Elton John Singalong
All songs by Elton John and Bernie Taupin
Musicians: Adam Cole, Director - Willow Music: piano and vocals
Brian Baraszu, Drum and Percussion Instructor - Willow Music: drums
John Willingham, guest Guitar and Bass Instructor - Willow Music: bass
Tammy Harper, Piano and Vocal Instructor - Willow Music: guest vocals
Setlist and audience Parts
Audience members may sing any part of the song at any time! Below is what we'd like EVERYONE to do.
Bennie and the Jets - An intro. Audience may sing or listen, or clap!
Honky Cat - audience will clap one time after the words "get back"
Rocket Man - audience will sing the words "Rocket Man!!!" and the final "And I think it's gonna be a long, long time!"
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - audience will sing the wordless "Ah ah ah...la la la la la..."
Your Song - audience will sing the chorus
Border Song - audience will sing "Holy Moses!" and "He's my brother!"
Take Me To the Pilot - audience will sing "Na na na, na na na..."
Tiny Dancer - audience will sing the entire chorus "Hold me closer..." and then the reprise of the first verse, "Blue Jean Baby" at the end of the song.
I'm Still Standing - sung by Tammy Harper. Audience will sing "Yeah, yeah, yeah!"
Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me - Audience will sing "...is like the sun going down on me!"
Optional if time and interest
Daniel - Audience will sing entire chorus
Crocodile Rock - Audience will sing "Laaaaaaaa! La la la la laaaaaaaaaa!"
Lyrics for audience
(words in parentheses will be taken by singer. Audience parts are underscored)
Honky Cat
(They said, get back <CLAP!> honky cat
Better get back to the woods
Well, I quit those days and my redneck ways
And, oh, the change is gonna do me good)
(You better get back <CLAP!>, honky cat
Living in the city ain't where it's at
It's like trying to find gold in a silver mine
It's like trying to drink whiskey from a bottle of wine)
Rocket Man
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Oh, no, no, no
I'm a rocket man
Rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone
(At end...)
And I think it's gonna be a long long time... (repeat)
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
(This boy's too young to be singing
The) blues, ah, ah...
...
(Oh, I've finally decided my future lies
Beyond the yellow brick) road
Ah, ah
Your Song
And you can tell everybody this is your song
It may be quite simple, but now that it's done
I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind that I put down in words
How wonderful life is while you're in the world
Border Song
(Distant cousin from down the line
Brand of people who ain't my kind)
Holy Moses, (I have been removed )...
(Won't you please excuse my frankness
But it's not my cup of tea)
Holy Moses, (I have been deceived)...
(There's a man over there, what's his color? I don't care)
He's my brother, let us live in peace, oh
He's my brother, let us live in peace, oh
He's my brother, let us, let us live in peace
Take Me To the Pilot
(Take me to the pilot
Lead me through the chamber
Take me to the pilot
I am but a stranger (2x) )
Na-na-na, na-na-na
Na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na, na-na-na
Na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na
Tiny Dancer
Hold me closer, tiny dancer
Count the headlights on the highway
Lay me down in sheets of linen
You had a busy day today (2x)
<when the first verse comes back at the end...>
Blue-jean baby
L.A. Lady
Seamstress for the band
Pretty-eyed
Pirate smile
You'll marry a music man
Ballerina
You must have seen her
Dancing in the sand
Now she's in me
Always with me
Tiny dancer in my hand
I'm Still Standing
(I'm still standing...) Yeah, yeah, yeah! (2x)
Don't Let the Sun Go 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
Daniel
Oh Daniel my brother you are older than me
Do you still feel the pain of the scars that won't heal?
Your eyes have died but you see more than I
Daniel you're a star in the face of the sky
Crocodile Rock
(Oh, lawdy mama, those Friday nights
When Susie wore her dresses tight
And the Crocodile Rocking was out of sight)
Laa, la-la-la-la-laa
La-la-la-la-laa
La-la-la-la-laa