"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" lyrics
"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
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-ah, ah-ah
Ah-ah-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-ah, ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah, ah
What do you think you'll do, then?
I bet they'll shoot down the plane
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-ah, ah-ah
Ah-ah-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-ah, ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah, ah
Thanks to elmo for correcting these lyrics.
Writer(s): Bernie Taupin, Elton John
The musical style and production of this song were heavily influenced by 1970s soft rock.
This song is more about Bernie Taupin than Elton John because he often preferred to keep the life low key compared to his more famous partner's high life. The Yellow Brick Road is the path to urban values, to wealth and social acceptability.
"The yellow brick road" is a reference to the yellow brick road from the film "The Wizard of Oz" (1939), that was an adaptation of Lyman Frank Baum's novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz".
This song was the album's second single, and it was one of Elton John's biggest hits achieving the Platinum status by the Recording Industry Association of America on the 13th of September 1995.
The live version of this from Elton John's "One Night Only" album was performed by him and
Billy Joel during the concert at Madison Square Garden.
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album:
"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" (1973)
Funeral For A Friend
live album:
"One Night Only" (2000)
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