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Tom Rinaldo

(22,912 posts)
Mon Jul 16, 2012, 09:40 AM Jul 2012

We should have seen this coming. Etch-a-Sketches are soooo Retro

C'mon DU, it's time to rewrite that Elton John classic. Here are the original Bernie Taupin lyrics to Rocket Man:

"She packed my bags last night pre-flight
Zero hour nine a.m.
And I'm gonna be high as a kite by then
I miss the earth so much I miss my wife
It's lonely out in space
On such a timeless flight

And I think it's gonna be a long long time
Till touch down brings me round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Oh no no no I'm a rocket man
Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone


Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids
In fact it's cold as hell
And there's no one there to raise them if you did
And all this science I don't understand
It's just my job five days a week
A rocket man, a rocket man

And I think it's gonna be a long long time..."

Here's a chorus suggestion for:

RETRO MAN!

And I think it's gonna be a long long time
Till the convention comes and they find
I'm not the Candidate they thought they had
Oh no no no I'm a retro man
etch a sketching all my past away


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We should have seen this coming. Etch-a-Sketches are soooo Retro (Original Post) Tom Rinaldo Jul 2012 OP
A possible first verse... Tom Rinaldo Jul 2012 #1
Here are my full lyrics for "Retro Man", other versions welcome! Tom Rinaldo Jul 2012 #2

Tom Rinaldo

(22,912 posts)
1. A possible first verse...
Mon Jul 16, 2012, 09:59 AM
Jul 2012

I filed my taxes many years ago
seperated from my firm
and I'm gonna be richer than you forever more
I didn't have to quit being CEO on time
I kept my pay for three years
facts have no hold on me

Tom Rinaldo

(22,912 posts)
2. Here are my full lyrics for "Retro Man", other versions welcome!
Mon Jul 16, 2012, 10:17 AM
Jul 2012

Last edited Mon Jul 16, 2012, 11:45 AM - Edit history (1)

I filed my taxes many years ago
Seperated from my firm
And I'm gonna be richer than you forever more
I didn't have to quit being CEO on time
I kept my pay for three years
The past has no hold on me

And I think it's gonna be a long long time
Till the convention comes and they find
I'm not the Candidate they thought they had
Oh no no no I'm a retro man
Etch a sketching all my past away

The public ain't the place to show your worth
They pay taxes every day
They don't live their lives retroactively
All these loopholes they don't understand
It's not my job to share their pain

And I think it's gonna be a long long time
Till the convention comes and they find
I'm not the Candidate they thought they had
Oh no no no I'm a retro man
Etch a sketching all my past away


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