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WV2080/2025
Mixed media & acrylic on Steinbach paper.
"She gets the sun in the daytime
Perfume in the dusk
And she comes out in the night time
With the honeysuckle musk
Because she smells just like a rose
And she tastes just like a peach
She got me walking where the wildlife goes
I'd do anything to reach her
And she was made in heaven
Heaven's in the world
Oh she was made in heaven
Heaven's in the world
Is this just expresso love
You know I'm crazy for the girl
Just crazy for the girl
She call me just to talk
She's my lover, she's a friend of mine
She says. "Hey mister you wanna take a walk
In the wild west end sometime?"
And I get trouble with my breathing
When she says boys don't know anything
But I know what I want
Yes, I want everything
'Cause she was made in heaven
And heaven's in the world
Oh she was made in heaven
Yes, heaven's in the world
Is this just expresso love
See I'm crazy for the girl
Just crazy for the girl
Well I feel so good because I feel so good
And I feel so good because it feels so right
I was made to go with my girl
Just like a saxophone was made to go with the night
And she can raise one eyebrow
Put her hand on my hip
And I close one eye now
Sweat on her lip
Oh and I surrender to the fever
And I surrender to the will of the night
She love me so tender I got to believe her
Love? Expresso love's alright now
'Cause she was made in heaven
And heaven's in the world
Oh she was made in heaven
Yes, heaven's in the world
Is this just expresso love
Know I'm crazy for the girl
Just crazy for the girl
I don't want no sugar in it
Thank you very much
All wired up on it, all fired up on it
Expresso touch
Hey maestro, expresso now
Hey maestro, she said expresso now
It's just another one, just like the other one
It's just another one, just like the other one oh one
Hey maestro, expresso now
I said hey maestro, expresso
I need another one
(just like the other, other, other, other one...)"
EXPRESSO LOVE - Dire Straits (Mark Knopfler), 1980;
WV2303/2025
A mix of watercolours van Gogh & ecoline inkon Steinbach paper 27x36 cm.
"...
Yes I'll sit with you and talk let your eyes relive again
I know my vintage prayers would be very much the same
And Magdalena plays the organ, plays it just for you
Your choral lamp that burns so low when you are passing through..."
SIXTY YEARS ON (excerpt) - Music & lyrics Elton John & Bernie Taupin, 1970.
WV1494
2009
AZ
"No, I ain't gonna repeat what I said anymore..."
(Dwight Yoakam covers)
Colored pencil and ink on $teinbach paper
WV1354/2009
Ink on Steinbach paper
"Ten little Indians
Stand in a row
Of me there are many
So how would I know
That she was only one woman
Only one woman
And I've got a picture
Of the woman I love
Who sees my lonely face?
Who sees my shame
Nobody in the place
Could tell me her name
'Cause she was only one woman
Only one woman
And I've got a picture
Of the woman I love
Ten little Indians
Now there are none
Of me there are many
And love still goes on
'Cause she was only one woman
Only one woman
And I've got a picture
Of the woman I love
Well, she was only one woman
Only one woman
And I've got a picture
Of the woman I love
She's that woman, I love her so
Don't let it die, don't let it die
I've been lovin' you, been a lovin' you just a little too long
I love her
Oh God, don't go, don't go, oh please..."
ONLY ONE WOM1AN - The Marbles, 1968.
NIGEL OLSSON, fabulous drummer since the beginning days of the ELTON JOHN band.
Old76 Music-inspired Art2013
Elton John Songs Illustrated
THE ONE
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Sweat It Out
Music & lyrics by Elton John & Bernie Taupin 1992
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No ceiling on hard living
Peace keepers keep on breathing
Can't deny eye for eye
It's open season
Dictate to my reason
She devils ruling Britain
Hey girl stick it in your purse
Call it treason
Band aids on dead doorways
No heroes in the Bat Cave
Don't give me Tears For Fears
Give me tears of rage
Fires burn with black smoke
Oil slicks put us on the ropes
Man it's hard to handle
When the bank's broke
Don't kow-tow, don't bow down
Loosen up, get the lead out
Backs up let them shout
Backs up sweat it out
When your back's up, sweat it out
Backs up, sweat it out
Hope froze in the cold weather
No ice on a greasy river
Liberty and John Doe
Stand and Shiver
War waits when the lines form
The baby sitter in a uniform
Knocking down your door
For your rice and corn
An allusion to the video of PASSENGERS from Elton John with Bernie Taupin... And like in the song "the spirit's free"!
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013
Elton John Songs Illustrated
BREAKING HEARTS
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Passengers
Music & lyrics by Elton John & Bernie Taupin 1984
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Deny the passenger, who want to get on
Deny the passenger, who want to get on
Deny the passenger, who want to get on
Want to get on
He want to get on
Want to get on
He want to get on
To make a chain of fools
You need a matching pair
One hypocritical fool
And a crowd that's never there
There's anger in the silence
There's wheels upon the jail
A black train built of bones
On a copper rail
Company conductor
You need the salt of tears
Falling on a ticket
That no one's used in years
Non-commercial native
It's tattooed in your veins
You're living in a blood bank
And riding on this train
The spirit's free, but you always find
Passengers stand and wait in line
Someone in front and someone else behind
But passengers always wait in line
"Kisses of fire, burning, burning
I'm at the point of no returning
Kisses of fire, sweet devotions !"
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2014
ABBA songs Illustrated
VOULEZ-VOUS
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Kisses Of Fire
Music & lyrics by Abba, Benny Andersson & Bjôrn Ulvaeus, 1979
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Lay your head on my chest so you hear every beat of my heart
Now there's nothing at all that can keep us apart
Touch my lips, close your eyes and see with your fingertips
Things that you do, and you know I'm crazy 'bout you
Kisses of fire, burning, burning
I'm at the point of no returning
Kisses of fire, sweet devotions
Caught in a landslide of emotions
I've had my share of love affairs and they were nothing compared to this
Oh, I'm riding higher than the sky and there is fire in every kiss
Kisses of fire
Kisses of fire
When you sleep by my side I feel safe and I know I belong
Still it's making me scared that my love is so strong
Losing you It's a nightmare, babe, and to me it's new
Never before did you see me begging for more
Kisses of fire, burning, burning
I'm at the point of no returning
Kisses of fire, sweet devotions
Caught in a landslide of emotions
I've had my share of love affairs but they were nothing compared to this
Oh, I'm riding higher than the sky and there is fire in every kiss
Kisses of fire
Kisses of fire
Kisses of fire, burning, burning
I'm at the point of no returning
Kisses of fire, sweet devotions
Caught in a land-slide of emotions
Kisses of fire, burning, burning
(I'm at the point of no returning)
Kisses of fire, sweet devotions
I'm riding higher than the sky and there is fire in every kiss
(Caught in a land-slide of emotions)
Kisses of fire, burning, burning
I'm at the point of no returning
Kisses of fire, sweet devotions
Caught in a land-slide of emotions
WV1857/2024
" it's late in the evening, she's wondering what clothes to wear
She puts on her makeup and brushes her long blonde hair
And then she asks me, "Do I look all right?"
And I say, "Yes, you look wonderful tonight..."
WONDERFUL TONIGHT - Eric Clapton, 1976;
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013
"Welcome to the NIPPON EXPRESS flight to KYOTO!
Elton John Songs Illustrated
REG STRIKES BACK
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Japanese Hands
Music & lyrics by Elton John & Bernie Taupin 1989
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Outside I can hear the fireworks
Beyond the paper walls
Where the symbols painted black and white
Run together when the rain falls
And the wind chimes across Kyoto
Each time the earth moves
Was it the quake that shook me
Or was it something to do with you
And the hot wind heats the bamboo blinds
And your almond eyes always shine
Sitting cool behind your painted fan
All the secrets of the east
Conceal the beauty and the beast
For tender is the man in her Japanese hands
Flesh on silk looks different
Than on a cotton sheet back home
Where no one wears their hair like yours
Beneath those oriental combs
And with your thirsty fingers
Running up and down my spine
You forget the western woman
When you're sleeping on Kyoto time
And the sky explodes
and the moon grows cold
To the distant sound of drums
And the sky explodes
And the moon grows cold
As the dragons on the mainland
Wait to heat the sun
WV678/2002
Drawn collage with coloured pencils on Steinbach paper.
"I was sitting in the classroom
Trying to look intelligent
In case the teacher looked at me..."
Elton John Songs Illustrated
Bernie Taupin Lyrics
WV1665
2010
Michelle, il ya longtemps quelqu'un chantait des mots qui allait bien ensemble...
Gouache/mixed media on Steinbach paper
WV1847/2024
Coloured pencil on Steinbach paper...
"....How come birds don't fall from the sky when they die?
How come birds always look for a quiet place to hide?
These words can't explain what I feel inside
Like birds I need a quiet place to hide..."
BIRDS - Music & lyrics Elton John & Bernie Taupin, 2001.
WV2041/2025
Coloured pencil and ink (mixed media) on Steinbach paper.
"From this day on I own my father's gun
We dug his shallow grave beneath the sun
I laid his broken body down below 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 colour 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...."
MY FATHER'S GUN - Music & lyrics Elton John & Bernie Taupin,1970.
WV2193/2025
Watercolours & ecoline ink on Steinbach paper.
"I can see by your eyes you must be lying
When you think I don't have a clue
Baby you're crazy
If you think that you can fool me
Because I've seen that movie too
The one where the players are acting surprised
Saying love's just a four letter word
Between forcing smiles, with the knives in their eyes
Well their actions become so absurd
So keep your auditions for somebody
Who hasn't got so much to lose
'Cause you can tell by the lines I'm reciting
That I've seen that movie too
It's a habit I have, I don't get pushed around
Stop twinkling your star like you do
I'm not the blue print for all of your B films
Because I've seen that movie too
The one where the players are acting surprised
Saying love's just a four letter word
Between forcing smiles, with the knives in their eyes
Oh their actions become so absurd...."
I'VE SEEN THAT MOVIE TOO - Music & lyrics Elton John & Bernie Taupin, 1973.
WV2034/2025
Coloured pencils faber-castell & mixed midia on Steinbach paper.
"... Long generations from the Isles
Sent to tread the foreign miles
Where the spiral ages meet.
Felt naked dust beneath their feet.
Future sun called winds to blow
And the past and present hard-eyed crow
Flew hunting high and circling low over blackened plains of Eden.
There's a child and a woman praying for an end to the mystery.
Hoping for a word in a letter fair wind-blown from across the sea
To where the mountain men are kings and the sound of the piper counts for everything......."
MOUNTAIN MEN - Jethro Tull, 1987.
WV1535/2010
Gouache and ink on $teinbach paper
Wop bop a lu bop! Russian roulette no fun!
"A human heart goes out tonight
Yes, a red hot love on a red stop light
I see a scene, so cold it echoes in blue
Oh, those twisting tongues, they are after you
Wop bop a lu bop, Son, you gotta move up
Flip flop fly
Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Oh, what a story dreams to buy
Don't need a knife to violate my life
It's all so insane
When the other man has none
You don't need a gun
Yes a Russian roulette, no fun
I don't need a gun
I just need someone
I don't need a gun
Blood red lights a domination street
Yeah, I just need your love, and I feel that heat
Yeah, you can drive me through
That red stop light
With a whiplash smile, whoa!
Wop bop a lu bop, yeah, you gotta move up
Flip flop fly
Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Ooh, what a story dreams to buy
Don't need a knife to violate my life
It's all so insane
I say when the other man has none
You don't need a gun
A Russian roulette, no fun
I don't need a gun, yeah I just need someone
I won't need a gun
Oh yeah
You will always be crying, yeah
Oh, you will always be dying
Oh, you will always be dying
Elvis, a fight, the dying light
Johnnie Ray, he's always crying
Gene Vincent, he cried, "Who slapped John, John, John"
Yes and me, I'm movin', movin', movin', movin' on
Yeah, to be someone
I don't need a gun
I don't need a gun
I don't need a gun
Ow!
You will always be crying...."
YOU DON'T NEED A GUN - Billy Idol, 1986.
Old76 Music-inspired DArt 2014
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it"s "Candle In The Wind" time once again.
Ink on $teinbach paper
WV1971/2024
Brown outfit baby, Molteni lady, seamstress for the team
Beautiful eyes, pirate smile, you marry a cyclist man
Ballerina, you must have seen her dancing in the sand
And now she is in me, always with me, molteni dancer in my hand
And yes, it was a much talked about day today...
WV2020/2025
Year of corona and masks...
Faber-Castell coloured pencil and soft pencil on Steinbach paper...
WV2197/2025
Ecoline ink & watercolours on Steinbach paper.
The queen with no expressions
The queen everybody hates
The queen everybody loves
The queen even you know
The queen is oh so pitiful
The queen everyone is afraid of
She is the Blood Red Queen...
WV2007/2024
"Well, it's not far down to paradise
At least it's not for me
And if the wind is right, you can sail away
And find tranquility
Oh, the canvas can do miracles
Just you wait and see
Believe me
It's not far to never never land
No reason to pretend
And if the wind is right, you can find the joy
Of innocence again
Oh, the canvas can do miracles
Just you wait and see
Believe me
Sailing
Takes me away to where I've always heard it could be
Just a dream and the wind to carry me
Soon, I will be free..."
SAILING - Christopher Cross, 1979.
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2012
A collage of two original drawings in coloured pencil, digital reworked... Inspired by an Elton John song.
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All The Girls Love Alice
Music & lyrics by Elton John & Bernie Taupin 1973
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Raised to be a lady by the golden rule
Alice was the spawn of a public school
With a double barrel name in the back of her brain
And a simple case of Momma-doesn't-love-me blues
Reality it seems was just a dream
She couldn't get it on with the boys on the scene
But what do you expect from a chick who's just sixteen
And hey, hey, hey, you know what I mean
All the young girls love Alice
Tender young Alice they say
Come over and see me
Come over and please me
Alice it's my turn today
All the young girls love Alice
Tender young Alice they say
If I give you my number
Will you promise to call me
Wait 'til my husband's away
Poor little darling with a chip out of her heart
It's like acting in a movie when you got the wrong part
Getting your kicks in another girl's bed
And it was only last Tuesday they found you in the subway dead
And who could you call your friends down in Soho
One or two middle-aged dykes in a Go-Go
And what do you expect from a sixteen year old yo-yo
And hey, hey, hey, oh don't you know
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013
SOME GIRLS only want to listen to the ROLLING STONES...
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SOME GIRLS
Music & lyrics by The Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger/Keith Richards
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Some girls give me money, some girls buy me clothes
Some girls give me jewelry, that I never thought I'd own
Some girls give me diamonds, some girls, heart attacks
Some girls I give all my bread to, I don't ever want it back
Some girls give me jewelry, others buy me clothes
Some girls give me children, I never asked them for
So give me all your money, give me all your gold
I'll buy you a house in Baker Street, and give you half of what I own
Some girls take my money, some girls take my clothes
Some girls get the shirt off my back, and leave me with a lethal dose
French girls they want Cartier, Italian girls want cars
American girls want everything in the world you can possibly imagine
English girls they're so prissy, I can't stand them on the telephone
Sometimes I take the receiver off the hook, I don't want them to ever call at all
White girls they're pretty funny, sometimes they drive me mad
Black girls just wanna get fucked all night, I just don't have that much jam
Chinese girls are so gentle, they're really such a tease
You never know quite what they're cookin', inside those silky sleeves
Give me all you money, give me all your gold
I'll buy you a house in Baker Street, and give you half of what I own
Some girls they're so pure, some girls so corrupt
Some girls give me children, I only made love to her once
Give me half your money, give me half your car
Give me half of everything, I'll make you world's biggest star
So gimme all your money, give me all your gold
Let's go back to Zuma beach, I'll give you half of everything I own
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013
Leon Russell Songs Illustrated
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BACK TO THE ISLAND
Music & lyrics by Leon Russell
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Now the day is gone and I sit alone and think of you, girl
What can I do without you in my life?
I guess that our guessing game just had to end that way
The hardest one to lose of all the games we played
But the time is past for living in a dream world
Lying to myself can't make that scene
Of wondering if you love me or just making a fool of me
Well I hope you understand I just had to go back to the island
And watch the sun go down (sit and watch the sun go down)
Hear the sea roll in (listen to the sea roll in)
But I'll be thinking of you (yes, and I'll be thinking of you)
And how it might have been (thinking how it might have been)
Hear the night birds cry (listen to the night birds cry)
Watch the sunset die (sit and watch the sunset die)
Well I hope you understand I just had to go back to the island
Well all the fun has died, It's raining in my heart
I know down in my soul I'm really gonna miss you
But it had to end this way with all the games we played
Well I hope you understand I just had to go back to the island
WV2014/2025
From the series Indian women...
"...he told us that the yellow moon would very soon be leaving..."
from Elton John's song INDIAN SUNSET, 1971.
2033/2025
Watercolour & coloured faber-castell pencils on Steinbah paper.
"I lit my purest candle close to my window
Hoping it would catch the eye
Of any vagabond that passed it by
And I waited in my lonely house
Before he came I felt him drawing near
And as he neared I felt the ancient fear
That he had come to my door and jeer
And I waited in my fleeting house
Tell me stories, I called to the hobo
Stories of old, I smiled to the hobo
Storie of cold, I wept to the hobo
As he stood before my fleeting house
No, said the hobo, no more tales of time
Don't ask me now to wash away the grime
I can't come in for it's too high a climb
And he walked away from my lonely house..."
HOBO - Linda Ronstadt, 1968;
WV2063/2025
Coloured pencils faber castell and watercolour on Steinbach paper...
"....
Your gypsy heart will never find
Any arms as warm as mine
And gypsy when we meet again
I'll play my part
And wrap you up inside my arms
Oh you gypsy heart
Your gypsy heart can always call
When your back's against the wall
And darling then I'll just pretend
Right from the start
You never left me on my own oh you gypsy heart...."
GYPSY HEART - Music & lyrics Elton John & Bernie Taupin, 1986;
WV2053/2025
Ink and coloured pencil on Steinbach paper.
Fly me to Milan...
"Just like a rollin' stone
I'm outside lookin' in
But if your chance came would you take it
Where on earth do I begin
I'm Mandy fly me
I've often heard her jingle
It's never struck a chord
With a smile as bright as sunshine
She called me through the poster
And welcomed me aboard
She led me she fed me
She read me like a book
But I'm hiding in the small print
Won't you take another look
And take me away
Try me Mandy fly me away...."
I'M MANDY FLY ME - 10CC, 1976.
WV2155/2025
Watercolours and coloured pencils on Steinbach paper.
"My friends gonna call me: hey dreamer
The stars you're watching are so far
Tonight I know I will get there
By plane or by bus - right to my star
Pretend there are things you just don't know
In spite someone's told you are so cute
You have to ask and I will show
The snow in the summer or so, so
If my star would fall
Or disappear at all
I will follow my star till the end of my days,
And my heart's gonna lead me through so many ways,
And if you're join me I'll be your guide,
Baby, 'never say never', be my 'runaway bride'
My friends gonna tell me: just calm down
The clouds you're walking are so high
This is my chance, and I'll invite
All the dreamers and lovers to fly (fly).
I'm back from the future, life goes on,
But still I remember my promise
You have to ask and I will show
The snow in the summer or so, so
If my star would fall
Or disappear at all
I will follow my star till the end of my days,
And my heart's gonna lead me through so many ways,
And if you're join me I'll be your guide,
Baby, 'never say never', be my 'runaway bride' "
MY STAR - Brainstorm, 2000.
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013
France Gall Songs Illustrated
PARIS-FRANCE 50 707
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Il Jouait Du Piano Debout
Musique & paroles France Gall & Michel Berger
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Ne me dites pas que ce garçon était fou
Il ne vivait pas comme les autres, c'est tout
Et pour quelles raisons étranges
Les gens qui n'sont pas comme nous,
Ça nous dérange
Ne me dites pas que ce garçon n'valait rien
Il avait choisi un autre chemin
Et pour quelles raisons étranges
Les gens qui pensent autrement
Ça nous dérange
Ça nous dérange
Il jouait du piano debout
C'est peut-être un détail pour vous
Mais pour moi, ça veut dire beaucoup
Ça veut dire qu'il était libre
Heureux d'être là malgré tout
Il jouait du piano debout
Quand les trouillards sont à genoux
Et les soldats au garde à vous
Simplement sur ses deux pieds,
Il voulait être lui, vous comprenez
Il n'y a que pour la musique, qu'il était patriote
Il s'rait mort au champ d'honneur pour quelques notes
Et pour quelles raisons étranges,
Les gens qui tiennent à leurs rêves,
Ça nous dérange
Lui et son piano, ils pleuraient quelques fois
Mais quand les autres n'étaient pas lÃ
Et pour quelles raisons bizarres,
Son image a marqué ma mémoire,
Ma mémoire..
Il jouait du piano debout
Il chantait sur des rythmes fous
Et pour moi ça veut dire beaucoup
Ça veut dire essaie de vivre
Essaie d'être heureux,
Ça vaut le coup
WV663
2002
The ringing of the division bells is going on in the gallery...
Coloured pencil and soft pastel on Steinbach paper
WV2054/2025
Coloured pencils and ink on Steinbach paper.
Pirates of the Black Moon...
"Oh, the Devil is rising with the moon
He cries and my blood runs cold
Oh no, never was the darkness so black
No light and nowhere to go
My spirit is crying for a love
So tired of being alone
I remember he came here to steal
And you are his stealer of souls
I see a black moon rising
And it's calling out my name
Oh, it's calling my name
I've been blinded, lost and confused
Darkness will call me no more
Ah, Heaven is no friend of mine
No God ever knocked on my door...."
BLACK MOON - Black Sabbath, 1987.
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2011
Elton John Songs Illustrated
BREAKING HEARTS
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In Neon
Music & lyrics by Elton John & Bernie Taupin 1984
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Lipstick and lashes, the traces of stardom
Lit up on a billboard so everyone sees them in neon
Behind the counter she stares out the window
Up at the billboard that's like a reminder in neon
She hates how she feels but she hangs like a mirror
Maybe a stranger could walk in and see her in neon
For two cents of danger she'd trust anybody
She'd smoke like a gun if it meant she might wind up
In neon the dreams in the light of a promise that dies
A shimmering city, a glimmer of hope and a lie
In neon the name's gone there's no reason why anymore
Trust them and wind up alone behind a locked door
In neon, in neon
Pictures and patterns, the touches of glamour
Cut into a fashion that flashes above them in neon
A hot cup of coffee held in her fingers
A perfect complexion that lingers above her in neon
She hates how she feels but she hangs like a mirror
Maybe a stranger could walk in and see her in neon
For a shot at the title, she'd slip into something
She'd smoulder like ashes if it meant she might wind up in neon
In neon
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2012
Elton John Songs Illustrated
GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD
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Dirty Little Girl
Music & lyrics by Elton John & Bernie Taupin 1973
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I've seen a lot of women who haven't had much luck
I've seen you looking like you've been run down by a truck
That ain't nice to say sometimes I guess I'm really hard
But I'm gonna put buckshots in your pants if you step into my yard
When I watch the police come by and move you on
Well I sometimes wonder what's beneath the mess you've become
Well you may have been a pioneer in the trade of women's wear
But all you got was a mop up job washing other people's stairs
I'm gonna tell the world, you're a dirty little girl
Someone grab that bitch by the ears
Rub her down scrub her back
And turn her inside out
'Cause I bet she hasn't had a bath in years
Here's my own belief about all the dirty girls
That you have to clean the oyster to find the pearl
And like rags that belong to you I belong to myself
So don't show up around here till your social worker's helped
Woohoo!!
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013
Robbie Williams Songs Illustrated
"And how does the late show ends?"
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YOUR GAY FRIEND
Robbie Williams
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Woohoo!
Hey hey here comes no-one
Another friend to have a go on
And she asks me do I miss her when shes gone
And I reply as much as I miss anyone
Oh! Woohoo
And I'll be your gay friend
'Cause your marriage never ends
Till we fuck and fight again
Theres a space between us
So jump into my bed
Pretend the world is dead
And always in my head
Is a face between us
Hey lord forgive us if we're wrong
Make sure that he never hears this song
And she says that I'm the opposite of a hallmark card
She asks me how I'm feeling well
I don't want to think that hard
Oh! Woohoo!
And I'll be your gay friend
'Cause your marriage never ends
Till we fuck and fight again
Theres a space between us
Jump into my bed
Pretend the world is dead
And always in my head
Is a face between us
It's the late show now
How does the late show end?
Well if God is in, the details
Thank God that you're my friend
I have a friend again
You're my friend again
My gay friend
Oh! Woohoo! Erhh
So jump into my bed
Pretend the world is dead
And always in my head
Is a face between us
And I'll be your gay friend
As your marriage never ends
Till we fuck and fight again
There's a space between us
Oh! Woohoo!
"Still they lead me back
To the long and winding road
You left me standing here
A long, long time ago.
Don't leave me waiting here
Lead me to you door..."
WV881/2006
Coloured pencils and soft pastel on Steinbach paper.
Hooked to Dylan classics
"Early one morning the sun was shining
I was laying in bed
Wondering if she'd changed at all
If her hair was still red
Her folks they said our lives together
Sure was gonna be rough
They never did like mama's homemade dress
Papa's bankbook wasn't big enough
And I was standing on the side of the road
Rain falling on my shoes
Heading out for the East Coast
Lord knows I've paid some dues
Getting through
Tangled up in blue.
She was married when we first met
Soon to be divorced
I helped her out of a jam I guess
But I used a little too much force
We drove that car as far as we could
Abandoned it out West
Split up on a dark sad night
Both agreeing it was best
She turned around to look at me
As I was walking away
I heard her say over my shoulder
"We'll meet again someday
on the avenue"
Tangled up in blue.
I had a job in the great north woods
Working as a cook for a spell
But I never did like it all that much
And one day the ax just fell
So I drifted down to New Orleans
so I lucky was to be employed
Working for a while on a fishing boat
Right outside of Delacroix
But all the while I was alone
The past was close behind
I seen a lot of women
But she never escaped my mind
And I just grew
Tangled up in blue.
She was working in a topless place
And I stopped in for a beer
I just kept looking at the side of her face
In the spotlight so clear
And later on when the crowd thinned out
I was just about to do the same
She was standing there in back of my chair
Said to me, "Don't I know your name?"
I muttered something underneath my breath
She studied the lines on my face
I must admit I felt a little uneasy
When she bent down to tie the laces
Of my shoe
Tangled up in blue.
She lit a burner on the stove and offered me a pipe
"I thought you'd never say hello," she said,
"You look like the silent type."
Then she opened up a book of poems
And handed it to me
Written by an Italian poet
From the thirteenth century
And every one of them words rang true
And glowed like burning coal
Pouring off of every page
Like it was written in my soul
From me to you
Tangled up in blue
I lived with them on Montague street
In a basement down the stairs
There was music in the cafés at night
And revolution in the air
Then he started into dealing with slaves
And something inside of him died
She had to sell everything she owned
And froze up inside
And when it finally the bottom fell out
I became withdrawn
The only thing I knew how to do
Was to keep on keeping on
Like a bird that flew
Tangled up in blue.
So now I'm going back again
I got to get to her somehow
All the people we used to know
They're an illusion to me now
Some are mathematicians
Some are carpenter's wives
Don't know how it all got started
I don't know what they do with their lives
But me I'm still on the road
A-heading for another joint
We always did feel the same
We just saw it from a different point
Of view
Tangled up in blue..."
TANGLED UP IN BLUE - Bob Dylan, 1975.
WV1929/2024
"...I will always be hoping, hoping
You will always be holding
Holding my heart in your hand
I will understand,
I will understand someday, one day
You will understand, always
Always from now until then
When it will be right? I don't know
What it will be like? I don't know
We live in hope of deliverance from the darkness that surrounds us
Hope of deliverance, hope of deliverance
Hope of deliverance from the darkness that surrounds us
(From the darkness that surrounds us)...."
HOPE OF DELIVERANCE - Paul McCartney, 1992.
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2014
The Eagles Songs Illustrated
HOTEL CALIFORNIA
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Pretty Maids All In A Row
Music & lyrics by The Eagles, Joe Walsh & Joe Vitale 1976
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Hey there,
How are 'ya?
it's been a long time
it seems like we've come a long way
My, but we learn so slow
and heroes, they come
and they go
and leave us behind as if
we're s'pposed to know(why)
Oh tell me(why)
Why do we give up our hearts to the past?
and why must we grow up so fast?
And all you wishing well fools
with your fortunes
someone should send you a rose
with love from a friend,
it's nice to hear from you
again
And the storybook comes to a close
Gone are the ribbons and bows
Things to remember places to go
Pretty Maids all in a Row
A tribute to JEAN HARLOW (1911-1937), American film actress and sex symbol of the 1930's
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013
Elton John Songs Illustrated
21 AT 33
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Little Jeannie
Music & lyrics by Elton John & Gary Osborne 1980
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Oh little Jeannie, you got so much love, little Jeannie
And you take it where it strikes and give it to the likes of me
Oh little Jeannie, she got so much love, little Jeannie
So I see you when I can, you make me all a man can be
And I want you to be my acrobat, I want you to be my lover
Oh there were others who would treat you cruel
And oh little Jeannie, you were always someone's fool
Little Jeannie, you got so much time, little Jeannie
Though you've grown beyond your years, you still retain the fears of youth
Oh little Jeannie, you got so much time, little Jeannie
But you're burning it up so fast, searching for some lasting truth
And I want you to be my acrobat, I want you to be my lover
Oh there were others who would treat you cruel
But oh Jeannie, I will always be your fool
And I want you to be my acrobat, I want you to be my lover
Oh there were others, and I've known quite a few
But oh oh Jeannie, I'm still in love with you
Stepped into my life from a bad dream
Making the life that I had seem suddenly shiny and new
Oh Jeannie I'm so in love with you
Stepped into my life from a bad dream
WV2151/2025
Watercolour & coloured pencils on Steinbach paper.
"I'm growing tired of this big city lights
Tired of the glamour and tired of the sights
In all my dreams I'm roaming once more
Back to my home on the old river shore
I am sad and weary far away from home
Miss the Mississippi and you
Days are dark and dreary everywhere I roam
Miss the Mississippi and you
Roaming the wide world over
Always alone and blue, so blue
Nothing seems to cheer me
Under heaven's dome
Miss the Mississippi and you
Memories are bringing
Happy days of your
Miss the Mississippi and you
Mockingbirds are singing
'Round the cabin door
Miss the Mississippi and you
Roaming the wide world over
Always alone and blue, so blue
Longing for my homeland
Muddy water shore
Miss the Mississippi and you
Yo-de-lee-ooo-lei, yo-de-lee-ooo-lei
Mississippi and you..."
MISS THE MISSISSIPPI AND YOU - Crystal Gayle, 1979.
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2010
Elton John/Leon Russell Songs Illustrated
THE UNION
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Mandalay Again
Music & lyrics by Elton John, Leon Russell & Bernie Taupin 2010
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Rules and regulations
And real estate are things I've left behind
Flights are always leaving
Silver wings unfolding on a dime
But I won't forget to tell you
If I could reconnect the line
I never really knew you
But come back I'd like to find the time
Drugs and consequences
And ferris wheels just took us up and down
Fights were always brewing
Two perfect understudies for a clown
If I could piece it all together
Or maybe find you through a friend
Last I heard it was St. Louis
But I wish that it was Mandalay again
Come back I'd like to find the time
Plant a seed and raise a little Cain
Come back we'll throw a rope around the moon
And pretend that we're in Mandalay again
Fuel and information
Are Siamese twins who poison everything
Lies that left us drowning
Rumor that burned like gasoline
I could have read you like a book
But instead I acted dumb and blind
I was younger then and foolish
Come back I'd like to find the time
If it wasn't in the afterglow of wine
Or the chatter of some European girl
I'd have understood that after all these years
There were those who chose to separate our worlds
Separate our worlds
"But look out, Janie got a gun, too..."
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2011
Elton John Songs Illustrated
BREAKING HEARTS
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Did He Shhot Her
Music & lyrics by Elton John & Bernie Taupin 1984
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Sling your hook in with him baby
He's a real sharp-shooter now
If he's out there hiding in the tall grass
Tell him I said he was a coward
This ain't any old western honey
It's the twentieth century now
But if he thinks he's some kind of tough cowboy
And he's hurt her then I want to know how
Did he shoot her with his compromise
Like a heart attack he can paralyse
Or did he hang her in a noose
On the telephone line
Did he shoot her with a 45
Did he leave his mark right between her eyes
Oh did he shoot that girl
That used to be mine
Tell him I'm ready any time he chooses
The pay-off for the things, for the things he's done
He ain't messing with no two-bit bandit
Armed with a couple of guns
If he wants to see it as a two reel movie
He's living in the head of someone else
But better take him down and dust him honey
I want to hear the truth for myself
Did he shoot her
Did he shoot her
WV2230/2025
Ecoline ink & coloured pencils on Steinbach paper 27x36 cm.
"Gringo, Southern California bound
Gringo, take a stop and look around
(come and lay your money down)
Ain't no banana republic, gringo
There's oil deep beneath the ground
Two or three weeks in Mexico
And you think you've seen it all
Gringo, stars and stripes out in the cold
Gringo, here's a hand you can take hold of
(even though we're bought and sold)
Drink Coca-Cola says the sign there
America has made its mark
(they said blood is thicker than water)
Something tells me we really oughta
Come out of the dark
Night long saxophone in the barrio
(the chicas will warm you)
They can be persuasive gringo
With stars in their eyes
Spend a week in Acapulco
No Esperanto needed there
Lovers are like broken glass
They're everywhere
(the chicas will warm you)
They can be persuasive gringo
With stars in their eyes
Gringo, think of this before you leave
Gringo, the truth is easy to deceive
(if truth you're ready to receive)
Between the open road are your memories
Tender hearted though they may be
(they say blood is thicker than water)
(they say all suffering comes to an end)
(the common saying for friend is amigo)
Gringo
Red Cadillac at sunset slowing down
For another look at that border town...."
GRINGO - Little Feat (Bill Payne), 1981.
Old76 Soccer-inspired Art 2014
Original watercolour on paper and digital reworked.
Every little thing she does is magic, magic, magic....