Talk:Elton's Song

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I don't see how the statement that the lyrics are specifically about a homosexual relationship is documented. Here are the lyrics:

''Staring all alone ''And your grace and style ''Cut me to the bone ''With your razor blade smile ''I watched you playing pool ''It's all around the school that I love you ''I love your gypsy hair ''And dark brown eyes ''Always unprepared ''For your pointed replies ''Cynical and lean ''I lie awake and dream about you ''If you only knew ''What I'm going through ''Time and again I get ashamed ''To say your name ''It's hard to grin and bear ''When you're standing there ''My lips are dry ''I catch your eye and look away ''Sitting in my room ''I've got it bad ''Crying for the moon ''They think I'm mad ''They say it isn't real ''But I know what I feel and I love you ''But I would give my life ''For a single night beside you © 1979 Big Pig Music Limited/EMI Music Pub. Limited

Sure, Elton is gay and I don't know whether the co-writer who wrote the lyrics is gay or not, but I have always liked this song, and I think it could just as well apply to a heterosexual love, so I disagree that the lyrics are specifically homosexual... (Whether or not the video portrayed the song as pertaining to a homosexual relationship is one thing, but I'm referring to just the actual song.) 97.96.64.60 (talk) 13:01, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Hello anyone who was working on this page the third link ^ ELTON JOHN: Elton's Song leads to a shopping page so I have removed it.--Soxrock524 <


 * I agree that the lyrics could be ambiguous, but the book Rocket Man, which discusses many of Elton's songs, has this to say: "Written with British activist Tom Robinson ('Glad to be Gay'), the song is about Elton. The video casts it from the eyes of a boy who has a crush on an older youth. At the time, Elton referred to it as one of his finest compositions." From the Google Books preview, pg. 175. I think that passage makes clear that the song does imply a same-sex "crush". Sacxpert (talk) 05:45, 2 July 2009 (UTC)