonymous and undemanding<br>Enchantment passing through<br>My secret lack of confidence is safe enough with you<br><br>Why should I tell you this, a stranger I just met<br>A woman who in hours from now I'll certainly forget<br>Anonymous and undemanding<br>Enchantment passing through<br>My secret lack of confidence is safe enough with you