Genius Meanings
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Elton John – I Think I'm Going to Kill Myself
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The song is about a manipulative teen not having his way with respect to issues like using the car or staying out late, and because of that, wishes to kill himself, in order to get
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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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Elton John – Medicine Man
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Music by elton john / Released as a uk b-side in 1990 / We look at the table / And we look at the time / We see a short fuse burning / We're standing on a land mine / You look at
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Elton John – Billy and the Kids
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[Verse 1] / Nothing looks as bad / After staying up all night / And the cruel words that cut you down / I never meant to write / And what came out as anger / Oh was a lack of self
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Elton John – Salvation
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[Verse 1] / I have to say, my friends / This road goes a long, long way / And if we're going to find the end / We're going to need a helping hand / I have to say, my friends / We'
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Elton John – Je Veux De La Tendresse
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Written by jean-paul dreau / Released as a b-side in 1983, and on the french album the fox / J'ai trop rêvé dans ma jeunesse / Aujourd'hui j'lance des s.o.s / Et j'fous ma
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Elton John – Honky Cat
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[Verse 1] / When I look back, boy, I must have been green / Bopping in the country, fishing in a stream / Looking for an answer, trying to find a sign / Until I saw your city
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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 – Susie (Dramas)
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[Verse 1] / I got frostbitten in the winter / Ice skating on the river / With my pretty little black-eyed girl / She'd make your darn toes curl just to see her, yeah / [Pre-Chorus
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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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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 – Amy
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[Verse 1] / Tread on my face if you like, little lady / Turn me inside out if you have to, baby / But don't you cross me off your list / Ooh, I am young and I ain't never been
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Elton John – Slave
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[Verse 1] / There's a river running sweat right through our land, through our land / Driven by a man with a bullwhip in his hand, in his hand / And I've taken just as much as I can
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Elton John – Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
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This 1972 song makes direct references to the 1960 track by Ben E. King and later popularized in 1971 by Aretha Franklin titled “Spanish Harlem”.
Bernie Taupin decided to write
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John Lennon – Imagine
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The antithesis of a call to arms, John Lennon’s “Imagine” is one of the most beautiful and awe inspiring songs of all time.
Released in 1971, deep in the heart of the Vietnam War
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Elton John – Hercules
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[Verse 1] / Ooh, I got a busted wing and a hornet sting / Like an out-of-tune guitar / Ooh, she got a Hercules on her side / And Diana in her eyes / Some men like the Chinese life
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Bluesology – Mr. Frantic
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When you hold me, when you thrill me / My heart just sets on fire / When you love me, when you hold me / I'm just filled with desire / You know that I love you baby / But your kind
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Norman Greenbaum – Spirit In the Sky
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Set to be a “religious-Rock” song, Jewish Norman Greenbaum used “Jesus” thinking (correctly) that it would be more marketable this way…he was right. In his own words – “I’m just
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Elton John – Hard Luck Story
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[Verse 1] / Sometimes I think I'm going crazy / Staring at the same four walls / Waiting for the working day to end / Then I get home so wasted, worn out / I curse at you and tell
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Elton John – Bennie and the Jets
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“Bennie and the Jets” is a song composed by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. The song tells of “Bennie and the Jets”, a fictional band of whom Elton John is a supposed fan. In
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