Lyric sheets: Elton John paid himself a record pounds 35 million last year...
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Your support makes all the difference.Elton John has so much cash
His million-dollar birthday bash
Made less a dent on his estate
Than pinpricks could on armour plate
From Moosedong, Maine to old Berlin
The juke-box whirs, the loot comes in
The punters wait, the discs go on
Surprise, surprise. It's Elton John
While Radio Mongolia play
"Your Song" at least eight times a day
On nearby tundra in some yurt
A tartar throws up on his shirt
But "Rocket Man" makes more each week
From being translated into Greek
Than Princess Di might cost on hire
To mind your kids and lay the fire
More wedge comes in while he's asleep
Than most of us could count in sheep
And even if his airplay fails
There's merchandise and ticket sales
And all that stuff involved with sport
And settlements made out of court
Which one supposes means he's got
Not quite as much as Camelot
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