Elton John Your Song – the full lyrics

It’s a little bit funny ¹ this feeling ² inside
I’m not one of those ³ who can easily ⁴ hide
I don’t have much money ⁵ but boy, if I did
I’d buy a big house ⁶ where ⁷ we both could live ⁸

 

If I was a sculptor, but then again, no
Or a man who makes potions in a travelling show ⁺
I know ⁹ it’s not much ¹⁰ but it’s the best I can do ¹¹
My gift is my song and this one’s for you ¹²

 

And you can tell everybody ¹³ this is your song
It may be quite ¹⁴ simple but now that it’s done ¹⁵ (done = finished)
I hope you don’t mind
I hope you don’t mind that ¹⁶ I put down ¹⁷ in words (put down = write down)
How wonderful life ¹⁸ is while you’re ¹⁹ in the world ²⁰

 

I sat on the roof and kicked off the moss ⁺
Well a few of the verses well they’ve got me quite cross ⁺
But the sun’s been quite kind* while I wrote this song
It’s for people like you ²¹ that keep it turned on ….

*=the sun has been quite kind

 

So excuse me forgetting but these things I do
You see I’ve forgotten ²² ** if they’re green or they’re blue
Anyway ²³ the thing is what I really mean
Yours are the sweetest ²⁴ eyes I’ve ever seen ²⁵

 

**= I have forgotten
⁺ The actual meaning of some of the lines of this song is not always clear!
That’s music for you! (= That is what music is like!)