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WV1284
2008
AZ
"I seen a girl on a one-way corridor
Stealin' down a wrong-way street
For all the world like an urban toreador
She had wheels on - on her feet...."
(Dire Straits, 1980)
Coloured pencil and ink on $teinbach paper
WV1994/2024
Along the coast road, by the headland
The early beach lights still glow
I pour another singha beer
And raise it to your health, say cheerio
Choke dee, Miss Siam, farewell...
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013
"Touch your lips with a magic kiss
And you'll be a bluebird too,
And you'll know what love can do."
(lyrics Paul McCartney)
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2011
Elton John Songs Illustrated
11-17-70
Sixty Years On
Music & lyrics by Elton John & Bernie Taupin 1970
WV1796
2014
B
"I like to thank you, yes I do
I've got to face the truth,
You've done the best you could to please me
I enjoyed it quit a bit, but I really must admit,
That it could have been better al the time..."
(lyrics The Cats)
Ink on $teinbach paper
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2012
Elton John Songs Illustrated
RARE MASTERS
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Sick City
Music & lyrics by Elton John & Bernie Taupin 1974
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Ooh she said the crowd just loved you
My name's Angel and I'm sixteen
I really love your band and your funny accent
Sure would like a cruise in your limousine
Then she said how about a rubdown
You're so cute, I'm so mean
The way you hold your guitar really gets me
I can show you tricks that you ain't never seen
Sick City, nobody to love you
Oh but sometimes I can taste you when I'm feeling weak
Sick City, isn't it a pity
That you can't float above it when the bottom leaks
Oh, Sick City
Hey man how's about a handout
All you dudes just loaded down
Just a little sugar man makes me sweeter
I like to sit at home and watch the world go round
Stage-door monkey's on my back
Begging me to save his life
Can't he understand we're not a healing show
We're just here to play some music for the kids tonight
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013
Roxy Music Songs Illustrated
FLESH + BLOOD
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Same Old Scene
Music & lyrics by Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry 1980
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Nothing lasts forever
Of that I'm sure
Now you've made an offer
I'll take some more
Young loving may be
Oh so mean
Will I still survive
The same old scene?
In our lighter moments
precious few
It's all that heavy weather
We're going through
When I turn the corner
I can't believe
It's still the same old movie
That's haunting me
Young loving may be
Oh so mean
Trying to revive
The same old scene
Young loving may be
So extreme
Maybe we should try
The same old scene
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2014
"If it wasn't for you I'd be happy
If it wasn't for lies you'd be true
I know you could be just like you should
If it wasn't for dad you'd be good..."
(The Union, Elton John/leon Russell)
Old76 Music-inspired DArt 2014
"Guess there are times when we all need to share a little pain
And ironing out the rough spots
Is the hardest part when memories remain
And it's times like these when we all need to hear the radio
`Cause from the lips of some old singer
We can share the troubles we already know!"
("Sad Songs", Elton John & Bernie Taupon 1984)
WV752/2004
Coloured pencils on Steinbach paper
".... If you can't wake up in the morning
'Cause your bed lies vacant at night
If you're lost, hurt, tired or lonely
Can't control it, try as you might
May you find that love that won't leave you
May you find it by the end of the day
You won't be lost, hurt, tired and lonely
Something beautiful will come your way...."
SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL - Robbie Williams, 2003.
WV1706
2011
Oh, Jessie, I'd like to be one of those men upon the screen, with an elegant lady and a café in Paris..."
Ink on $teinbach paper
WV938/2006
Coloured pencil and ink on Steinbach paper
"And reach out for her healing hands
Reach out for her healing hands
There's a light, where the darkness ends
Touch me now and let me see again
Rock me now in your gentle healing hands..."
("Healing Hands", Elton John/Bernie Taupin Taupin 1989)
"Waiting for the show to start. In the meantime..."
"Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013
Elton John Songs Illustrated
21 AT 33
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Never Gonna Fall In Love Again
Music & lyrics by Elton John & Tim Robinson 1980
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Never meant to be so friendly
Never made the room look nice
Never heed a word of warning
Never take my own advice
I got a brand-new problem
Pretty and she's 5 foot 10
I been in love three times this week
I'm just about to fall again
I don't want to fall in love
Never gonna fall in love, again
I don't want to fall in love
Never gonna fall in love
I'm never gonna fall in love, again
Never meant to be so sexist
It's so hard to overcome
Trying hard to fight the feeling
Lechery can be such fun
`Cause everywhere there's lots of foxes
And every cat I meet's a tom
I wish she didn't make me rabid
I wish she wouldn't turn me on
`Cause everywhere there's lots of foxes
And every cat I meet's a tom
I wish she didn't make me rabid
I wish she wouldn't turn me on
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013
Not a blackbird but a robin singing in the dead of night
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Blackbird
Music & lyrics by The Beatles, Paul McCartney-John Lennon 1968
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Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise.
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to be free.
Blackbird fly, blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night.
Blackbird fly, blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night.
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise.
You were only waiting for this moment to arise.
You were only waiting for this moment to arise.
WV1923/2024
Mixed media & coloured pencils on Steinbach paper.
"... See these tears so blue
An ageless heart that can never mend
These tears can never dry
A judgement made can never bend
See these eyes so green
I can stare for a thousand years
Just be still with me
You wouldn't believe what I've been through
You've been so long
Well, it's been so long
And I've been putting out the fire with gasoline
Putting out fire..."
CAT PEOPLE - David Bowie, 1981.
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2014
Elton John Songs Illustrated
Bernie Taupin lyrics 1972
"And I think it's gonna be a long long time
Till touchdown 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..."
WV1271
2008
AZ
"You'll control me
Oh so boldly
Rule me 'til I'm free
'Til the pain that shakes me
Finally makes me
Get up off of my knees
Uhhh! "
(Dwight Yoakam Songs)
Coloured pencil on $teinbach paper
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2011
Elton John Songs Illustrated
TUMBLEWEED CONNECTION
Amoreena
Music & lyrics by Elton John & Bernie Taupin 1970
WV2043/2025
Faber-castell coloured pencils on Steinbach paper
".I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no, oh
I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy, ooh, ooh, ooh
Yeah, all around in my home town
They're trying to track me down, yeah
They say they want to bring me in guilty
For the killing of a deputy
For the life of a deputy
But I say
Oh, now, now, oh
I shot the sheriff, the sheriff
But I swear it was in self-defense, oh no
Ooh, ooh, ooh, yeah
I say, I shot the sheriff, oh Lord
And they say it is a capital offense, yeah
Ooh, ooh, ooh, yeah
Sheriff John Brown always hated me
For what, I don't know
Every time I plant a seed
He said kill it before it grow
He said kill them before they grow
And so, and so
Read it in the news
I shot the sheriff, oh Lord
But I swear it was in self-defense
Where was the deputy? Ooh, ooh, ooh
I say, I shot the sheriff
But I swear it was in self-defense, yeah
Ooh-ooh
Freedom came my way one day
And I started out of town, yeah
All of a sudden I saw Sheriff John Brown
Aiming to shoot me down
So I shot, I shot, I shot him down and I say
If I am guilty I will pay (pay, pay, pay, pay, pay)
I shot the sheriff
But I say, but I didn't shoot no deputy
I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no, ooh, ooh, ooh
I shot the sheriff, I did
But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Reflexes had the better of me
And what is to be must be
Every day the bucket a-go a well
One day the bottom a-go drop out
One day the bottom a-go drop out
I say
I-I-I, I shot the sheriff
Lord, I didn't shot the deputy, no
Yeah, I-I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy, yeah, so, yeah..."
I SHOT THE SHERIFF - Eric Clapron, 1974.
WV838
2005
A shot of the final scene in The Big Picture...
Coloured pencil and marker on $teinbach paper
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013
Mark Knopfler Songs Illustrated
SHANGRI-LA
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Postcards From Paraguay
Music & lyrics by Mark Knopfler 2004
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One thing was leading to the next
I bit off more than i could chew
I had the power to sign the cheques
It wasn’t difficult to do
I couldn’t stay and face the music
So many reasons why
I won’t be sending postcards from Paraguay
I robbed a bank full of dinero
A great big mountain of dough
So it was goodbye compañero and cheerio
I couldn’t stay and face the music
so many reasons why
I won’t be sending postcards from Paraguay
I never meant to be a cheater
But there was blood on the wall
I had to steal from Peter
To pay what i owed to Paul
I couldn’t stay and face the music
So many reasons why
I won’t be sending postcards from Paraguay
WV735
2003
"Hey kids, shake it loose together
The spotlight's hitting something
That's been known to change the weather
We'll kill the fatted calf tonight
So stick around
You're gonna hear electric music
Solid walls of sound...."
("Bennie And The Jets", Elton John/Bernie Taupin 1973)
Coloured pencil on Steinbach paper
WV2036/2025
Coloured pencils faber-castell and ink on Steinbach paper.
".... the Sisters of the Cross
Seek the shadows that they have lost
In the walls where their lives
Are protected by God
But the feeling of love
Is somewhere in your bones
Your body is wasted
When it should have been owned....."
SISTERS OF THE CROSS - Music & lyrics Elton John & Bernie Taupin, 1971.
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2012
Aloha!
Elton John Songs Illustrated
BLUE MOVES
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Crazy Water
Music & lyrics by Elton John & Bernie Taupin 1976
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On a bench, on the beach
Just before the sun had gone
I tried to reach you
Plain faced and falling fast
You looked so vacant like an empty shell
Whose life had passed upon the ocean
Before light shook the sky
Down by the docks I saw
The masts unfolding
Don't turn away, please understand
It's a life and a living
And a way to keep the wolves away
From hungry hands, from hungry hands
Crazy water
Takes my fishing boat on Monday morning
Dangerous dreaming
If we all believe in the things you believe you're seeing
Oh we'd never drop our nets in the crazy water, crazy water
Tangled lives, lonely wives
Shoreline widows pray
For the souls of missing whalers
Endless nights on an endless sea
Where nothing lives between us
Just the breakers on the ocean
Separating you and me
Separating you and me
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013
"Ain't no magic potion
No gri-gri on her side
She's bound to my salvation
Sweet little mama
Take me down by the river tonight
And it amazes me..."
("Amazes Me", Elton John/Bernie Taupin 1989)
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2014
Elton John Songs Illustrated
THE BIG PICTURE
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RECOVER YOUR SOUL
Music & lyrics by Elton John & Bernie Taupin 1997
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Baby you're missing something in the air
I got a name but it don't matter
What's going on, it's cold in here
You have a life but it's torn and tattered
Maybe you're losing pieces of your heart
You have a world but it stopped turning
You lose the day and gain the dark
Love was a fire but it stopped burning
Spare your heart, save your soul
Don't drag your love across the coals
Find your feet and your fortune can be told
Release, relax, let go
And hey now let's recover your soul
Lazy old sunset sinking like a tear
Alone at night in a losing battle
That perfect world is never clear
You have to fight for the things that matter
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2012
Elton John Songs Illustrated
CARIBOU
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Pinky
Music & lyrics by Elton John & Bernie Taupin 1974
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I don't want to wake you
But I'd like to tell you that I love you
That the candlelight fell like a crescent
Upon your feather pillow
For there's more ways than one
And the ways of the world are a blessing
For when Pinky's dreaming
She owes the world nothing
And her silence keeps us guessing
Pinky's as perfect as the Fourth of July
Quilted and timeless, seldom denied
The trial and the error of my master plan
Now she rolls like the dice in a poor gambler's hands
You don't want to tell me
But somehow you've guessed that I know
Oh when dawn came this morning
You discovered a feeling that burned like a flame in your soul
For there's toast and honey
And there's breakfast in bed on a tray
Oh it's ten below zero
And we're about to abandon our plans for the day
Old76 Music-inspired DArt 2014
Elton John Songs Illustrated
HONKY CHATEAU
Mellow
Music & lyrics by Elton John & Bernie Taupin 1972
WV1052
2007
"I hear tell some playboy has kidnapped your heart..."
Coloured pencil on $teinbach paper
WV665
2002
"Too many broken hearts have fallen in the river
Too many lonely souls have drifted out to sea,
You lay your bets and then you pay the price
The things we do for love, the things we do for love".
(10CC)
Coloured pencil on Steinbach paper
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2014
"Well she sure knows how to use me
Pretty little black-eyed Suzie
Playing hooky with my heart all the time
Living with her funky family
In a derelict old alley
Down by the river where we share a little loving in the moonshine..."
(lyrics by Bernie Taupin, 1972)
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013
Elton John Songs Illustrated
21 AT 33
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Give Me The Love
Music & lyrics by Elton John & Judie Tzuke 1980
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You've been crying, and I'm crazy about you
I've been lying, and hanging you up, `cause
I'm deep on the inside, but flash on the outside
I am the thunder, and you are my lightning
Give me the love, baby, give me the key to your heart
Give me the love, baby, give me the key to your heart
Give me the love, give me the key to your heart
Months of watching, and hours of hoping
That you'd want me, when you see me again
For I am an eagle, but my wings are all tied up
You got the power to fly me again
You've been trying to build walls all around you
But you're lying, 'cause I've already been through
And I've seen you trying to capture that feeling
But you're chasing what you've never believed in
Tell me you love me, tell me you need me
WV1272
2008
AZ
"When this world is big enough for all different views..."
(A Garth Brooks song)
Coloured pencil on $teinbach paper
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2012
Elton John Songs Illustrated
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SNOW QUEEN
Music & lyrics by Elton John & Kiki Dee 1976
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You remind me so much
Of her when you're walking
Where everything's perfect
And nobody's talking
You're a cushion uncrumpled
You're a bed that's unruffled
The finest bone china,
Bone china around
And I believe that the snow queen
Lives somewhere in the hills
She's got the world on a string
Like white wine when it's chilled
Arms are spread like icicles
Upon a frosted cake
The snow queen reigns in warm L.A.
Behind the cold black gates
Your talents are tested
They're polished and they're shaped
Your talents are wasted
On men of no taste
But how about proving
That passion means more than
A wardrobe of gowns, TV ratings,
A fragile waist, and a name
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013
Elton John Songs Illustrated
SLEEPING WITH THE PAST
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Whisper
Music & lyrics by Elton John & Bernie Taupin 1989
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Look at me twice with wildcat eyes
Promise me everything except a blue night
Shudder like ice in cut crystal glass
Melt in embraces of crazy eyed past
And whisper, whisper, whispering whispers
Tantamount to a lie with lingering breath
Walking fingers run, hungry scratches left
Dull chimes ringing like an empty voice
A distant smile framed, her lips are soft and moist
With whispers, whispers, whispering whispers
And whisper in a rhythm your lies
Keep comfort for others
Hurt me with the night
Whisper like cold winds close to the bone
Save heaven for lovers, leave me alone
With your whispers, whispers, whispering whispers
With whispers, whispers, whispering whispers
WV1739
2011
"I'm taking a turn in the right direction
By leaving his soul in the lost and found
I'm chasing the crown, I'm chasing the crown..."
(Bernie Taupin lyrics)
Ink on $teinbach paper
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013
A portrait of Debbie Harry
... and it's ATOMIC...
Uh huh make me tonight.
Tonight make it right.
Uh huh make me tonight.
Tonight.
Tonight.
Oh uh huh make it magnificent.
Tonight.
Right.
Oh, your hair is beautiful.
Oh, tonight.
Atomic.
Tonight make it magnificent.
Tonight.
Make me tonight.
Your hair is beautiful.
Oh, tonight.
Atomic.
Atomic.
Oh.
WV453
1999
"I'm gonna steal a silver stallion,
With not a mark upon his silky hide
Teach him he can trust me like a brother,
One day we'll saddle up and ride..."
(Highwayman 1986)
Coloured pencil on Steinbach paper