1357 – Elton John – Goodbye yellow brick road (1973)

Escrita por Elton John e Bernie Taupin, foi gravada em maio de 1973, no Chateau D'Heroville na França e lançada em 5 de setembro de 1973 no compacto que tinha Screw you (Young man's blues) como Lado B. Saiu depois no disco de mesmo nome, em 5 de outubro de 1973. É a canção de número 390 da lista da revista Rolling Stone das 500 greatest songs of all time. Chegou ao número 1 no Canadá, número 2 no Billboard Hot100, número 4 na Irlanda e Austrália e número 6 no Reino Unido. Número 2 na Nova Zelandia e top ten em muitos outros países. Elton cantou e tocou piano. Davey Johnson tocou guitarra elétrica e fez backing vocals. Dee Murray tocou baixo e fez backing vocals. Nigel Olsson tocou bateria e fez backing vocals.

A letra:

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, ah, ah

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
Ah, ah

What do you think you'll do then?
I bet they'll shoot down the plane
And 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 tidbits like you
On the ground, ah, ah

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
Ah, ah

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