Amoreena

On Tumbleweed Connection. Taupin suggested that Ray Williams, an early manager, name his future daughter Amoreena. He did, and Taupin wrote the song using her name. He described it as a "bawdy love song." Later, the song opened the movie Dog Day Afternoon. Despite the Williams connection, "Amoreena" is an obvious nod to the 1969 Joe Cocker hit "Delta Lady," written by Leon Russell. Both songs paint lyrical images of a lusty country girl in a pastoral setting.

Lyrics:
Lately I've been thinking how much I miss my lady Amoreena's in the cornfield brightening the daybreak Living like a lusty flower, running through the grass for hours Rolling through the hay like a puppy child

chorus:

And when it rains the rain falls down Washing out the cattle town And she's far away somewhere in her eiderdown And she dreams of crystal streams Of days gone by when we would lean Laughing fit to burst upon each other

I can see you sitting eating apples in the evening The fruit juice flowing slowly, slowly, slowly Down the bronze of your body Living like a lusty flower, running through the grass for hours Rolling through the hay like a puppy child

(repeat chorus)

Oh if only I could nestle in the cradle of your cabin My arms around your shoulders, the windows wide and open While the swallow and the sycamore are playing in the valley Oh I miss you Amoreena like a king bee misses honey

(repeat chorus)

(repeat chorus)

Lately I've been thinking how much I miss my lady Amoreena's in the cornfield brightening the daybreak Living like a lusty flower, running through the grass for hours Rolling through the hay like a puppy child