Levon
Elton John
1972
jaar
Top 40
"Levon" gaat over een man, Levon Tostig, die een fortuin opbouwt met het verkopen van ballonnen en geobsedeerd raakt van geld, terwijl zijn zoon (Jesus) een beetje een dromer is die niet om geld geeft.
Artiest
Titel A-kant
Levon
Lengte A-kant
4:59
Componist(en) A-kant
E. John, B. Taupin
Producer(s) A-kant
Gus Dudgeon
Titel B-kant
Goodbye
Lengte B-kant
1:45
Componist(en) B-kant
E. John, B. Taupin
Producer(s) B-kant
Gus Dudgeon
Platenlabel
DJM
Catalogusnr
6102 310
Hoogste positie UK
-
Hoogste positie US
24
Album
Madman Across the Water
Tipparade
Songtekst
Levon wears his war wound like a crown
He calls his child Jesus
'Cause he likes the name
And he sends him to the finest school in town
Levon, Levon likes his money
He makes a lot they say
Spend his days counting
In a garage by the motorway
He was born a pauper to a pawn on a Christmas day
When the New York Times said God is dead
And the war's begun
Alvin Tostig has a son today
And he shall be Levon
And he shall be a good man
And he shall be Levon
In tradition with the family plan
And he shall be Levon
And he shall be a good man
He shall be Levon
Levon sells cartoon balloons in town
His family business thrives
Jesus blows up balloons all day
Sits on the porch swing watching them fly
And Jesus, he wants to go to Venus
Leaving Levon far behind
Take a balloon and go sailing
While Levon, Levon slowly dies
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