Lyric Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

[the live version is available on the fan club christmas cd 1998.]
- bernie taupin
(elton john - from the album 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

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

What do you think you ll do then
I bet that ll shoot down your 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

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