This one was posted first in March, 2016.
This one is unquestionably the most Elton John-y thing I’ve ever written. I knew it from the second I started it, and I just decided to follow it. I think it would be right at home on his first album (and probably played better).
I wrote this one while I was out of work a number of years ago, in the latter stretches before getting an offer. At the time, I was clearly contemplating what mistakes I’d made to put myself in that position, and how to gain some redemption. I don’t think it was conscious when I wrote it but, in retrospect, I think all that bled into the song.
I actually finished this one on my first day of work at my new job. My day of hire was an earnings call day, and bringing me in that day was just pure silliness (that should’ve told me something right there). They sat me alone in a conference room, with a copy of the employee handbook, for two hours, while they addressed fire drills. I used that time to finish these lyrics.
I’m sure a couple people would argue I should’ve studied the handbook more…
Happy birthday Harry! Harry’s the white dog on the front of the site, who would have turned 18 today. And Hogan’s fourth birthday- (he isn’t pictured on the site yet,) but he joined the family a few months before we lost Harry in October 2020.
We took off “He Can Change Your Life” this week. Thanks for listening.