 Genius Meanings
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Elton John – Curtains
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“Curtains” is the second part of “We All Fall In Love Sometimes.” It was played as a single track and then cut in two for the album, and it is usually played together live.
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Elton John – Someone Saved My Life Tonight
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“Someone Saved My Life Tonight” was the only major hit single from Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy. It entered the top 25 on the UK singles chart, and narrowly missed
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Elton John (Ft. The London Symphony Orchestra) – Tonight
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[Verse 1] / Tonight / Do we have to fight again? / Tonight / I just wanna go to sleep / Turn out the light / But you wanna carry grudges / Oh, nine times outta ten / Mmm, I see the
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Elton John – Roy Rogers
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“Roy Rogers” is a song about the escapism of television; an escape from the dull monotony of everyday life. Roy Rogers was an actor, famously known as the “singing cowboy.” Bernie
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Elton John – The Scaffold
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[Verse 1] / In Orient where wise I was / To please the way I live / Come give the beggar chance at hand / His life is on his lip / Three score a thousand times / Where once in
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Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
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The fourth track on Elton John’s 1973 double album of the same name, and the second single from the album. Written by Elton and his co-songwriter Bernie Taupin, “Goodbye Yellow
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Elton John – Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going to Be a Long, Long Time)
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Following “Space Oddity”, by the same producer, Elton John sings the tale of an astronaut, for whom space exploration is just his daily job. Bernie Taupin wrote the song inspired
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Eminem (Ft. Elton John) – Stan (Live from the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards)
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[Verse 1: Eminem] / Dear Slim, I wrote you, but you still ain't callin' / I left my cell, my pager and my home phone at the bottom / I sent two letters back in autumn, you must not
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Elton John & Leon Russell – There's No Tomorrow
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[Verse 1] / There's no time for waiting / No future to see / Inside the next moment / Nothing might be / The answer is not certain / No time to decide / Is this the last curtain
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Ed Sheeran & Elton John – Merry Christmas
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“Merry Christmas” serves as Ed Sheeran’s first Christmas song, and serves as Elton John’s second Christmas single, following the release of 1973’s “Step Into Christmas.”
In an
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Elton John & PNAU – Sad
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[Verse 1] / I used to know this old scarecrow / My joy and sorrow / Cast alone between the furrows / No longer sown by anyone / [Chorus] / Sad, so sad / Sad, so sad / [Verse 2
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Elton John – I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
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[Verse 1] / Don't wish it away / Don't look at it like it's forever / Between you and me, I could honestly say / That things can only get better / [Pre-Chorus] / And while I'm away
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Elton John – Mellow
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[Verse 1] / Cool grass blowing up the pass / Don't you know I'm feeling mellow? / Oh, I love your roman nose / The way you curl your toes, baby / Make me feel so mellow / [Verse 2
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George Michael – Tonight
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Tonight / Do we have to fight again / Tonight? / I just want to go to sleep / Turn out the light / But you want to carry grudges / Oh, nine times out of ten / Oh, I see the storm
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Elton John – Madman Across the Water
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“Madman Across the Water” is a song with dark themes and influence from Leon Russell. Bernie Taupin made up the story about a lunatic ranting on visiting day at the asylum
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Elton John – Weight Of The World
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[Verse 1] / I'm weary and I'm staying up late / And the rain hits my roof so hard / You know I'm no longer thirty / These days I'm happy to play / One or two hands of cards / I
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Queen – The Show Must Go On
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Truly a fantastic Queen song recorded while lead singer Freddie Mercury was battling his symptoms from HIV/AIDS, “The Show Must Go On” is a compellingly powerful final coda to
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Elton John – House of Cards
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I hear tell some playboy has kidnapped your heart / With his plane and his plans for games after dark / Just a pain in his pocket, and the price of a room / Where the second hand
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Kanye West – All of the Lights
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“All of the Lights” is the 4th single from Kanye West’s 5th studio album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
The song is about Kanye’s qualms living as a celebrity with personal
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