Holiday Inn

[davismanLV]

I think I was in a chain restaurant restroom the other day and I heard this song. It takes you back so quickly. And I just wondered at the music. Such good music. Best album ever by this guy. Huge talent. And another huge shout out to Bernie Taupin who created this amazing body of work. Without the lyrics, it's just music. With them, it's like religion.



Boston at last and the plane's touching down
Our hostess is handing the hot towels around
From a terminal gate to a black limousine
It's a ten minute ride to the Holiday Inn

Boredom's a pastime that one soon acquired
Where you get to the stage where you're not even tired
Kicking your heels till the time comes around
To pick up your bags and head out of town

Slow down Joe, I'm a rock and roll man
I've twiddled my thumbs in a dozen odd bands
And you ain't seen nothing till you've been
In a motel baby like the Holiday Inn

Oh I don't even know if it's Cleveland or Maine
With the buildings as big and rooms just the same
And the TV don't work and the French fries are cold
And the room service closed about an hour ago

 

[walrus]

Great song off a great album! Can't beat the '70's Elton!

walrus

 

[CA-35]

Tom you're spot on. He is in a class of very few. Long live Reginald Kenneth Dwight. This is one of my favs....



I can see by your eyes you must be lying
When you think I don't have a clue
Baby you're crazy
If you think that you can fool me
Because I've seen that movie too
The one where the players are acting surprised
Saying love's just a four letter word
Between forcing smiles, with the knives in their eyes
Well their actions become so absurd
So keep your auditions for somebody
Who hasn't got so much to lose
`Cause you can tell by the lines I'm reciting
That I've seen that movie too
It's a habit I have, I don't get pushed around
Stop twinkling your star like you do
I'm not the blue print for all of your B films
Because I've seen that movie too