And there was no getting around the fact that I was now wri… - Elton John

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And there was no getting around the fact that I was now writing a song about a warthog that farted a lot. Admittedly, I thought it was a pretty good song about a warthog who farted a lot: at the risk of appearing big-headed, I’m pretty sure that in a list of the greatest songs ever written about warthogs who fart a lot, mine would come in somewhere near the top.

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Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, CH (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is an English singer-songwriter, composer, pianist, record producer, and occasional actor.

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Birth Name: Reginald Kenneth Dwight

Native Name: Elton Hercules John

Alternative Names: Reg Dwight • Reggie Dwight • Lord Choc Ice • Tripe • Elton Hercules John né Reginald Kenneth Dwight • Rockaday Johnnie • Prince Rhino • Dinah Card • Nancy Treadlight • Ann Orson • Sir Elton Hercules John

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Sometimes, you just have to step up to the plate, even if the plate is miles outside your comfort zone.

Well they're breaking down doors in foreign countries,
Everybody thinks somebody's hiding something.
There's talk on the street and the nation is worried.
But you can't talk back when you're dead, when you're dead and buried.

And I guess that's why they call it the blues.
Time on my hands could be time spent with you,
Laughing like children, living like lovers,
Rolling like thunder under the covers.
And I guess that's why they call it the blues.

And there was no getting around the fact that I was now writing a song about a warthog that farted a lot. Admittedly, I thought it was a pretty good … - Elton John

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