It was written by John and his longtime collaborator Bernie Taupin. Both songs received airplay, but "Your Song" was preferred by disc jockeys and replaced "Take Me to the Pilot" as the A-side, eventually making it to number eight on the Billboard chart. The song also peaked at number seven on the UK Singles Chart , as well as charting in the top 10 in several other countries. John was an opening act for the band at the time and allowed them to record it. They did not release it as a single as they wanted to let John, then an upcoming artist, have a go with it. A demo version was included in John's box set album To Be Continued. One widespread story is that Bernie Taupin wrote the song's lyrics after breakfast one morning on the roof of 20 Denmark Street, London, where John worked for a music publishing firm as an office boy, hence the line "I sat on the roof and kicked off the moss. According to Taupin, "I scribbled the lyric down on a lined notepad at the kitchen table of Elton's mother's apartment in the London suburb of Northwood Hills, breakfast time sometime in Plain and simple. The instrumental focus is on John's Leon Russell -influenced piano work, along with acoustic guitar , Paul Buckmaster 's string accompaniment, and a shuffling rhythm section.
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It's a little bit funny This feeling inside I'm not one of those who can easily hide Don't have much money but boy if I did I'd buy a big house where we both could live. If I was a sculptor Ha But then again no Or a man who makes potions in a traveling show I know it's not much but it's the best I can do My gift is my song and this one's for you. And you can tell everybody This is your song It may be quite simple but now that it's done I hope you don't mind I hope you don't mind That I put down in words How wonderful life is while you're in the world. I sat on the roof and kicked off the moss Well a few of the verses well they've got me quite cross But the sun's been quite kind While I wrote this song It's for people like you that keep it turned on. So excuse me forgetting But these things I do You see I've forgotten if they're green or they're blue Anyway the thing is what I really mean Yours are the sweetest eyes I've ever seen. I hope you don't mind I hope you don't mind That I put down in words How wonderful life is while you're in the world. It's a little bit funny This feeling inside I'm not one of those who can easily hide Don't have much money but boy if I did I'd buy a big house where we both could live If I was a sculptor Ha But then again no Or a man who makes potions in a traveling show I know it's not much but it's the best I can do My gift is my song and this one's for you Related. You gotta check out.
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It's a little bit funny this feeling inside I'm not one of those who can easily hide I don't have much money but boy if I did I'd buy a big house where we both could live. So excuse me forgetting but these things I do You see I've forgotten if they're green or they're blue Anyway the thing is what I really mean Yours are the sweetest eyes I've ever seen. And you can tell everybody this is your song It may be quite simple but now that it's done I hope you don't mind I hope you don't mind that I put down in words How wonderful life is now you're in the world.
