Elton John Live at Hyde Park

CHEERING

CHEERING INTENSIFIES

# I was justified when I was five

# Raisin' Cain, I spit in your eye

# Times are changin' Now the poor get fat

# But the fever's gonna get you when the bitch gets back

# Oh-oh-oh

# I eat meat on a Friday That's all right

# Even like steak on a Saturday night

# I can bitch the best At your social do

# I get high in the evening Sniffing pots of glue

# Oh-oh-oh

# I'm a bitch, I'm a bitch Oh, the bitch is back

# Stone-cold sober As a matter of fact

# I can bitch, I can bitch I am better than you

# It's the way that I move The things that I do

# Oh-oh-oh... #

CHEERING

# ..Entertain by picking brains

# Sell my soul when dropping names

# I don't like those! My God, what's that?!

# Oh, it's full of nasty habits when the bitch gets back

# I'm a bitch, I'm a bitch You know the bitch is back

# And I'm stone-cold sober As a matter of fact

# I can bitch, I can bitch I am better than you

# It is the way that I move The things that I do

# Oh-oh-oh

# Whoa, yeah!

# Oh, I'm a bitch I'm a bitch

# You know the bitch is back

# I'm stone-cold sober As a matter of fact

# I can bitch, I can bitch I am better than you

# It is the way that I move The things that I do

# Oh-oh-oh

# Bitch, bitch The bitch is back

# Bitch, bitch The bitch is back

# Bitch, bitch The bitch is back

# Bitch, bitch The bitch is back... #

Play that piano, boy.

# ..I said bitch, bitch

# Bitch is back

# Ooh, Lord God almighty

# Bitch, bitch Bitch is back. #

FANS: Wooo!

# Hey, kids, shake it loose together

# The spotlight's hitting something

# That's been known to change the weather

# We'll kill the fatted calf tonight

# So stick around

# You're gonna hear electric music

# Solid walls of sound

# Candy and Ronnie Have you seen them yet?

# Oh, but they're so spaced out

# B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets

# Oh, they're weird and they're wonderful

# Bennie, she's really keen

# She's got electric boots A mohair suit

# I read it in a magazine

# Oh-ohhh

# Bennie and the Jets... #

# ..Hey, kids, why don't you plug into the faithless?

# Maybe they're blinded But Bennie makes them ageless

# We shall survive Let us take ourselves along

# Where we fight our parents out in the streets

# To find who's right and who's wrong

# Candy and Ronnie Have you seen them yet?

# Oh, but they're so spaced out

# B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets

# Oh, they're weird and they're wonderful

# Bennie, she's really keen

# She's got electric boots A mohair suit

# I read it in a magazine

# Oh-ohhh

# Bennie and the Jets... #

# ..Candy and Ronnie Have you seen them yet?

# Oh-ho But they're so spaced out

# B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets

# Bennie and the Jets

# Oh, they're weird and they're wonderful

# Bennie, she's really keen

# She's got electric boots A mohair suit

# I read it in a magazine

# Oh-ohhh

# Bennie and the Jets... #

Oh, yeah!

# ..Bennie

# Bennie

# Bennie and the Jets... #

# ..Bennie

# Bennie

# Bennie and the Jets... #

# ..Bennie

# Bennie

# Bennie and the Jets... #

Oh, yeah.

# ..Bennie and the Jets! #

Yeah! Good evening!

Good evening, London. Good evening, Hyde Park. Hi, Radio 2 listeners.

Here we go.

# I used to be a rolling stone You know

# If the cause was right

# I'd leave to find the answer on the road

# I used to be a heart beating for somebody

# Oh, but the times have changed

# The less I say The more my work gets done

# I live and breathe this Philadelphia freedom

# From the day that I was born I've waved the flag

# Philadelphia freedom took me knee-high to a man

# Oh, yeah

# Gave me peace of mind my daddy never had

# Philadelphia freedom Shine on me

# I love you

# Shine a light through the eyes of the ones left behind

# Shine a light Shine that light

# Oh, yeah

# Shine a light

# Shine a li-i-i-ght

# Philadelphia freedom

# I love you

# Yes, I do... #

# ..If you choose to You can live your life alone

# Some people choose the city

# Some people choose the city

# Some others choose the good old family home

# Some others choose the good old family home

# I like living easy without family ties

# Till the whip-poor will of freedom zapped me

# Right between the eyes

# I live and breath this Philadelphia freedom, yeah

# From the day that I was born I've waved the flag

# Philadelphia freedom took me knee-high to a man

# Whoa, yeah

# Gave me peace of mind my daddy never had

# Philadelphia freedom shine on me

# Oh, I love you Shine a light

# Through the eyes of the ones left behind

# Shine a light, shine that light

# Oh, yeah, shine a light

# Shine a li-i-i-ght

# Philadelphia freedom I love you

# Woo, yes, I do

# Ooh, yeah

# Philadelphia freedom Shine on me

# I love you

# Shine a light through the eyes of the ones left behind

# Shine a light, shine that light

# Oh, yeah

# Shine a light Shine a light

# Philadelphia freedom

# I love you

# Don't you know I love you?

# Don't you know I love you Love you, love you?

# Yes, I do

# Philadelphia freedom

# I love you, love you, love you

# Yes, I do

# Philadelphia freedom

# I love you, love you, love you

# Yes, I do

# Philadelphia freedom

# I love you, love you, love you

# Yes, I do

# Philadelphia freedom. #

CHEERING

We're going to do a song from our latest album,

which is called Wonderful Crazy Night,

and this is called Looking Up.

# Figuring out where I went wrong

# The script not followed That was awful long

# Too much pluck Too little of

# The acting right, not acting up

# I wore the world upon my back

# Though someone else could meet Pick up the slack

# Just because I could say It's my life, do things my way

# Now I'm looking up more than I look down

# The view's a whole lot better second time around

# Too much of me was hidden in the shadows

# I looked up and felt my feet lift off the ground... #

# ..Colour a lot in broader strokes

# The laughter comes as easy as the jokes

# Nowadays, I'm thinking that time is wasted looking back

# Now I'm looking up more than I look down

# The view's a whole lot better second time around

# Too much of me was hidden in the shadows

# I looked up and felt my feet lift off the ground... #

# ..You drop a bucket in a well

# It's dark and deep down there

# Crank the handle, bring it up

# The water's crystal clear

# Yeah!

# I'm looking up more than I look down

# The view's a whole lot better second time around

# Too much of me was hidden in the shadows

# I looked up and felt my feet lift off the ground

# I'm looking up more than I look down

# The view's a whole lot better second time around

# Too much of me was hidden in the shadows

# I looked up and felt my feet lift off the ground... #

# ..Looking up

# Looking up

# Looking up

# Looking up. #

You've always got to look up, baby.

This next song is my favourite song from the album

and it's called A Good Heart.

# Don't shy away from coming in

# Closer still, my darling friend

# Don't slip, don't trip on life

# I bear the moon inside your eyes

# Don't be afraid of all my years

# What you see or what you hear

# It's all yours And yours alone

# Yours for the taking So take it home

# Oh, it's a good heart to be a part of

# Just a soul full All men tend to love

# The kind of love you never knew

# It's a good heart From me to you

# Oh, sure, it's cracked a time or two

# But him and me We pulled on through

# I've seen 'em come I've seen 'em go

# Some went too fast Some went real slow

# So take a chance and take your time

# Reading my face between the lines

# I love real good and I love you

# My heart and me That's what we do

# Oh, it's a good heart to be a part of

# Just a soul full All men tend to love

# The kind of love you never knew

# It's a good heart From me to you

# Oh, it's a good heart to be a part of

# Just a soul full All men tend to love

# The kind of love you never knew

# It's a good heart From me to you

# The kind of love you never knew

# It's a good heart From me to you

# It's a good heart

# Oh, it's a good heart

# A good heart, from me to you. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you so much!

# She packed my bags last night Pre-flight

# Zero hour, 9am

# I'm gonna be high as a kite by then

# I miss the earth so much I miss my wife

# It's lonely out in space

# On such a timeless flight

# And I think it's gonna be a long, long time

# Till touchdown brings me round again to find

# I'm not the man they think I am at home

# Oh, I'm a rocket man

# Rocket man

# I'm burning out this fuse up here alone

# And I think it's gonna be a long, long time

# Till touchdown brings me round again to find

# I'm not the man they think I am at home

# Oh, I'm a rocket man

# Rocket man

# Burning out his fuse up there alone

# Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids

# In fact, it's cold as hell

# And there's no-one there to raise them

# If you did

# And all this science I don't understand

# It's just my job five days a week

# A rocket ma-a-a-n

# A rocket man

# And I think it's gonna be a long, long time

# Till touchdown brings me round again to find

# I'm not the man they think I am at home

# Oh, I'm a rocket man

# Rocket man Burning out his fuse up there alone

# And I think it's gonna be a long, long time

# Till touchdown brings me round again to find

# I'm not the man they think I am at home

# Oh, I'm a rocket man

# Rocket man Burning out his fuse up there alone

# And I think it's gonna be a long, long time

# I think it's gonna be a long, long time

# I think it's gonna be a long, long time

# I think it's gonna be a long, long time

# Whoa-whoa-whoa

# Oh-oh-oh-oh... #

SPACE SOUND EFFECTS

WHISTLING AND CHEERING

# ..Whoa-oh-oh-oh

# I think it's gonna be a...long...long time. #

# It's a little bit funny

# This feeling inside

# I'm not one of those who can

# Easily hide

# I don't have much money

# And, boy, if I did

# I'd buy a big house where

# We both could live

# If I was a sculptor

# But then again, no

# Or a man who makes potions in a travelling show

# 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

# That this is your song

# It may be quite simple, but

# Now that it's done

# 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 up the moss

# Well, a few of the verses

# Oh, they've got me quite cross

# But the sun's been quite 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

# You can tell everybody this is your song

# It may be quite simple But now that's it done

# 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

# That I put down in words

# How wonderful life is while you're in the world. #

That's your song, Hyde Park.

CHEERING

If you feel like singing on the choruses of this song,

please do, cos it's got a good chorus, even though I say it myself.

# When are you gonna come down?

# When are you going to land?

# I should have stayed on the farm

# I should have listened to my old man

# You know you can't hold me forever

# I didn't sign up with you

# I'm not a present for your friends to open

# This boy's too young to be singing the blu-u-u-es

# Ahh-ahh-ahh

# Ahh-ahh-ahh

# 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

# Back to the howling old owl in the woods

# And hunting the horny back toad

# Oh, I've finally decided my future lies

# Beyond the yellow brick ro-o-o-ad

# Oh-ohh-ohh-ohh

# Ohh-ohh-ohh

# What do you think you'll do then?

# I bet they shoot down your plane

# It'll take you a couple of vodka and tonics

# To set you on your feet again

# Maybe you'll get a replacement

# There's plenty like me to be found

# Mongrels who ain't got a penny

# Sniffing for titbits like you

# On the gro-o-o-und

# Ohh-ohh-ohh-ohh

# 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

# Back to the howling old owl in the woods

# And hunting the horny back toad

# Oh, I've finally decided my future lies

# Beyond that yellow brick ro-o-o-ad

# Ohh-ohh-ohh-ohh

# Ohh. #

Follow the road!

Thank you!

Thank you so much.

Before we go on any further, I would like to introduce my band,

who I love so much.

They are fantastic musicians, singers and, most of all,

they are great people.

On the far side, on percussion and drums and vocals, John Mahon!

CHEERING

On keyboards, Kim Bullard!

CHEERING

On base guitar and vocals, Matt Bissonette.

CHEERING

And tonight is a very, very special occasion, because

back in The Elton John Band after a long, long time -

he plays with us in Vegas, but he's now with us on the road -

I want you to give a huge welcome to one of the greatest

percussion players and musicians I've ever met, Ray Cooper!

CHEERING

An original member of The Elton John Band from 1969 -

that's how old we are -

on drums and vocals,

singing and playing better than ever, Nigel Olsson!

CHEERING

And last but not least, from Edinburgh...

IN SCOTTISH ACCENT: ..in Scotland...

Yay, good old Scotland!

..on guitars and vocals, Davey Johnstone!

CHEERING

I'd like to dedicate this song to a few people.

My auntie Gwyn and Bob in Ruislip, bless their hearts.

To Radio 2 for being so kind and playing my records,

which nobody else does, hardly.

LAUGHTER

I want to dedicate this song to one of the greatest talents

that I ever met out of Great Britain.

This is for you, George Michael,

I love you, I think you're amazing.

# I can't light

# No more of your darkness

# All my pictures

# Seem to fade to black and white

# I'm growing tired and time stands still before me

# Frozen here on the ladder of my life

# It's too late

# To save myself from falling

# I took a chance

# And changed your way of life

# But you misread

# My meaning when I met you

# Closed the door

# And left me blinded by the light

# Don't let the sun go down on me

# Don't let the sun

# Although I search myself It's always someone else I see

# I'd just allow a fragment of your life

# To wander free

# But losing everything is like the sun going down on me

# I can't find

# Oh, the right romantic line

# But see me once

# And see the way I feel

# Don't discard me

# Just because you think I mean you harm

# But these cuts I have

# They need love to help them heal

# Don't let the sun go down on me

# Don't let the sun

# Although I search myself It's always someone else I see

# I'd just allow a fragment of your life

# To wander free

# But losing everything is like the sun going down on me

# Don't let the sun go down on me!

# Although I search myself It's always someone else I see

# I'd just allow a fragment of your life

# To wander free

# But losing everything is like the sun going down on me. #

FANS: Wooo!

INDISTINCT

BAND STARTS TO PLAY

# You could never know what it's like

# Your blood like winter freezes just like ice

# There's a cold lonely light that shines from you

# You'll wind up like the wreck you hide behind that mask you use

# And did you think this fool would never win?

# Look at me I'mma coming back again

# I got a taste of love in a simple way

# And if you need to know

# While I'm still standing You just fade away

# Don't you know, I'm still standing better than I ever did

# Looking like a true survivor Feeling like a little kid

# I'm still standing after all this time

# Picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind

# I'm still standing Yeah, yeah, yeah

# Once I never could hope to win

# You starting down the road Leaving me again

# The threats you made were meant to cut me down

# And if our love was just a circus You'd be a clown by now

# You know I'm still standing better than I ever did

# Looking like a true survivor Feeling like a little kid

# I'm still standing after all this time

# Picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind

# I'm still standing Yeah, yeah, yeah

# I'm still standing Yeah, yeah, yeah

# Oh, yeah

# Don't you know that I'm still standing better than I ever did

# Oh-ho!

# Looking like a true survivor

# Yeah, feeling like a little kid

# I'm still standing after all this time

# Picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind

# I'm still standing Yeah, yeah, yeah

# I'm still standing Yeah, yeah, yeah

# I'm still standing Yeah, yeah, yeah

# I'm still standing Yeah, yeah, yeah. #

FANS: Wooo!

# It's getting late Have you seen my mates?

# Tell me when the boys get here

# It's seven o'clock and I want to rock

# Want to get a belly full of beer

# My old man's drunker than a barrel full of monkeys

# And my old lady She don't care

# My sister looks cute in her braces and boots

# A handful of grease in her hair

# Ohhh

# Don't give us no aggravation

# We've had it with your discipline

# Oh, Saturday night's all right for fighting

# You get a little action in

# Get about as oiled as a diesel train

# Gonna set this dance alight

# Cos Saturday night's the night I like

# Saturday night's all right

# All right, all right

# Ooh-ooh-hoo-hoo-ooh

# Well, they're packed pretty tight in here tonight

# And I'm looking for a dolly to see me right

# I may use a little muscle to get what I need

# I may sink a little drink and shout out, "She's with me!"

# A couple of the sounds that I really like

# Are the sounds of a switchblade and a motorbike

# I'm a juvenile product of the working class

# Whose best friend floats in the bottom of a glass

# Ohhh

# Haven't got any aggravation

# Had it with your discipline

# Saturday night's all right for fighting

# You get a little action in

# Get about as oiled as a diesel train

# Gonna set this dance alight

# Saturday night's the night I like

# Saturday night's all right

# All right, all right

# Ohh-ho-ho-ho

# Yeah

# Ah, don't give us your aggravation

# Had it with your discipline

# Saturday night's all right for fighting

# Get a little action in

# Get about as oiled as a diesel train

# Gonna set this dance alight

# Saturday night's the night I like

# Saturday night's all right

# All right, all right, all right

# Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho... #

All right, sing it.

# Saturday, Saturday, Saturday

# Saturday, Saturday, Saturday

# Saturday, Saturday Saturday night's all right

# Saturday, Saturday, Saturday

# Saturday, Saturday, Saturday

# Saturday, Saturday Saturday night's all right... #

Here we go.

Yeah!

Sing it!

# ..Saturday...

FANS: # Saturday, Saturday, Saturday

# Saturday, Saturday, Saturday

# Saturday, Saturday, Saturday Saturday night's all right

# Saturday, Saturday, Saturday

# Saturday, Saturday, Saturday

# Saturday, Saturday Saturday night's all right

# Ooh, yeah, yeah

# Saturday, Saturday, Saturday

# Saturday!

# Saturday, Saturday, Saturday

# Saturday!

# Saturday, Saturday, Saturday

# Saturday!

# Saturday, Saturday, Saturday

# Saturday! #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE