“So goodbye yellow brick road,
Where the dogs of society howl.
You can't plant me in your penthouse,
I'm going back to my plough.”

—  Elton John

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Song lyrics, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)

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English rock singer-songwriter, composer and pianist 1947

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