It seems as though I've lived my life
On the bad side of the moon
To stir your dregs in sickness still
Without the rustic spoon
Common people live with me
Where the light has never shone
And the hermits flock like hummingbirds
To speak in a foreign tongue
I'm a light world away
From the people who make me stay
Sitting on the bad side of the moon
There ain't no need for watchdogs here
To justify our ways
We live our life in manacles
The main cause of our stay
Exiled here from other worlds
My sentence comes too soon
Why should I be made to pay
On the bad side of the moon
No meaning, other than some who feels disconnect from the world around them... just wanted to add, the word they sing in the chorus is: Ousemala. It gets confused often with the April Wine version who changed it to "Who is my life", but for Elton, it's Ousemala.