엘튼 존 경(Sir Elton Hercules John CBE, 1947년 3월 25일~)은 영국의 싱어송라이터이자 피아니스트, 영화·뮤지컬음악 작곡가이다.
1975년 할리우드 명예의 거리에 이름을 올렸으며 1992년 작곡가 명예의 전당에, 1994년 로큰롤 명예의 전당에 입성했다.
1995년 폴라음악상을, 1996년 CBE 훈장을, 1998년 2월 24일 작위 수여식에서 엘리자베스 2세 여왕으로부터 기사 작위(Knight Bachelor)를(작위 승인은 1997년 8월 2일에 이루어졌다), 2004년 미국 케네디센터 공연예술 평생공로상을 받았다. 2006년 엘튼 존은 영화·뮤지컬음악 부문에 대한 공로를 인정받아 월트 디즈니 컴패니로부터 디즈니 레전드 칭호를 받기도 했다.
엘튼 존은 2005년에 한국의 사진작가 배병우의 소나무 사진을 3,000여만원에 사서 작가의 이름을 세계에 널리 알리게 했으며, 2006년 초연한 하이틴 코미디 영화 《It's a Boy Girl Thing》에서 사운드트랙 프로듀서를 맡았으며, 이 영화는 대한민국에서 《보이걸 씽》이라는 제목으로 2009년 3월에 개봉하였다. 그는 《오만과 편견》의 호러판 사운드 트랙도 제작할 예정이다. .... ....
There's a river running sweat right through our land Driven by a man with a bullwhip in his hand And I've taken just as much as I can stand Oh we've got to free our brothers from their shackles if we can
Most nights I have to watch my woman cry Every day I watch the colonel smile His painted ladies riding in from town I swear one day I'm gonna burn that whore house to the ground
Slave, slave To fight the violence we must be brave Hold on strong to the love God gave Slave
There's a rumour of a war that's yet to come That may free our families and our sons It may lay green lands to barren wastes The price of release is a bitter blow to face
There's a river running sweat right through our land Driven by a man with a bullwhip in his hand And I've taken just as much as I can stand Oh we've got to free our brothers from their shackles if we can
Most nights I have to watch my woman cry Every day I watch the colonel smile His painted ladies riding in from town I swear one day I'm gonna burn that whore house to the ground
Slave, slave To fight the violence we must be brave Hold on strong to the love God gave Slave
There's a rumour of a war that's yet to come That may free our families and our sons It may lay green lands to barren wastes The price of release is a bitter blow to face
You're not a ship to carry my life You are nailed to my love in many lonely nights I've strayed from the cottages and found myself here For I need your love your love protects my fears
And I wonder sometimes and I know I'm unkind But I need you to turn to when I act so blind And I need you to turn to when I lose control You're my guardian angel who keeps out the cold
Did you paint your smile on, well I said I knew That my reason for living was for loving you We're related in feeling but you're high above You're pure and you're gentle with the grace of a dove
Gulliver's gone to the final command of his master His watery eyes had washed all the hills with his laughter And the seasons can change all the light from the grey to the dim But the light in his eyes will see no more bright As the sheep that he locked in the pen
There's four feet of ground in front of the barn That's sun baked and rain soaked and part of the farm But now it lies empty so cold and so bare Gulliver's gone but his memory lies there
By passing the doors of his life was a stage I remember And in later years he would cease to bare teeth to a stranger For sentiment touched him as Cyclamen holds him And later men came from the town Who said clear the child this won't take a while And Gulliver's gone with the dawn
This is my house This is where I live That is the winter Those are the trees I can hear them breathe This is my bed This is where I sleep That was the dark Those are my dreams They belong to me
This is my floor This is where I lie This is a square room That was a bright light These are not my eyes What is my soul Where is my tired heart That is the question Where is the answer Inside my house
And I sit by the window And I wish I was rain I want to fall from the sky I want to get wet all over again
'Cause this my house It belongs to me Inside my head It's all that's left This is my house This is my bed This is where I sleep That was the dark Those are my dreams They belong to me
Well there's slim times when my words won't rhyme And the hills I face are a long hard climb I just sit cross legged with my old guitar It kind of makes me feel like a rock and roll star
Well it makes me laugh Lord it makes me cry And I think for once let me just get high Let me get electric put a silk suit on Turn my old guitar into a tommy gun
And root-toot-shoot myself to fame Every kid alive gonna know my name An overnight phenomenon like there's never been A motivated supersonic king of the scene
I'll be a teenage idol, just give me a break I'm gonna be a teenage idol no matter how long it takes You can't imagine what it means to me I'm gonna grab myself a place in history A teenage idol that's what I'm gonna be
Well life is short and the world is rough And if you're gonna boogie boy you got to be tough Nobody knows if I'm dead or alive I just drink myself to sleep each night
And so I pray to the teenage god of rock If I make it big let me stay on top You got to cut me loose from this one room dive Put me on the ladder keep this boy alive
Has anybody here seen Razor Face I heard he's back looking for a place to lay down Must be getting on Needs a man who's young to walk him round Needs a man who's young to walk him round
Oh it must be hard for the likes of you to get by In a world that you just can't see through And it looks so cold How does it feel to know you can't go home How does it feel to know you can't go home
Come on Razor Face my old friend I'll meet you down by the truck stop inn With a bottle of booze in the back of my car You're a song on the lips of an aging star
Razor Face, oh amazing grace Protects you like a glove And I'll never learn the reason why I love your Razor Face
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 lights honey I was blind
They said get back honky cat Better get back to the woods Well I quit those days and my redneck ways And oh the change is gonna do me good
You better get back honky cat Living in the city ain′t where it′s at It′s like trying to find gold in a silver mine It′s like trying to drink whisky from a bottle of wine
Well I read some books and I read some magazines About those high class ladies down in New Orleans And all the folks back home well, said I was a fool They said oh, believe in the Lord is the golden rule
They said stay at home boy, you gotta tend the farm Living in the city boy, is going to break your heart But how can you stay, when your heart says no How can you stop when your feet say go
Music by Elton John Lyrics by Bernie Taupin Available on the Mona Lisa Smile Soundtrack
The Heart Of Every Girl
In the heart of every girl There's a woman waking up Like sunlight spreads across the world A smile for us is just enough But in the heart of every girl There's a homespun family dream A light that's filled with so much joy From a curly-head beauty to a teenage queen
And honeymoons in summer prove We'll always love a bride The gift you give us all Is the one you hold inside This lucky life, this crazy mixed up world Is all because we love what lives In the heart of every girl.
In the heart of every girl There's always room for Valentines And boys to kneel and tip their hands With words as sweet as summer wine And in the heart of every girl There is a rose for every spring A peach that's fragrant and divine She shines just like a wedding ring.
And honeymoons in summer prove…
Eyes can light up any room The moment she steps in Intoxicating everyone A life alone should be a sin.
<< Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time) >> --- Elton John
She packed my bags last night pre-flight Zero hour nine a.m. And I'm gonna be high as a kite by then I miss the earth so much I miss my wife It's lonely out in space On such a timeless flight
And I think it's gonna be a long long time Till touch down brings me round again to find I'm not the man they think I am at home Oh no no no I'm a rocket man Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone
Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids In fact it's cold as hell And there's no one there to raise them if you did And all this science I don't understand It's just my job five days a week A rocket man, a rocket man
There's a river running sweat right through our land Driven by a man with a bullwhip in his hand And I've taken just as much as I can stand Oh we've got to free our brothers from their shackles if we can
Most nights I have to watch my woman cry Every day I watch the colonel smile His painted ladies riding in from town I swear one day I'm gonna burn that whore house to the ground
Slave, slave To fight the violence we must be brave Hold on strong to the love God gave Slave
There's a rumour of a war that's yet to come That may free our families and our sons It may lay green lands to barren wastes The price of release is a bitter blow to face
There's a river running sweat right through our land Driven by a man with a bullwhip in his hand And I've taken just as much as I can stand Oh we've got to free our brothers from their shackles if we can
Most nights I have to watch my woman cry Every day I watch the colonel smile His painted ladies riding in from town I swear one day I'm gonna burn that whore house to the ground
Slave, slave To fight the violence we must be brave Hold on strong to the love God gave Slave
There's a rumour of a war that's yet to come That may free our families and our sons It may lay green lands to barren wastes The price of release is a bitter blow to face
I was justified when I was five Raising cane, I spit in your eye Times are changing, now the poor get fat But the fever's gonna catch you when the bitch gets back
Eat meat on Friday that's alright Even like steak on a Saturday night I can bitch the best at your social do's I get high in the evening sniffing pots of glue
I'm a bitch, I'm a bitch Oh the bitch is back Stone cold sober as a matter of fact I can bitch, I can bitch `Cause I'm better than you It's the way that I move The things that I do
I entertain by picking brains Sell my soul by dropping names I don't like those, my God, what's that Oh it's full of nasty habits when the bitch gets back
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 lights honey I was blind
They said get back honky cat Better get back to the woods Well I quit those days and my redneck ways And oh the change is gonna do me good
You better get back honky cat Living in the city ain′t where it′s at It′s like trying to find gold in a silver mine It′s like trying to drink whisky from a bottle of wine
Well I read some books and I read some magazines About those high class ladies down in New Orleans And all the folks back home well, said I was a fool They said oh, believe in the Lord is the golden rule
They said stay at home boy, you gotta tend the farm Living in the city boy, is going to break your heart But how can you stay, when your heart says no How can you stop when your feet say go
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, ha 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 t his 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 t hat 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
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 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
From this day on I own my father's gun We dug his shallow grave beneath the sun I laid his broken body down beneath the Southern land It wouldn't do to bury him where any Yankee stands
I'll take my horse and I'll ride the northern plain To wear the color of the greys and join the fight again I'll not rest until I know the cause is fought and won From this day on until I die I'll wear my father's gun
[Chorus] I'd like to know where the riverboat sails tonight To New Orleans well that's just fine alright Cause there's fighting there and the company needs men So slip us a rope and sail on round the bend
As soon as this is over we'll go home To plant the seeds of justice in our bones To watch the children growing and see the women sewing There'll be laughter when the bells of freedom ring
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