"How wonderful life is while you're in the world"

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Elton John is hands down brilliant. He was born 10 years before me, in 1947. So I admired him when he was young and ever since.

"Your Song" is sweet and expresses an innocent first blush of love. It was a powerful song in his 20's and still reaches hearts today. Not only are the lyrics addictive, but his sound (voice and piano) is haunting in a beautiful way. The lyrics are copied for you a bit later, as well as a video of a live performance

He was not only a superstar in music for decades, but expanded to Broadway and films. Every hear of "The Lion King" or "Billy Elliot"? You have to review some of the links in my sources section if you don't know everything Elton John has done. He has had so many honors, tributes, and awards.

He has a bit of a reputation for being "cranky", but after being in the public eye for around 50 years or so can be stressful. You have to admit that. Plus, he had a long standing drug problem, but went to rehab and got sober. He came out as Bisexual in 1976 when it was not mainstream at all. He was really attacked over that viciously. Later, he married a woman - divorced after 4 years - and eventually came out as gay. He is now married to David Furnish and have 2 sons.

Elton John was close personal friends with Princess Diana, fashion designer Gianni Versace, Freddie Mercury, and John Lennon - all had tragic deaths. Elton wrote and performed songs in honor of many of his friends and obviously suffered the trauma of losing so many people that he loved. Perhaps most famous is "Candle in the Wind" that he originally wrote for the memory of the iconic Marilyn Monroe that was released in 1974, was reworked to honor Princess Diana in 1997.

He was knighted in 1998 and became "Sir" Elton John. Over the years he has been very generous to charitable causes.

"In 1990, after years of battling substance abuse issues, particularly cocaine, which may have triggered severe epileptic seizures, John went into rehabilitation. The newly sober musical star, delighted at his second chance at life, soon founded his own charitable organization to help in the fight against AIDS. Established in the United States in 1992, the Elton John AIDS Foundation has brought in more than $225 million to support HIV/AIDS programs around the world."
from the website https://www.biography.com/people/elton-john-9355335

He is close to 70 and the father of 2 young sons, and still on top of his music career with creative fingers everywhere! He seems much happier than in his youth.

Here is a photo from People Magazine of his interview with Ellen Degeneres last year,

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Photo from http://celebritybabies.people dot com/2016/01/18/elton-john-sons-are-greatest-thing-ellen-degeneres/

Elton John - Your Song
Artist: Elton John
Writer(s): Elton John, Bernie Taupin
Released 1970 in the USA

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Lyrics:

It's a little bit funny this feeling inside
But I'm, I'm not one of those who can easily hide
I, I 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 but, but then again, no
Or a man who makes potions in a traveling shows
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 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

So 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 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

Photo source -

#1 https://i.ytimg dot com/vi/NnX9S-FThZc/hqdefault.jpg

#2 http://celebritybabies.people.com/2016/01/18/elton-john-sons-are-greatest-thing-ellen-degeneres

Video Source:

https://www.youtube dot com/embed/tNsNIe_0ytg from Warner Brothers

Research Sources:

https://www.biography.com/people/elton-john-9355335?escaped_fragment=
https://www.biography.com/people/elton-john-9355335?escaped_fragment=
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005056/bio
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Your_Song
http://www.songlyrics.com/elton-john/your-song-lyrics/