Better Off Dead

Album: Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)
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Songfacts®:

  • According to Barry Toberman's biography of Elton John, this song was inspired by his and Bernie Taupin's experiences in the West End. After recording at the Dick James studio late into the night, they'd go to a burger bar where some of the clientele looked better off dead. >>>
    Suggestion credit:
    Alexander - London, England
  • Better Off Dead is also the name of a 1985 movie starring John Cusack.

Comments: 1

  • Edward Felson from CaliforniaAnyone else bothered about the first line not really rhyming? Taupin's lyrics and rhymes are always top notch so I'm surprised -- I wonder if the first line was really meant to be: "There was a face that someone had drawn on a hoarding" which would then make "hoarding" rhyme with "warning." "Drawn on" and "warning" don't rhyme -- and see all the other line rhymes....
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