Elton John - Eight Hundred Dollar Shoes
You had your grand illusion
And wrestled with your fate,
The winter of your discontent
Came twenty years too late,
If it was love and I was there
I've forgotten where it lives,
We both stepped off a frozen rock
Onto a burning bridge
You came like an invasion
All bells and whistles blowin',
Reaping the rewards
Of the fable you'd been sowing,
I saw you cross the landing
And descending marble stairs
Like Caesar crossed the Rubicon
You seemed to walk on air
Yea I've seen your movie,
And I read it in your book,
The truth just flew off every page,
Your songs have all the hooks,
You're seven wonders
Rolled in one,
You shifted gear to cruise,
Oh you came to town in headlines,
And eight hundred dollar shoes
Oh the bellboys are crying
And money's changing hands,
Your cloak and dagger legacy's
Gone home to no man's land,
The marquee lights are flickering
Your poster's fading fast,
Your being here just melts away
Like ice cubes in a glass
