| Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| Your last line said it best. "Also that basically the person feels like they have been whored out..." | |
| Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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Oh, c'mon people. If you are seriously interested in the intended meaning of a song, you can't just pick and choose some of the lyrics. Look at the line, "I'm not a present for your friends to open". Then the lines, "Maybe you'll get a replacement - there's plenty like me to be found." This is a song about one person leaving, or at least threatening to leave, another person. And do you think it might be significant that Bernie T grew up on a farm? I don't think that there is any doubt that this was a message from Bernie to Elton. I could speculate as to exactly what he was upset about, but I'm sure it would set off a storm from people who are in denial about Elton's flamboyant lifestyle, But there is little doubt that something happened that Bernie didn't appreciate, and made him start thinking more fondly about the simple life on the family farm. He goes so far as to say, "You know you can't hold me forever - I didn't sign up for you." He's saying, "I'm leaving, and you can't stop me." They obviously made up, and Elton set it to music. The rest is history. |
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