My high-flying, high-flying bird

I’ve been listening to Don’t Shoot Me… this past week, and I had almost (but not quite!) forgotten how much I really like this song.  And since the CD is playing in my car whenever I transport my daughter, she tells me it is one of her favorites, too. You wore a little cross of…

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And just like us, you must have had a once upon a time

Arguably one of my favorite lines…(I have a lot of those, don’t I)?!  From the song Curtains, a melancholy piece from Captain Fantastic…meandering through some beautiful imagery and culminating in that masterpiece of a line. When I first heard this song, I thought Bernie was foreshadowing the end of the Elton/Bernie partnership.  Perhaps he was.…

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¿Qué palabra en español!!!

I do love this song, but it is has always been a source of frustration to me.  Bernie, Bernie, Bernie…what the heck word in Spanish are you referring to? I realize that the mystery of not knowing adds to the song’s intrigue, but please, I beg you,  just tell us what word brings the female…

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