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"Your Song"
by Elton John
It's a little bit funny this feeling inside
I'm not one of those who can easily hide
I don't have much money but boy if I did
I'd buy a big house where we both could live

If I was a sculptor, but then again, no
Or a man who makes potions in a travelling show
I know it's not much but it's the best I can do
My gift is my song and this one's for you

And you can tell everybody this is your song
It may be quite simple but now that it's done
I hope you don't mind
I hope you don't mind that I put down in words
How wonderful life is while you're in the world

I sat on the roof and kicked off the moss
Well a few of the verses well they've got me quite cross
But the sun's been quite kind while I wrote this song
It's for people like you that keep it turned on

So excuse me forgetting but these things I do
You see I've forgotten if they're green or they're blue
Anyway the thing is what I really mean
Yours are the sweetest eyes I've ever seen

Peace
LionHeart
February 2006

Elton John
Elton's Website

Sir Elton Hercules [1] John, CBE(born 25 March 1947) is a pop music singer, composer, and pianist, and is one of the most successful solo artists in popular music history. Though best-known in contemporary times for his hugely successful 1997 re-release of "Candle In The Wind," his recording and performing career has spanned over four decades. His flamboyant fashion sense, on-stage showmanship, and public struggles with his private life have combined with his talent to make him a legend to his many fans around the world.

John was the dominant commercial force in the rock world in the 1970s, as evidenced by seven consecutive #1 records on the U.S. album charts. His piano-based sound has helped keep that instrument relevant in a guitar-oriented genre. He has maintained a public presence in the fight against AIDS, and has had renewed moments of commercial triumph, such as his defiant hit I'm Still Standing and his award-winning work on the popular animated film The Lion King.

Nevertheless, Elton John dominated the rock world in the 1970s, as evidenced by his seven consecutive albums that topped the US album charts: Honky Château (1972, #1 for five weeks), Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player (1973, #1 for two weeks), Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973, #1 for eight weeks), Caribou (1974, #1 for four weeks), Elton John's Greatest Hits (1974, #1 for ten weeks), Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975, #1 for seven weeks) and Rock of the Westies (1975, #1 for three weeks), and 15 hit singles, including six that went to #1 (Crocodile Rock, Bennie and the Jets, Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, Philadelphia Freedom, Island Girl, Don’t Go Breaking My Heart) and three that reached #2 (Daniel, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me), during that period.

John founded the Elton John AIDS Foundation in 1992 as a charity to fund programmes for HIV/AIDS prevention, for the elimination of prejudice and discrimination against HIV/AIDS-affected individuals, and for providing services to people living with or at risk of contracting HIV/AIDS.

Aside from his main home in Windsor, England, John splits his time in his various residences in Atlanta, Georgia; Nice, France; London, England; and Venice, Italy.

During his career, John has battled addictions to cocaine and rumoured financial difficulties caused by his profligate spending.
Elton John is a noted art collector, and is believed to have one of the largest private photography collections in the world.

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Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975) Greatest Hits Volume 2 (1977) Elton John - Greatest Hits 1970-2002 Rock of the Westies Love Songs