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/ Elton John / This is one of the many Elton-songs with
/ Goodbye Yellow Brick Road / music by Elton John and lyrics by his lifetime
/ Goodbye Yellow Brick Road / lyricist Bernie Taupin. I think it's about
/____________________________/ wanting to quit the whole outrageous show
business and head back to the peaceful life.
The Yellow Brick Road is an imagery taken from the movie The Wizard of Oz. In
the movie, Dorothy and her friends follow the yellow brick road in search of the
magical Wizard of Oz, only to find that they already had what they were looking
for all along.
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Falsetto Interlude:
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Chorus:
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Falsetto Interlude
Verse
Falsetto Interlude
Chorus
Falsetto Interlude, end on F
LYRICS
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When are you gonna come down
When are you going to land
I should have stayed on the farm
I should have listened to my old man
You know you can't hold me forever
I didn't sign up with you
I'm not a present for your friends to open
This boy's too young to be singing the blues
[Chorus]:
So goodbye yellow brick road
Where the dogs of society howl
You can't plant me in your penthouse
I'm going back to my plough
Back to the howling old owl in the woods
Hunting the horny back toad
Oh I've finally decided my future lies
Beyond the yellow brick road
What do you think you'll do then
I bet that'll shoot down your plane
It'll take you a couple of vodka and tonics
To set you on your feet again
Maybe you'll get a replacement
There's plenty like me to be found
Mongrels who ain't got a penny
Sniffing for tid-bits like you on the ground
[Chorus]
Jon Sebastian Frederiksen - 16th /June /09