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Post by BiteUrLip on May 29, 2020 16:33:11 GMT
Music: Elton John
Lyrics: Bernie Taupin
Piano and vocals: Elton John
Guitars: Davey Johnstone
Bass: Paul Bushnell
Percussion: Jay Bellerose
Backing vocals: Nigel Olsson, Davey Johnstone, Paul Bushnell
Horn arrangement: Paul Buckmaster
We bet on our lives and we bet on the horses
In that upstairs apartment on Orlando and 4th
And the rent was due and the rent man was knocking
Like a Chinese proverb we were always searching
Nightlife's a no-win but nobody noticed
How we killed off the bottles looking good on the surface
The dog days barked and the house cat got old
We were Bonnie and Clyde in the emperor's new clothes
chorus:
And the tears never came
They just stayed in our eyes
We refused to admit that we wore this disguise
Every inch of us growing
Like Pinocchio's nose
As we walked around in the emperor's new clothes
We flew by our wits and by the seat of our pants
In the state of illusion in the nation of chance
And the repo was hauling the wreck we'd been driving
As the dashboard Madonna smiled back at us kindly
We cheated the system never batting an eyelid
Seeing only the good through the holes in our shoes
And our halos were rusty but we wore them proudly
We were two little gods in the emperor's new clothes
(repeat chorus)
We were Bonnie and Clyde in the emperor's new clothes
(repeat chorus)
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Post by BiteUrLip on May 29, 2020 16:34:53 GMT
Love it! Used to think that it's just a nice opener but it has grown on me. Of course, the chorus is somewhat stripped down, and the beginning without drums which can make one feel like the track is not that serious.
5 stars.
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Post by nix on May 29, 2020 21:47:18 GMT
4 Very good... pretty much cool and unique piano song
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Post by newloneranger on May 30, 2020 9:01:05 GMT
Always a favorite from this album.
5 stars
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Post by rocketman on Jun 4, 2020 18:08:16 GMT
4 stars...Probably more like a 4.25. Oddly, there's a karaoke version out there that is piano-only. In any case, a fairly solid start to the SFTWC album, though never one of my favorites from the album, which offers several stronger tunes.
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