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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 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..."
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2011
Elton John Songs Illustrated
TUMBLEWEED CONNECTION
Amoreena
Music & lyrics by Elton John & Bernie Taupin 1970
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
WV1944/2024
Coloured pencils and ink on Steinbach paper.
".... You've seen it all, you've seen it before
Like a fool you always come back for more
You live your life like there was no more tomorrow
Night comes down and finds you alone
In a space and time of your own
Lost in dreams in a world full of shadows
Yes, I get a little lonely when the sun gets low
And I end up looking for somewhere to go
Yes, I should know better but I can't say no
Oh no no no, oh no no no..."
NIGHT OWL - Gerry Rafferty, 1979;
WV1318
2009
AZ
"And my very sweet companion
she's the Angel of Compassion
she's rubbing half the world against her thigh..."
(Leonard Cohen lyrics)
Coloured pencil and ink on $teinbach paper
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.
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 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
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 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
WV838
2005
A shot of the final scene in The Big Picture...
Coloured pencil and marker 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)
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 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.
WV1279
2008
AZ
"Heard it from a friend who heard it from a friend who heard it ..."
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
WV1191E/2008
Gouache & mixed media on Steinbach paper.
"Someone sees a shadow run through the night and out of sight!"
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
WV1272
2008
AZ
"When this world is big enough for all different views..."
(A Garth Brooks song)
Coloured pencil on $teinbach paper
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
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.
WV730
2003
"I am a traveler of both time and space, to be where I have been
To sit with elders of the gentle race, this world has seldom seen ..."
(Lyrics by Led Zeppelin, 1985)
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
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
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
Old76 Music-inspired DArt 2014
"En douceur, Eve, en douceur...
Pour garder une belle ligne de corps..."
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 2012
A portrait from Shakira
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LAUNDRY SERVICE
By Shakira
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Lucky you were born that far away so
We could both make fun of distance
Lucky that I love a foreign land for
The lucky fact of your existence
Baby I would climb the Andes solely
To count the freckles on your body
Never could imagine there were only
Ten Million ways to love somebody
Le ro lo le lo le, Le ro lo le lo le
Can't you see
I'm at your feet
Whenever, wherever
We're meant to be together
I'll be there and you'll be near
And that's the deal my dear
Thereover, hereunder
You'll never have to wonder
We can always play by ear
But that's the deal my dear
Lucky that my lips not only mumble
They spill kisses like a fountain
Lucky that my breasts are small and humble
So you don't confuse them with mountains
Lucky I have strong legs like my mother
To run for cover when I need it
And these two eyes that for no other
The day you leave will cry a river
Le ro le le lo le, Le ro le le lo le
At your feet
I'm at your feet
Whenever, wherever
We're meant to be together
I'll be there and you'll be near
And that's the deal my dear
Thereover, hereunder
You'll never have to wonder
We can always play by ear
But that's the deal my dear
Le ro le le lo le, Le ro le le lo le
Think out loud
Say it again
Le ro lo le lo le lo le
Tell me one more time
That you'll live
Lost in my eyes
Whenever, wherever
We're meant to be together
I'll be there and you'll be near
And that's the deal my dear
Thereover, hereunder
You've got me head over heels
There's nothing left to fear
If you really feel the way I feel
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2011
Elton John Songs Illustrated
HONKY CHATEAU
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I Think I'm Going To Kill Myself
Music & lyrics by Elton John & Bernie Taupin 1972
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I'm getting bored
Being part of mankind
There's not a lot to do no more
This race is a waste of time
People rushing everywhere
Swarming around like flies
Think I'll buy a forty four
Give them all a surprise
Think I'm gonna kill myself
Cause a little suicide
Stick around for a couple of days
What a scandal if I died
Yeah I'm gonna kill myself
Get a little headline news
I'd like to see what the papers say
On the state of teenage blues
A rift in my family
I can't use the car
I gotta be in by ten o'clock
Who do they think they are
I'd make an exception
If you want to save my life
Brigitte Bardot gotta come
And see me every night
WV1282
2008
AZ
"So go ahead and chase the wind
And if someday you fold your wings
I'll be the nest you never made
If not, so sad the renegade
So sad that you lost me
When all you ever had to be
Was balanced in the games you play
You'll lose so sad the renegade..."
(Elton John/Bernie Taupin 2004)
Coloured pencil on $teinbach paper
WV903
2006
"I could be home in time for Christmas
If you want me to be
There's a plane leaves here at midnight
Arriving at three
But I'm a bit financially embarrased
I must admit
To tell you the truth my honey
I haven't a cent..."
(Rod Stewart, 1980)
Coloured pencil and pastel on Steinbach paper
"Pinky is as perfect as the Fourth of July"
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013
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
WV1852/2024
"Ooh I got a busted wing and a hornet sting
Like an out of tune guitar
Ooh she got Hercules on her side
And Diana in her eyes
Some men like the Chinese life
Some men kneel and pray
Ooh well I like women and I like wine
And I've always liked it that way
Always liked it that way..."
HERCULES -Music & lyrics Elton John & Bernie Taupin, 1972.
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013
Photo WV91
Elton John Songs Illustrated
REG STRIKES BACK
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The Camera Never Lies
Music & lyrics by Elton John & Bernie Taupin 1988
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I see you tempt the night
I see you take a bite
You can tell me you were home
But the camera never lies
You walk out in disguise
To pull the wool over my eyes
You play me for a fool
To believe your alibis
And you can count on being safe as houses
Underestimate my eyes
But you can't argue with the image
The camera never lies
There's no distance put between us
Safe enough for you to hide
I'm watching all of your secrets
The camera never lies
I recommend first prize
For acting so surprised
For acting like you love me
The camera never lies
I'll take my wounded pride
I'll take it on the chin
Your profile fills the frame
How good you look on film
Smoke screens and sweet deceiving
Replace the face of trust
The shutter falls each time you meet him
A negative becomes my plus