I remember running as the siren screamed
Bedding down in a bunker on the warden's knee
Trying to play it cool and act my age
As the war birds swooped and the blitzkrieg raged
But you can't really blame it on Friday night
If the radio's dead and they've doused the lights
Old Churchill told us we'll stay free
Just lay the blame on Germany
Blitz babies born to be crazy
Kids too young to fight
Spitfires hummin', Messerschmidt's a comin'
Doodlebugs dancin' on the West End nights
Blitz babies England made us
Listen to your labour lies
Now we're older ships on our shoulders
Working men spit into the unions eyes
But you can't really blame it on Friday night
When the blinds are down for the comin' fight
My old man's crowing through his cockney pride
Sayin' just remember boy, God's on our side
Chased through the rubble as the buildings shook
For breaking into houses stealing rasion books
The hard hats tanned us, they took our names
As we whistled at the WAF's and watched the flames
The lyrics BLITZ BABIES of BERNIE TAUPIN is also present in the album He who rides the tiger
Bernard John Taupin, in arte Bernie Taupin, è un poeta e paroliere britannico nato a Sleaford, Lincolnshire, nel 1950. È noto soprattutto per la sua lunga e prolifica collaborazione con Elton John, con cui forma una delle coppie compositive più celebri della storia della musica moderna. Iniziarono a collaborare nel 1967, quando Taupin aveva solo 17 anni, e da allora hanno scritto insieme centinaia di canzoni che hanno venduto milioni di copie in tutto il mondo. Taupin si occupa esclusivamente della scrittura dei testi, mentre John compone le musiche. La loro partnership ha prodotto alcuni degli album più iconici della musica pop, tra cui "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", "Honky Château" e "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy". Tra i brani più famosi scritti da Taupin per Elton John figurano "Tiny Dancer", "Rocket Man", "Your Song", "Candle in the Wind" e "Don't Go Breaking My Heart". Taupin ha vinto numerosi premi, tra cui un Grammy Award nel 1976 per la canzone "Someone Saved My Life Tonight". Oltre alla sua collaborazione con Elton John, Taupin ha anche scritto testi per altri artisti, come Rod Stewart e George Michael.
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