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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Elton John
Elton John
Vocals
Davey Johnstone
Davey Johnstone
Background Vocals
Dee Murray
Dee Murray
Bass Guitar
Nigel Olsson
Nigel Olsson
Drums
Ray Cooper
Ray Cooper
Tambourine
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Bernie Taupin
Bernie Taupin
Songwriter
Reginald Kenneth Dwight
Reginald Kenneth Dwight
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Gus Dudgeon
Gus Dudgeon
Producer
Jeff Guercio
Jeff Guercio
Engineer
Mark Guercio
Mark Guercio
Assistant Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Captain Fantastic, raised and regimented, hardly a hero
Just someone his mother might know
Very clearly a case for Corn Flakes and classics
Two teas, both with sugar, please
In the back of an alley
[Verse 2]
While little dirt cowboys turned brown in their saddles
Sweet chocolate biscuits
And red rosy apples in summer
For it's hay make and hey mom, do the papers say anything good?
Are there chances in life for little dirt cowboys?
Should I make my way out of my home in the woods?
[Verse 3]
Brown dirt cowboy, still green and growing
City slick Captain Fantastic the feedbag
The honey the hive could be holding
For there's weak-winged young sparrows starve in the winter
Broken young children on the wheels of the winners
And the '68 summer festival wallflowers are thinning
[Verse 4]
For cheap easy meals are hardly a home on the range
Too hot for the band with a desperate desire for change
We've thrown in the towel too many times
Out for the count and when we're down
Captain Fantastic and the brown dirt cowboy
From the end of the world to your town
[Verse 5]
And all this talk of Jesus coming back to see us
Mhmm, couldn't fool us
For we were spinning out our lines, walking on the wire
Hand in hand went the music and the rhyme
The Captain and the kid stepping in the ring
From here on, sonny, sonny, sonny, it's a long and lonely climb
[Verse 6]
For cheap easy meals are hardly a home on the range
Too hot for the band with a desperate desire for change
We've thrown in the towel too many times
Out for the count and when we're down
Captain Fantastic and the brown dirt cowboy
From the end of the world to your town
[Verse 7]
We've thrown in the towel too many times
Out for the count and when we're down
Captain Fantastic and the brown dirt cowboy
From the end of the world to your town
Written by: Bernie Taupin, Elton John
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