ELTON JOHN - NIKITA

NIKITA

ELTON JOHN

SONGWRITERS: BERNIE TAUPIN & ELTON JOHN

COUNTRY: u.k.

ALBUM: ice on fire

LABEL: the rocket record company

GENRE:soft rock

YEAR: 1985

Ice on Fire, released in November 1985, is the nineteenth official album release for Elton John. Recorded at Sol Studios, it was his first album since Blue Moves produced by his original long-time producer, Gus Dudgeon, who was responsible for John's success in that timespan, but it was met with little praise, and only reached #48 on the US charts, although it reached #3 in the UK. George Michael, then of Wham!, appears on two tracks on the album: "Nikita" and "Wrap Her Up".

Despite the mediocre sales of the album in the US, "Nikita" and "Wrap Her Up" became top 20 hits, the former reaching #7 in the US and #3 in the UK. Roger Taylor and John Deacon of Queen play drums and bass guitar respectively on "Too Young". In the US it was certified gold in June 1986 by the RIAA.

Hey Nikita, is it cold?

In your little corner of the world

You could roll around the globe

And never find a warmer soul to know

Oh, I saw you by the wall

Ten of your tin soldiers in a row

With eyes that looked like ice on fire

The human heart a captive in the snow

Oh Nikita you will never know, anything about my home

I'll never know how good it feels to hold you

Oh no, Nikita I need you so

Oh Nikita is the other side of any given line in time

Counting ten tin soldiers in a row

Oh no, Nikita you'll never know

Do you ever dream of me

Do you ever see the letters that I write

When you look up through the wire

Nikita do you count the stars at night

And if there comes a time

Guns and gates no longer hold you in

And if you're free to make a choice

Just look towards the west and find a friend

Oh Nikita you will never know, anything about my home

I'll never know how good it feels to hold you

Oh no, Nikita you'l never know

Oh Nikita you will never know, never know anything about my home

I'll never know how good it feels to hold you

Nikita I need you so

Oh Nikita is the other side of any given line in time

Counting ten tin soldiers in a row

Oh no, Nikita you'l never know

Nikita

Counting ten tin soldiers in a row

Nikita

Counting ten tin soldiers in a row.